Early look · NHL 2026-27

Florida Panthers at St. Louis Blues: game preview

FloridaPanthers2026-27: 2-0-2 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 40-38-4 · 84 pts · 25that

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

Puck drop14 Nov · 7:00 PM ET

VenueEnterprise Center

All-time meetings49 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Two points apart last season

Florida finished last season 25th in the league on 84 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 50

Across 49 completed games, St. Louis lead the head-to-head 32-13-4.

All-time record32-13-4St. Louis's record in the series

Meetings played49This is number 50

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Florida

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

29 Jan 2026FLA 4 – STL 5——STL

20 Dec 2025STL 6 – FLA 2——STL

6 Feb 2025FLA 3 – STL 2——FLA

20 Dec 2024STL 1 – FLA 2 OT——FLA

9 Jan 2024FLA 5 – STL 1——FLA

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateFloridaSt. Louis

20 Dec 202519-14-2 · 40 pts15th14-15-8 · 36 pts24th

29 Jan 202628-20-3 · 59 pts14th19-24-9 · 47 pts31st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 20 Dec 2025, Florida were 15th in the league and St. Louis 24th. By 29 Jan 2026 it was 14th and 31st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Florida out-attempted St. Louis 112 to 103

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

Florida Panthers

112 att · 49 on goal · 6 G · 12.2%

Crease8 att · 1 G

Slot47 att · 5 G

Wing38 att · 0 G

Point16 att · 0 G

Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

St. Louis Blues

103 att · 63 on goal · 11 G · 17.5%

Crease1 att · 0 G

Slot46 att · 7 G

Wing29 att · 2 G

Point22 att · 1 G

Neutral zone5 att · 1 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Florida and St. Louis are level on 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.

FloridaSt. Louis

3.01xG for per game2.69

2.34xG against per game3.33

56.3%xG share44.7%

−4.0FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1

+1.4GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 4 games for Florida, 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

Florida

Small sample

Power play · 2026-274.3%

Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 19th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2778.9%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.0% · 9th

Faceoffs · 2026-2750.2% · 115/229

Drawn · 2026-2723 (5.75/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2719 (4.75/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 →

Florida

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

St. Louis

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

Florida crease

FLA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Nov

Jacob Markstrom.9273 GP · 2-0-1 · GSAx +3.2

Akira Schmid.8751 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −1.0

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Nov

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

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

No appearances against Florida 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

29 Jan 20269 · FLA 4–5 STL

20 Dec 20258 · STL 6–2 FLA

6 Feb 20255 · FLA 3–2 STL

20 Dec 20243 · STL 1–2 FLA

9 Jan 20246 · FLA 5–1 STL

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Florida2.002.003.063.37

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 meetings6.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

9 on the injury lists

Florida · injuries

Aaron EkbladPersonalOutReturn10 Oct

Aleksander BarkovLower BodyIRReturn27 Nov

Brad MarchandLegDay-to-dayReturn10 Oct

Jonah GadjovichUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

MacKenzie EntwistleUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov

Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov

Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov

Latest moves

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3 Oct · FLA

Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve. Called up D Alexander Petrovic from Charlotte (AHL).

3 Oct · FLA

Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve.

27 Sep · FLA

Placed RW/C Cole Schwindt, RD Alexander Petrovic, LD Donovan Sebrango, LW Kai Schwindt, LW Cole Reinhardt, RW Sam Lafferty and C/LW John Beecher on waivers. Agreed to terms with RW Nathan Bastian on a 1-year, two-way 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

Florida · 2026 draft

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#40Simas IgnataviciusRound 2 · GeneveRW

#48Ryder CaliRound 2 · North BayC

#98Jonas KempsRound 4 · ChicagoD

#168Vilho VanhataloRound 6 · Tappara Jr.RW

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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Florida Panthers at St. Louis Blues: game preview

Two points apart last season

Meeting number 50

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Florida out-attempted St. Louis 112 to 103

Florida Panthers

St. Louis Blues

Florida and St. Louis are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Florida

St. Louis

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Florida 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

Florida · injuries

St. Louis · injuries

Latest moves

Florida · 2026 draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

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