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Early look · NHL 2026-27

St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks: game preview

Puck drop14 Jan · 10:00 PM ET
VenueHonda Center
All-time meetings123 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Six points apart last season

St. Louis finished last season 22nd in the league on 86 points. Anaheim finished 18th on 92.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 124

Across 123 completed games, St. Louis lead the head-to-head 68-41-14.

All-time record68-41-14St. Louis's record in the series
Meetings played123This is number 124
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1St. Louis
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
3 Apr 2026STL 6 – ANA 2——STL
8 Mar 2026STL 4 – ANA 0——STL
1 Dec 2025ANA 4 – STL 1——ANA
16 Mar 2025ANA 2 – STL 7——STL
7 Mar 2025STL 4 – ANA 3——STL
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSt. LouisAnaheim
1 Dec 20259-11-7 · 25 pts29th16-9-1 · 33 pts5th
8 Mar 202619-24-9 · 47 pts31st28-22-3 · 59 pts15th
3 Apr 202632-31-12 · 76 pts26th41-30-5 · 87 pts16th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 1 Dec 2025, St. Louis were 29th in the league and Anaheim 5th. By 3 Apr 2026 it was 26th and 16th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

St. Louis out-attempted Anaheim 178 to 170

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

St. Louis Blues

178 att · 86 on goal · 11 G · 12.8%
Crease13 att · 0 G
Slot79 att · 4 G
Wing60 att · 6 G
Point20 att · 1 G
Neutral zone6 att · 0 G

Anaheim Ducks

170 att · 75 on goal · 6 G · 8.0%
Crease15 att · 1 G
Slot45 att · 2 G
Wing67 att · 2 G
Point39 att · 1 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Anaheim 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.

St. LouisAnaheim
2.69xG for per game2.19
3.33xG against per game3.49
44.7%xG share38.6%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals+2.6
−0.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.0

This season: 3 games for St. Louis, 2 for Anaheim. 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

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

Anaheim

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.6% · 23rd
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2785.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 27th
Faceoffs · 2026-2743.9% · 50/114
Drawn · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (3.50/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
83Mason McTavish32020.67
15Dalibor Dvorsky32020.67
91Leo Carlsson21452.50
61Cutter Gauthier22242.00
64Mikael Granlund21121.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
55Colton Parayko30110.33
67Tristan Luneau20110.50
47Noah Warren20110.50
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 13 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

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

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Jan

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

No appearances against Anaheim in the last meetings.

Anaheim crease

ANA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Jan

Lukas Dostal.9182 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +2.0

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring 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

3 Apr 20268 · STL 6–2 ANA
8 Mar 20264 · STL 4–0 ANA
1 Dec 20255 · ANA 4–1 STL
16 Mar 20259 · ANA 2–7 STL
7 Mar 20257 · STL 4–3 ANA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51

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 suggest6.3Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.6Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov
Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov
Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov

Anaheim · injuries

Drew HellesonLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct
Ian MooreLower BodyIRReturn16 Oct
Troy TerryHipIRReturn21 Nov
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.

1 Oct · ANA

Signed D Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.

30 Sep · ANA

Reassigned C Roger McQueen and C Cruz Lucius to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Noah Warren, D Ian Mitchell and D Tristan Luneau from San Diego. Placed D Drew Helleson on injured reserve. Moved RW Troy Terry from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.

27 Sep · ANA

Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.

Injury report
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