Early look · NHL 2026-27

New Jersey Devils at St. Louis Blues: game preview

New JerseyDevils2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21stat

St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22nd

Puck drop21 Nov · 7:00 PM ET

VenueEnterprise Center

All-time meetings80 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

One points apart last season

New Jersey finished last season 21st in the league on 87 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 81

Across 80 completed games, St. Louis lead the head-to-head 42-30-8.

All-time record42-30-8St. Louis's record in the series

Meetings played80This is number 81

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1New Jersey

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

28 Feb 2026NJD 3 – STL 1——NJD

26 Nov 2025STL 2 – NJD 3 OT——NJD

17 Dec 2024NJD 4 – STL 1——NJD

27 Nov 2024STL 3 – NJD 0——STL

7 Mar 2024STL 1 – NJD 4——NJD

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateNew JerseySt. Louis

26 Nov 202515-7-1 · 31 pts3rd7-10-7 · 21 pts30th

28 Feb 202627-23-2 · 56 pts20th19-24-9 · 47 pts31st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 26 Nov 2025, New Jersey were 3rd in the league and St. Louis 30th. By 28 Feb 2026 it was 20th and 31st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

New Jersey out-attempted St. Louis 119 to 106

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

New Jersey Devils

119 att · 62 on goal · 6 G · 9.7%

Crease7 att · 1 G

Slot43 att · 3 G

Wing49 att · 2 G

Point15 att · 0 G

Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

St. Louis Blues

106 att · 49 on goal · 3 G · 6.1%

Crease5 att · 1 G

Slot37 att · 1 G

Wing41 att · 1 G

Point19 att · 0 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

New Jersey 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.

New JerseySt. Louis

3.52xG for per game2.69

3.01xG against per game3.33

53.9%xG share44.7%

−4.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1

−4.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 3 games for New Jersey, 3 for St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

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

New Jersey

Small sample

Power play · 2026-277.1%

Power play · 2025-2622.0% · 13th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2762.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2679.3% · 17th

Faceoffs · 2026-2747.5% · 87/183

Drawn · 2026-2714 (4.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

St. Louis

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2712.5%

Power play · 2025-2617.6% · 26th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2676.7% · 25th

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 83/186

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

New Jersey

Expected starter after their game on 18 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

St. Louis

Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

New Jersey crease

NJD · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Jake Allen.8752 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx −1.7

Nico Daws.8131 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Joel Hofer.9552 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx +2.8

Jordan Binnington.8331 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against New Jersey in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 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

28 Feb 20264 · NJD 3–1 STL

26 Nov 20255 · STL 2–3 NJD

17 Dec 20245 · NJD 4–1 STL

27 Nov 20243 · STL 3–0 NJD

7 Mar 20245 · STL 1–4 NJD

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

New Jersey2.004.332.803.10

St. Louis2.333.332.823.15

Goals 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.

Scoring rates suggest5.9Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings4.4Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

9 on the injury lists

New Jersey · injuries

Connor BrownLower BodyOutReturn12 Oct

Johnathan KovacevicKneeIRReturn10 Oct

Jonas SiegenthalerUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn10 Oct

Nick BjugstadPectoralIRReturn19 Jan

Seamus CaseyKneeIRReturn21 Nov

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov

Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov

Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov

Latest moves

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27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.

25 Sep · NJD

Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.

5 Oct · STL

Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.

27 Sep · STL

Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.

19 Sep · STL

Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.

Injury report

New Jersey · 2026 draft

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#12Alexander CommandRound 1 · Orebro Jr.C

#37Matias VanhanenRound 2 · EverettLW

#44Nikita ShcherbakovRound 2 · Ufa Jr.D

#119Lavr GashilovRound 4 · Yekaterinburg Jr.C

Full draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

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#11Tynan LawrenceRound 1 · Boston UniversityC

#16Maddox DagenaisRound 1 · QuebecC

#75Luke SchairerRound 3 · Usa U-18D

#107Landon NyczRound 4 · UmassD

Full draft

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New Jersey Devils at St. Louis Blues: game preview

One points apart last season

Meeting number 81

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

New Jersey out-attempted St. Louis 119 to 106

New Jersey Devils

St. Louis Blues

New Jersey have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

New Jersey

St. Louis

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

New Jersey crease

St. Louis crease

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

9 on the injury lists

New Jersey · injuries

St. Louis · injuries

Latest moves

New Jersey · 2026 draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

Saturday 21 November · the full slate