St. Louis Blues at Ottawa Senators: game preview

Meeting number 50

Across 49 completed games, St. Louis lead the head-to-head 26-17-6.

Ottawa out-attempted St. Louis 323 to 258

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

Ottawa 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.

Every team’s xG →

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

Brandon Saad has 5 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.

Forwards to watch

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2026-272025-26

PlayerGPGAPP/GP

77Connor McMichael31231.00

83Mason McTavish32020.67

15Dalibor Dvorsky32020.67

18Tim Stützle33362.00

22Michael Amadio32131.00

19Drake Batherson32131.00

Points leaders →

Defencemen to watch

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2026-272025-26

PlayerGPGAPP/GP

6Philip Broberg30220.67

55Colton Parayko30110.33

4Theo Lindstein30110.33

72Thomas Chabot31120.67

26Carter Yakemchuk30110.33

5Cameron Crotty20000.00

Defencemen stats →

In the last meetings

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PlayerGPGAPSOG

Brandon Saad341512

63Jake Neighbours54159

18Tim Stützle522410

25Jordan Kyrou52248

89Pavel Buchnevich51344

28Claude Giroux50448

8Brady Tkachuk521327

81Dylan Holloway412313

10Brayden Schenn512311

20Fabian Zetterlund22028

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Linus Ullmark has started most of these meetings

Linus Ullmark played 2 of the last 5 meetings with St. Louis, with a .936 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

St. Louis

Expected starter after their game on 10 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Ottawa

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

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 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

6 Dec 20253 · STL 2–1 OTT

28 Nov 20257 · OTT 3–4 STL

3 Jan 20254 · OTT 0–4 STL

29 Oct 20249 · STL 1–8 OTT

21 Mar 20247 · STL 5–2 OTT

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

Ottawa3.332.673.393.00

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 suggest6.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

10 on the injury lists

Tuesday 13 October · the full slate

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