Sun, Mar 1, 2026·Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul
St. Louis Blues 3, Minnesota Wild 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 07 | 17 | 210 | 324 |
| MIN | 08 | 111 | 04 | 123 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 16:09MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
- P2 18:05STLLogan MaillouxAssists: Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
- P3 16:21STLPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Jimmy Snuggerud · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
- P3 19:35STLRobert ThomasENAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
- P1 18:51STLRobert Thomas: Cross checking2 min
- P2 15:22STLJack Finley: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P3 3:12MINNico Sturm: Tripping2 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 20:00Finley won the faceoff against Hartman
- 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.
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSuter – Holloway – Dvorsky12:31
xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0
- Schenn – Thomas – Snuggerud12:32
xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0
- Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Finley6:07
xG 0.04–0.02 (70%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
- Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours10:29
xG 0.25–0.66 (27%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestTucker – Kessel12:59
xG 0.52–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0
- Fowler – Mailloux17:57
xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0
- Faulk – Broberg19:13
xG 0.56–1.21 (32%)attempts 16–23goals 0–0
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestTarasenko – Kaprizov – Yurov2:51
xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy8:29
xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:36
xG 0.57–0.52 (52%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0
- Hinostroza – Trenin – Sturm2:09
xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHughes – Faber19:57
xG 1.11–0.51 (68%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1
- Spurgeon – Middleton14:19
xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0
- Bogosian – Hunt10:51
xG 0.18–0.62 (22%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1
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.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it STL. 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 58% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).