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Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues NHL Predictions

2025-01-27 • Enterprise Center
St. Louis Blues 2 - 5 Vancouver Canucks
🚨 Upset Loss (60% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
STL: 59.8%
VAN: 40.2%
Expected Goals
STL: 3.48
VAN: 2.84
Total Goals
Median: 5.6
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 40%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

STL
Jordan Binnington - 7-10-6 | 0.869 SV% | 3.56 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 6-10-3 | 0.885 SV% | 3.41 GAA
StatSTLVAN
Season SV%0.8690.885
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.563.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
STLJordan Binnington3025583.3%4.114-0.89
VANKevin Lankinen2624292.3%2.4220.42
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • STL at home vs VAN: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-21VAN 1 - 3 STLSTLSTL
2025-10-30STL 3 - 4 VANVANSTL
2025-10-13VAN 2 - 5 STLSTLVAN
2025-03-20STL 4 - 3 VANSTLSTL
2025-01-27STL 2 - 5 VANVANSTL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1STL800.48
1VAN1611.65
2STL1921.53
2VAN1700.87
3STL1400.41
3VAN1131.59
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 59.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
St. Louis Blues 2 - 5 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.5 - 2.8