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Early look · NHL 2026-27

St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators: game preview

Puck drop7 Nov · 1:00 PM ET
VenueBridgestone Arena
All-time meetings149 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Two clubs level on last season's points

St. Louis finished last season 22nd in the league on 86 points. Nashville finished 23rd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went NSH 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 150

Across 149 completed games, Nashville lead the head-to-head 75-58-16.

All-time record75-58-16Nashville's record in the series
Meetings played149This is number 150
2025-26 seriesNSH 3-1-0
Last 53-2Nashville
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
2 Feb 2026STL 5 – NSH 6——NSH
27 Dec 2025NSH 2 – STL 3——STL
15 Dec 2025NSH 5 – STL 2——NSH
11 Dec 2025STL 2 – NSH 7——NSH
27 Mar 2025STL 3 – NSH 2——STL
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSt. LouisNashville
11 Dec 202511-14-7 · 29 pts29th12-14-4 · 28 pts30th
15 Dec 202512-15-7 · 31 pts28th13-15-4 · 30 pts30th
27 Dec 202515-16-8 · 38 pts25th16-17-4 · 36 pts28th
2 Feb 202619-24-9 · 47 pts31st24-23-4 · 52 pts26th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 11 Dec 2025, St. Louis were 29th in the league and Nashville 30th. By 2 Feb 2026 it was 31st and 26th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Nashville out-attempted St. Louis 241 to 187

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

St. Louis Blues

187 att · 102 on goal · 12 G · 11.8%
Crease15 att · 4 G
Slot84 att · 6 G
Wing58 att · 1 G
Point21 att · 1 G
Neutral zone9 att · 0 G

Nashville Predators

241 att · 118 on goal · 20 G · 16.9%
Crease27 att · 4 G
Slot85 att · 11 G
Wing81 att · 3 G
Point41 att · 2 G
Neutral zone7 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.

St. LouisNashville
2.69xG for per game2.50
3.33xG against per game3.14
44.7%xG share44.3%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−0.5
−0.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+0.4

This season: 3 games for St. Louis, 3 for Nashville. 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

Nashville

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2737.5%
Power play · 2025-2623.1% · 11th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2775.0%
Penalty kill · 2025-2681.7% · 5th
Faceoffs · 2026-2747.6% · 80/168
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/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
91Steven Stamkos33141.33
21Nils Hoglander33031.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
55Colton Parayko30110.33
59Roman Josi31231.00
76Brady Skjei30110.33
47Jack Ahcan20110.50
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 5 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 5 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 4 Nov

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

No appearances against Nashville in the last meetings.

Nashville crease

NSH · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 4 Nov

Juuse Saros.9073 GP · 1-1-1 · GSAx +0.4

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 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

2 Feb 202611 · STL 5–6 NSH
27 Dec 20255 · NSH 2–3 STL
15 Dec 20257 · NSH 5–2 STL
11 Dec 20259 · STL 2–7 NSH
27 Mar 20255 · STL 3–2 NSH

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
Nashville2.333.003.013.28

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 suggest6.0Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings7.4Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

5 on the injury lists

St. Louis · injuries

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

Nashville · injuries

Justus AnnunenUndisclosedIRReturn13 Oct
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.

6 Oct · NSH

Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.

4 Oct · NSH

Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.

3 Oct · NSH

Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).

Injury report
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