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St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators NHL Predictions

2025-03-27 • Bridgestone Arena
Nashville Predators 2 - 3 St. Louis Blues
🚨 Upset Loss (54% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NSH: 53.6%
STL: 46.4%
Expected Goals
NSH: 3.39
STL: 2.94
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NSH
Juuse Saros - 15-13-3 | 0.897 SV% | 2.93 GAA
STL
Joel Hofer - 8-8-2 | 0.901 SV% | 2.87 GAA
StatNSHSTL
Season SV%0.8970.901
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.932.87
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
NSHJuuse Saros2118385.7%1.941-1.06
STLJoel Hofer1816288.9%1.871-0.13
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: 53% • NSH at home vs STL: 5-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-02NSH 6 - 5 STLNSHNSH
2025-12-27STL 3 - 2 NSHSTLNSH
2025-12-15STL 2 - 5 NSHNSHNSH
2025-12-11NSH 7 - 2 STLNSHNSH
2025-03-27NSH 2 - 3 STLSTLNSH

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1NSH1000.59
1STL400.32
2NSH1310.80
2STL800.57
3NSH1100.47
3STL1511.05
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: 53.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Nashville Predators 2 - 3 St. Louis Blues
Expected: 3.4 - 2.9