Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesDec 27, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 27, 2025· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	8	10	14	32
STL	2	0	1	3		STL	8	5	7	20

: NSH 72STL 37
: NSH 3.70STL 3.80
PP goals: NSH 0STL 1
Hits: NSH 17STL 25
Blocks: NSH 3STL 19
PIM: NSH 4STL 4
: NSH 38%STL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

St. Louis Blues edge Nashville Predators 3–2

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 3–2 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Stenberg skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:48.Buchnevich
Points
Nicolas Hague had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:05.Hague
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:43.Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Stenberg skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Kyrou Stenberg
New line
New look for STL: Berggren–Snuggerud–Dvorsky skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Berggren Snuggerud Dvorsky
Luck
NSH scored 2 goals on 3.70 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dalibor Dvorsky (STL) played 11:14, −3:09 down on his 14:23 season average over 70 games.Dvorsky
Usage
Pius Suter (STL) played 10:55, −5:03 down on his 15:58 season average over 63 games.Suter

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · STL 37 · NSH 72

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 37% of the game, STL 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

STL

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

STL skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the STL side.

Matchup matrix

STL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NSH	STL
	68	40
	3.06	3.75
	2.80	3.56
	14	16
	5	2
	16	19
	−0.076	+0.076
	37%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

L1Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
10:5874% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
10:2671% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
8:0740% CF
L4McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
7:4773% CF
D1Josi – Perbix
14:2478% CF
D2Hague – Blankenburg
13:3550% CF
D3Skjei – Wilsby
12:5171% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
1:41100% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
1:3867% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:06
PK2FHaula – Svechkov
0:26
PK1DHague – Blankenburg
1:38
PK2DSkjei – Perbix
1:37

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
9:4145% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Stenberg
6:1053% CF
L3Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Suter
5:1618% CF
L4Berggren – Snuggerud – Dvorsky
4:4722% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
15:4342% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
13:1411% CF
D3Fowler – Mailloux
12:3438% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Snuggerud
2:080% CF
PP2Schenn – Fowler – Broberg – Neighbours – Dvorsky
1:07100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:16
PK2FToropchenko – Suter
0:35
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:20
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
1:05

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:45
STLBrayden SchennPP (Cam Fowler, Dalibor Dvorsky)tip-in0.21 xG
NSH: McCarron, Hague, Smith, BlankenburgSTL: Schenn, Fowler, Sundqvist, Neighbours, Dvorsky
NSH 0 – 1 STL
11:41
NSHTyson Jost (Nicolas Hague)tip-in0.09 xG
NSH: Jost, Hague, Svechkov, Blankenburg, WoodSTL: Faulk, Sundqvist, Toropchenko, Tucker, Stenberg
NSH 1 – 1 STL
18:14
STLPavel Buchnevich (Robert Thomas)backhand0.14 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, PerbixSTL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg, Neighbours
NSH 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

4:40
STLPavel Buchnevich (Robert Thomas, Philip Broberg)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: O'Reilly, Bunting, Hague, Evangelista, BlankenburgSTL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg, Neighbours
NSH 1 – 3 STL
12:03
NSHFedor SvechkovSH (Erik Haula, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.29 xG
NSH: Haula, Hague, Svechkov, BlankenburgSTL: Schenn, Fowler, Sundqvist, Neighbours, Dvorsky
NSH 2 – 3 STL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	18:39	—	—	66	33
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	68	34
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	74	50
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	69	57
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	2	18:05	—	—	64	41
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	62	45
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	53	55
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.57	0	0	2	13:07	—	—	53	51
Tyson Jost C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	46	45
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:44	—	—	60	37
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	62	38
Reid Schaefer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	10:39	—	—	71	53
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.30	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	71	37
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	72	37
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	39
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	52	39
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	2	0	0	23:16	—	—	67	59
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	67	57

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	3.37	57:52

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.51	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	42	60
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	42	60
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	39	63
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	47	68
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.44	2	0	2	16:57	—	—	46	67
Otto Stenberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.52	2	0	0	12:17	—	—	48	84
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	3	0	14:33	—	—	15	40
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	1	0	12:43	—	—	19	34
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	3	0	0	10:55	—	—	31	64
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	14:09	—	—	26	24
Jonatan Berggren R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	33	33
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:14	—	—	38	42
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.46	0	4	0	22:58	—	—	44	57
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	2	2	0	22:21	—	—	46	63
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:15	—	—	22	33
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	19	27
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:53	—	—	42	67
Logan Mailloux D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	2	2	2	13:03	—	—	38	62

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.70	59:47

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brayden Schenn (STL PP) 1st 8:45 · assists Cam Fowler, Dalibor Dvorsky · Deflection · 59.6 mph shot.

Brayden Schenn · 1st 8:45 · STL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 59.6 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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Tyson Jost · 1st 11:41 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 1st 18:14 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 4:40 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s
Type: rebound

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Fedor Svechkov · 3rd 12:03 · NSH SH

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.