St. Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators (5-6) — Game Recap

STL

St. Louis Blues

34-33-12 · W1 · L10: 6-3-1

Final

5—6

2026-02-02 · Bridgestone Arena

NSH

Nashville Predators

38-32-10 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1

STL controlled xG 2.7 to 2.7 but NSH won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE

STL xG

2.69

ACTUAL

5 — 6

NSH xG

2.66

Scoring Timeline

0.12

HIGH xG

1P 04:53Even Strength

Jake Neighbours(14)

L · STL · #63

Justin Faulk (17), Tyler Tucker (9)

STL 1 - 0 NSH

0.08

MED xG

1P 09:16Power Play

Ryan O'Reilly(19)

C · NSH · #90

Filip Forsberg (22), Roman Josi (24)

STL 1 - 1 NSH

0.11

HIGH xG

1P 14:24Power Play

Pavel Buchnevich(10)

L · STL · #89

Jake Neighbours (10), Jordan Kyrou (16)

STL 2 - 1 NSH

0.09

MED xG

2P 00:45Even Strength

Pavel Buchnevich(11)

L · STL · #89

Jordan Kyrou (17), Jake Neighbours (11)

STL 3 - 1 NSH

0.01

LOW xG

2P 03:23Even Strength

Philip Broberg(3)

D · STL · #6

Jordan Kyrou (18), Pavel Buchnevich (22)

STL 4 - 1 NSH

0.06

MED xG

2P 03:55Even Strength

Colton Parayko(1)

D · STL · #55

Jimmy Snuggerud (13), Philip Broberg (15)

STL 5 - 1 NSH

0.07

MED xG

2P 11:35Even Strength

Michael McCarron(4)

C · NSH · #47

Michael Bunting (18), Roman Josi (25)

STL 5 - 2 NSH

0.03

LOW xG

2P 13:49Even Strength

Filip Forsberg(23)

L · NSH · #9

Roman Josi (26), Erik Haula (19)

STL 5 - 3 NSH

0.11

HIGH xG

3P 02:02Even Strength

Ryan O'Reilly(20)

C · NSH · #90

Justin Barron (5), Luke Evangelista (32)

STL 5 - 4 NSH

0.04

LOW xG

3P 07:14Even Strength

Steven Stamkos(26)

C · NSH · #91

Luke Evangelista (33), Roman Josi (27)

STL 5 - 5 NSH

0.17

HIGH xG

3P 10:23Even Strength

Steven Stamkos(27)

C · NSH · #91

Brady Skjei (16), Luke Evangelista (34)

STL 5 - 6 NSH

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS

★1

Justus Annunen

G · NSH · #29

13/13 saves, .1000 SV%, +0.6 GSAx

★2

Pavel Buchnevich

L · STL · #89

2G, 1A, 6 SOG

★3

Roman Josi

D · NSH · #59

4A, 1 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

STLNSH

34Shots28

2.69xGF2.66

48.2CF%51.8

45.9FO%54.1

1/2PP1/2

16Hits15

10Blocks11

16Giveaways14

8Takeaways4

4PIM4

Period Breakdown

Period	STL SOG	NSH SOG	STL xG	NSH xG
1st	12	8	0.76	0.74
2nd	11	9	1.33	1.05
3rd	6	5	0.60	0.87
Total	29	22	2.69	2.66

Penalties

4 TOTAL

1P 08:04

Tyler Tuckerhooking (2 min)

Drawn by Steven Stamkos

1P 14:04

Andreas Englundinterference (2 min)

Drawn by Mathieu Joseph

3P 10:41

Steven Stamkosdelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)

3P 19:57

Brayden Schenncross-checking (2 min)

Drawn by Steven Stamkos