Minnesota Wild at St. Louis BluesJan 16, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 16, 2027

away

Minnesota WildMIN

home

St. Louis BluesSTL

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: STL +1.7 pts

MINaway−2.2 pts

1 day rest · 742 km travel

Backup likely (53%) −2.2 pts

STLhome+1.2 pts

1 day rest · 2,530 km travel · +2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts
MIN backup likely (53%) +2.2 pts

STL has the schedule edge (+1.7 pts net win probability): 2 h time-zone change, min backup likely (53%), backup likely (53%).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt47%
Filip Gustavsson33%
Calvin Pickard20%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

Projected MIN lines →·MIN goalies →·Goalie start planner →

St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Joel Hofer79%
Jordan Binnington21%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 4–0 at DAL · Oct 2

L1Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
8:52
L2Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
5:24
L3Buchnevich – McMichael – McTavish
5:11
L4Johnston – Toropchenko – Suter
3:43
D1Fowler – Carlo
10:38
D2Parayko – Lindstein
9:54
D3Broberg – Jiricek
9:53
PP1Fowler – Thomas – Holloway – McTavish – Snuggerud
4:27

Projected STL lines →·STL goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Jan 16.

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.