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Thu, Jan 29, 2026·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Florida Panthers 4, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA272706420
STL310110111531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 3:12FLAA.J. GreerAssists: Luke Kunin, Sandis Vilmanis · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:46STLJake NeighboursAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:51STLJordan KyrouAssists: Philip Broberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P1 9:22FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Uvis Balinskis · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P1 14:27STLJonatan BerggrenAssists: Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 0:41STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Justin Faulk · Slap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P2 16:52FLAMatthew TkachukAssists: Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Bennett · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P2 18:39FLAMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Sam Reinhart, Gustav Forsling · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:51STLJimmy SnuggerudPPGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.08 xG4–5
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 9:03STLNathan Walker: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:44FLANiko Mikkola: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 9:44STLNick Bjugstad: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:51FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 12:53FLAJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 13:35STLDalibor Dvorsky: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 3:34STLPhilip Broberg: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 6:20FLAMackie Samoskevich: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 7:09STLDalibor Dvorsky: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 7:25STLBrayden Schenn: Holding2 min
  11. P2 7:57FLASam Bennett: Interference2 min
  12. P2 11:12FLAA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 11:12STLTyler Tucker: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 17:15STLOskar Sundqvist: Tripping2 min · PPG
  15. P3 11:01STLNick Bjugstad: High sticking double minor4 min
  16. P3 16:46STLJoel Hofer: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 16:46FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 18:06FLANiko Mikkola: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorsky won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASTL
20Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won25
8Power plays5
19Penalty minutes25
17Hits26
8Blocked shots17
13Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGreer – Kunin – Vilmanis4:32

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Rodrigues – Samoskevich2:11

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Marchand – Luostarinen – Schwindt4:14

    xG 0.13–0.28 (31%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

  4. Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich9:39

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMikkola – Balinskis11:39

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Bjornfot8:36

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling13:15

    xG 0.38–0.83 (32%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours7:49

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 2–1

  2. Schenn – Snuggerud – Dvorsky4:58

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Berggren – Snuggerud3:56

    xG 0.08–0.10 (47%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Sundqvist – Walker – Toropchenko6:21

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Broberg10:37

    xG 0.55–0.21 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Mailloux7:52

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Tucker10:50

    xG 0.29–0.41 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

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.

STL 2.5 xGFLA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #75 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − FLA), 10,000 replays

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).