Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis BluesOct 18, 2025

FinalSaturday, Oct 18, 2025· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	0	1	1		DAL	6	5	8	19
STL	0	2	1	3		STL	6	12	4	22

: DAL 38STL 48
: DAL 1.99STL 2.81
PP goals: DAL 0STL 0
Hits: DAL 31STL 24
Blocks: DAL 13STL 11
PIM: DAL 4STL 4
: DAL 50%STL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Dallas Stars 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at home. Mikko Rantanen (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Thomas–Holloway–Neighbours skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for STL: Thomas–Holloway–Neighbours skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thomas Holloway Neighbours
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New look for STL: Buchnevich–Suter–Snuggerud skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Suter Snuggerud
Usage
Alexandre Texier (STL) played 5:33, −8:16 down on his 13:49 season average over 50 games.Texier
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New look for STL: Schenn–Joseph–Kyrou skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Joseph Kyrou
Usage
Tyler Tucker (STL) played 9:46, −4:40 down on his 14:26 season average over 68 games.Tucker
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Mikko Rantanen (DAL) played 24:09, +4:02 up on his 20:07 season average over 63 games.Rantanen
Usage
Cam Fowler (STL) played 26:40, +5:39 up on his 21:01 season average over 81 games.Fowler
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Colton Parayko (STL) played 26:28, +4:20 up on his 22:08 season average over 76 games.Parayko

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

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

STL
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 86 of 86 attempts · STL 48 · DAL 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 26% of the game, STL 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

DAL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

STL skaters (rows) against DAL 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	DAL	STL
	40	49
	2.16	2.33
	2.05	2.26
	8	10
	6	2
	19	29
	−0.019	+0.019
	26%	53%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Robertson – Bourque – Johnston
8:0081% CF
L2Rantanen – Hintz – Steel
7:2475% CF
L3Faksa – Erne – Bastian
3:54100% CF
L4Duchene – Seguin – Blackwell
3:4920% CF
D1Petrovic – Bichsel
11:0635% CF
D2Lindell – Heiskanen
9:3156% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Harley
8:5450% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:1150% CF
PP2Duchene – Seguin – Steel – Harley – Bourque
1:460% CF
PK1FFaksa – Steel
1:18
PK2FHintz – Johnston
1:11
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
1:49
PK2DHarley – Bichsel
0:45

Current DAL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Thomas – Holloway – Neighbours
12:2435% CF
L2Buchnevich – Suter – Snuggerud
11:1161% CF
L3Schenn – Joseph – Kyrou
9:1471% CF
L4Bjugstad – Walker – Texier
4:4760% CF
D1Fowler – Parayko
17:0047% CF
D2Faulk – Broberg
15:4835% CF
D3Tucker – Kessel
3:3683% CF

PP1Fowler – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Holloway
2:38100% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Suter – Neighbours – Snuggerud
1:170% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Joseph
1:11
PK2FBuchnevich – Suter
1:02
PK1DFowler – Parayko
1:16
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
0:41

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:27
STLJordan Kyrou (Brayden Schenn)wrist0.18 xG
DAL: Duchene, Petrovic, Seguin, Blackwell, BichselSTL: Schenn, Fowler, Joseph, Kyrou, Kessel
DAL 0 – 1 STL
13:52
STLJimmy Snuggerud (Pavel Buchnevich, Tyler Tucker)other0.24 xG
DAL: Petrovic, Blackwell, Erne, Steel, BichselSTL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Suter, Tucker, Snuggerud
DAL 0 – 2 STL

3rd period

17:42
DALMikko Rantanen (Wyatt Johnston, Lian Bichsel)deflected0.12 xG
DAL: Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston, BichselSTL: Fowler, Parayko, Thomas, Holloway, Neighbours
DAL 1 – 2 STL
18:59
STLPius SuterENbackhand0.47 xG
DAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, JohnstonSTL: Fowler, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Suter
DAL 1 – 3 STL

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.46	1	2	0	20:23	—	—	52	51
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	67	68
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	63	67
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.32	1	0	4	24:09	—	—	44	49
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:48	—	—	50	46
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.43	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	44	54
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	10:41	—	—	56	86
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	1	0	9:44	—	—	33	40
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	6:54	—	—	67	100
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	26	18
Tyler Seguin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	21	17
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	13	6
Lian Bichsel D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:45	—	—	32	43
Alexander Petrovic D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	4	0	12:22	—	—	36	43
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:54	—	—	41	51
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	65	61
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:54	—	—	39	40
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	55	44

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.35	58:50

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	1	0	20:29	—	—	39	49
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	0	0	20:14	—	—	39	42
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	39	49
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	58	61
Pius Suter C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.77	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	64	62
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.43	1	0	2	15:34	—	—	64	65
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.25	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	59	60
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	6	1	0	17:32	—	—	63	61
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	77	90
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	10:05	—	—	60	6
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:51	—	—	67	7
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:33	—	—	67	7
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	26:40	—	—	58	52
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	3	0	0	26:28	—	—	63	75
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:57	—	—	38	40
Philip Broberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:22	—	—	38	35
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	2	9:46	—	—	93	100
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	68	41

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.99	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (DAL) 3rd 17:42 · assists Wyatt Johnston, Lian Bichsel · Deflection · carried in · 10.6 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 17:42 · DAL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Jimmy Snuggerud · 2nd 13:52 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 2:27 · STL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s

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Pius Suter · 3rd 18:59 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.7 mph
Distance: 125 ft

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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.