Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis Blues: Live Game Thread

The Nashville Predators (27-36-8, 62 points) host the St. Louis Blues (38-28-7, 83 points) for the fourth and final matchup between the Central Division rivals this season Thursday at Bridgestone Arena.

The Blues lead the season series, 3-0, with each of their last two wins over Nashville coming within the last 10 days. The Blues currently hold a 3-point lead over the Vancouver Canucks for the second Wild Card spot in the Western Conference, while loss to St. Louis in any fashion on Thursday will officially eliminate the Predators from playoff contention.

Juuse Saros will get the start in net for the Predators, while Joel Hofer will tend the twine for the Blues.

How the Predators Lined Up vs. St. Louis

Forsberg-O’Reilly-Evangelista
Bunting-Stamkos-Marchessault
Smith-Svechkov-Bellows
L’Heureux-McCarron-Sissons

Skjei-Blankenburg
Del Gaizo-Barron
Englund-Stastney

Saros
Annunen

Extra: Vrana, Oesterle
IR: Lauzon, Josi, Wilsby

Predators vs. Blues: Live Updates

First Period (NSH 2, STL 0)

Fedor Svechkov got the scoring started for Nashville with a pinpoint wrist shot from the slot that went bar down at the 2:48 mark of the first period. Michael Bunting made the play behind the net and fed to Svechkov for the score to give Nashville a 1-0 lead. Andreas Englund also recorded a secondary assist on the play for his first point as a member of the Predators.

The shelf is HIGH!

Svech puts in the lead 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/POCsmG8yuu

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) March 28, 2025

The Predators doubled their lead on the power play just over halfway through the frame with a shot from the high slot by Brady Skjei. A Ryan Suter slashing penalty gave Nashville the man advantage, and Skjei received a drop pass from Luke Evangelista to score with just 14 seconds remaining on the penalty to make it 2-0 at the 10:16 mark