San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues: game preview
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24that
St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22ndTwo clubs level on last season's points
San Jose finished last season 24th in the league on 86 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went STL 2-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 166
Across 165 completed games, St. Louis lead the head-to-head 95-57-13.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 6 Mar 2026, San Jose were 21st in the league and St. Louis 31st. By 30 Mar 2026 it was 25th and 28th.
San Jose out-attempted St. Louis 278 to 246
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
San Jose Sharks
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for San Jose, 3 for St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for San Jose, 10 for St. Louis.
2025-26: 82 games for San Jose, 82 for St. Louis.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
San Jose
Small sampleSt. Louis
Small sampleMacklin Celebrini has 9 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Macklin Celebrini vs St. Louis · game by game
See all: Macklin Celebrini vs St. Louis · game by game →Jordan Binnington has been the difference
Jordan Binnington faced 80 shots across 3 appearances against San Jose and conceded 8, a .900 save percentage against a season figure of .833. Starters are confirmed on game day.
- Started 3 of 3 this season
- 49 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 3 GP · .862 SV% · GSAx −1
Also possible: Nedeljkovic 29%
- Started 2 of 3 this season
- 44 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 2 GP · .955 SV% · GSAx +3
Also possible: Binnington 37%
Yaroslav Askarov
See all: Yaroslav Askarov →SJS · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Expected starter · 71%
Jordan Binnington
See all: Jordan Binnington →STL · 0-1-0 in 2026-27 Chance to start · 37%
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joel Hofer .955 (2 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.3 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
San Jose3.004.003.063.56
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
10 on the injury lists
San Jose · injuries
St. Louis · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.
Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.
Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.
San Jose · 2026 draft
See all: San Jose · 2026 draft →St. Louis · 2026 draft
See all: St. Louis · 2026 draft →
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