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St. Louis Blues vs Tampa Bay Lightning · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview vs Lightning · SUN · DEC 13 · 7:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
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STLNHL · BN+ · The Spot
St. Louis Blues
Blues
1–1–0
VS
Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning
1–1–0
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SUN · DEC 13 · 7:00 PM CT
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St. Louis Blues
Home · Blues
1–1–0
2 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Andrei Vasilevskiy has Colton Parayko figured out, 39 shots without a goal. But Tampa Bay has struggled to beat Joel Hofer: .943 on 53 shots.
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Tampa Bay Lightning
Away · Lightning
1–1–0
2 PTS
Blues
GOALIES
Lightning
Joel Hofer
Joel Hofer
Expected
.1000 SV% · — GAA · 1W
.921 SV% L5 · Locked in
VS
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Expected
.889 SV% · 2.59 GAA · 1W
.888 SV% L5 · Cooling
Blues
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Lightning
L1
Dylan Holloway · Robert Thomas · Jimmy Snuggerud
L2
Pavel Buchnevich · Mason McTavish · Connor McMichael
L3
Jake Neighbours · Dalibor Dvorsky · Jonatan Berggren
L4
Zachary Dean · Pius Suter · Dillon Dube
D1
Philip Broberg · Colton Parayko
D2
Theo Lindstein · Brandon Carlo
D3
Cam Fowler · Adam Jiříček
PP1
Jimmy Snuggerud · Robert Thomas · Dylan Holloway · Cam Fowler · Mason McTavish
PP2
Jake Neighbours · Pavel Buchnevich · Dalibor Dvorsky · Connor McMichael · Adam Jiříček
PK1
Pius Suter · Pavel Buchnevich · Philip Broberg · Colton Parayko
PK2
Robert Thomas · Connor McMichael · Cam Fowler · Brandon Carlo
BluesProjected lines
L1
Dylan Holloway · Robert Thomas · Jimmy Snuggerud
L2
Pavel Buchnevich · Mason McTavish · Connor McMichael
L3
Jake Neighbours · Dalibor Dvorsky · Jonatan Berggren
L4
Zachary Dean · Pius Suter · Dillon Dube
D1
Philip Broberg · Colton Parayko
D2
Theo Lindstein · Brandon Carlo
D3
Cam Fowler · Adam Jiříček
PP1
Jimmy Snuggerud · Robert Thomas · Dylan Holloway · Cam Fowler · Mason McTavish
PP2
Jake Neighbours · Pavel Buchnevich · Dalibor Dvorsky · Connor McMichael · Adam Jiříček
PK1
Pius Suter · Pavel Buchnevich · Philip Broberg · Colton Parayko
PK2
Robert Thomas · Connor McMichael · Cam Fowler · Brandon Carlo
LightningProjected lines
No projected lines yet
Jeremy Rutherford · Oct 3 · 7:42 PM CT
Blues
INJURY REPORT
Lightning
Alexey Toropchenko
OUT · Upper body · Expected back Oct 10
Emil Lilleberg
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Tyler Tucker
IR · Left knee (surgery) · Expected back Nov 12
Yanni Gourde
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Dec 2
Felix Trudeau
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Dominic James
IR · Hand · Expected back Oct 13
Logan Mailloux
IR · Hand (surgery) · Expected back Nov 25
BluesInjury report
Alexey Toropchenko
OUT · Upper body · Expected back Oct 10
Tyler Tucker
IR · Left knee (surgery) · Expected back Nov 12
Felix Trudeau
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Logan Mailloux
IR · Hand (surgery) · Expected back Nov 25
LightningInjury report
Emil Lilleberg
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Yanni Gourde
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Dec 2
Dominic James
IR · Hand · Expected back Oct 13
Jeremy Rutherford · Oct 3 · 7:42 PM CT
STORYLINE
The Blues lost their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games. The Lightning won their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Andrei Vasilevskiy has Colton Parayko figured out, 39 shots without a goal. But Tampa Bay has struggled to beat Joel Hofer: .943 on 53 shots.

The problem is Nikita Kucherov, who has 8 points in his last 4 against the Blues.

The numbers behind it
Matchup
Colton Parayko has 39 shots on Andrei Vasilevskiy without a goal.
(St. Louis)
0/39 vs Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matchup
Oskar Sundqvist has 5 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy (26 shots).
(St. Louis)
5 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy
Player
Nikita Kucherov has 8 points in his last 4 games against St. Louis. See the games →
(Tampa Bay)
8 pts, last 4 vs STL
Goaltending
Joel Hofer has a .943 save % against Tampa Bay (53 shots).
.943 SV% vs TBL