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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at St. Louis Blues: game preview

Puck drop15 Dec · 8:00 PM ET
VenueEnterprise Center
All-time meetings64 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Four points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went WPG 3-1-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 65

Across 64 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 37-22-5.

All-time record37-22-5Winnipeg's record in the series
Meetings played64This is number 65
2025-26 seriesWPG 3-1-0
Last 54-1Winnipeg
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
9 Apr 2026WPG 3 – STL 2——WPG
15 Mar 2026STL 2 – WPG 3——WPG
20 Jan 2026STL 1 – WPG 3——WPG
17 Dec 2025WPG 0 – STL 1——STL
4 May 2025STL 3 – WPG 4 OT——WPG
Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegSt. Louis
17 Dec 202515-16-2 · 32 pts27th13-15-7 · 33 pts25th
20 Jan 202620-23-6 · 46 pts30th19-23-8 · 46 pts31st
15 Mar 202628-28-10 · 66 pts27th27-30-10 · 64 pts29th
9 Apr 202635-31-12 · 82 pts23rd33-33-12 · 78 pts25th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 17 Dec 2025, Winnipeg were 27th in the league and St. Louis 25th. By 9 Apr 2026 it was 23rd and 25th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

St. Louis out-attempted Winnipeg 225 to 201

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

Winnipeg Jets

201 att · 90 on goal · 9 G · 10.0%
Crease12 att · 2 G
Slot73 att · 3 G
Wing57 att · 3 G
Point47 att · 1 G
Neutral zone12 att · 0 G

St. Louis Blues

225 att · 102 on goal · 6 G · 5.9%
Crease26 att · 2 G
Slot86 att · 2 G
Wing80 att · 2 G
Point28 att · 0 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

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.

WinnipegSt. Louis
3.37xG for per game2.69
3.37xG against per game3.33
50.0%xG share44.7%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/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.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
83Mason McTavish32020.67
15Dalibor Dvorsky32020.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
55Colton Parayko30110.33
Defencemen stats

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 →

Expected starter after their game on 12 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 13 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec

Joel Hofer.9552 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx +2.8
Jordan Binnington.8331 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Winnipeg 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

9 Apr 20265 · WPG 3–2 STL
15 Mar 20265 · STL 2–3 WPG
20 Jan 20264 · STL 1–3 WPG
17 Dec 20251 · WPG 0–1 STL
4 May 20257 · STL 3–4 WPG

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
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

8 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov
Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov
Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

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
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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#11Tynan LawrenceRound 1 · Boston UniversityC
#16Maddox DagenaisRound 1 · QuebecC
#75Luke SchairerRound 3 · Usa U-18D
#107Landon NyczRound 4 · UmassD
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