Sat, Dec 27, 2025·Enterprise Center, St. Louis
Nashville Predators 2, St. Louis Blues 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSH | 18 | 010 | 114 | 232 |
| STL | 28 | 05 | 17 | 320 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 8:45STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Dalibor Dvorsky · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
- P1 11:41NSHTyson JostAssists: Nicolas Hague · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
- P1 18:14STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Robert Thomas · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
- P3 4:40STLPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Robert Thomas, Philip Broberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
- P3 12:03NSHFedor SvechkovSHAssists: Erik Haula, Nicolas Hague · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
- P1 3:16STLBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 min
- P1 7:18NSHFedor Svechkov: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 14:54STLLogan Mailloux: Hooking2 min
- P3 10:43NSHRyan O'Reilly: High sticking2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Thomas
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Nashville Predators
Forward lines
- bestMcCarron – Smith – Schaefer7:47
xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
- Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:26
xG 0.54–0.53 (50%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1
- Haula – Bunting – Evangelista10:58
xG 0.45–0.52 (47%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0
- Jost – Svechkov – Wood8:07
xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestSkjei – Wilsby12:41
xG 0.92–0.58 (61%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0
- Josi – Perbix14:21
xG 0.55–0.55 (50%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1
- Hague – Blankenburg13:32
xG 0.89–1.02 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSchenn – Kyrou – Stenberg6:10
xG 0.71–0.12 (85%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0
- Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours9:41
xG 0.75–0.49 (61%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0
- Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Suter5:16
xG 0.36–0.32 (52%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0
- Suter – Snuggerud – Dvorsky2:53
xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestParayko – Broberg15:35
xG 1.22–0.62 (66%)attempts 13–18goals 2–0
- Faulk – Fowler5:26
xG 0.36–0.01 (98%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Fowler – Mailloux12:27
xG 0.99–0.82 (55%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it NSH. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − NSH), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).