Nashville Predators vs St. Louis Blues, live updates, how to watch

The Nashville Predators visit the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Dec. 27, looking to extend their three-game win streak.

The Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Dec. 23 on Steven Stamkos’ overtime winner, his 15th goal of the season. Nashville (16-16-4, 36 points) are now in fifth place in the Central Division as the league emerges from holiday break.

St. Louis (14-16-8, 36 points) is coming off a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Dec. 22. The Blues are in sixth place in the Central Division and are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. Robert Thomas leads the Blues with nine goals and 18 assists.

The Predators won both previous meetings with the Blues, a 7-2 win on Dec. 11 and a 5-2 win on Dec. 15.

The goaltending matchup should feature Juuse Saros for the Predators and Joel Hofer for the Blues.

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Cole Smith took a puck to his face and had to leave the game briefly. It didn’t look like a major collision, but enough to take him out of the game for a bit.

Smith recently returned from an upper body injury.

It looked like the Predators tied the game after Hofer misplayed the puck behind the net, giving Forsberg an easy goal. But on replay, Steven Stamkos was offside as the puck was dumped in, negating the goal.

Tough result, but the right call.

The Predators have more shot attempts than the Blues this period, but only a few shots on goal. That’s because the Blues are staying back in their own zone to prevent shots from getting to Hofer.

Nashville’s doing a nice job of cycling the puck in the offensive zone, but there’s not much room to shoot from the middle. Probably going to take another tipped goal in front, meaning more shots from the blue line.

Pavel Buchnevich scored on his own rebound to give the Blues a 2-1 lead with 1:46 left in the period. The goal came in transition as Buchnevich’s pass across inadvertently banked off Roman Josi, coming right back to Buchnevich for the score. The Predators had it played perfectly, but the Blues found a way.

Nashville leads in shots 8-6 after 20 minutes.

The Predators evened the score at the 11:41 mark of the first when Tyson Jost tipped in his third goal of the season.

An excellent play by Nicolas Hague at the blueline made it happen – Hague gathered the puck at the line and fired it to the net, where Jost was waiting.

After the Predators missed on their early power play chance, the Blues capitalize on theirs. Brayden Schenn tipped in a Cam Fowler shot from the blueline to go up 1-0.

Nashville will have to fight from an early deficit in this one.

Here’s how the Predators will lineup against the Blues:

Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Steven Stamkos

Michael Bunting – Erik Haula – Luke Evangelista

Tyson Jost – Fedor Svechkov – Matthew Wood

Reid Schaefer – Michael McCarron – Cole Smith

Defense:

Roman Josi – Nick Perbix

Brady Skjei – Adam Wilsby

Nicolas Hague – Nick Blankenburg

Goaltender: Juuse Saros

The Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis Blues game will be televised by FanDuel Sports Network with a local simulcast on WTVF (NewsChannel5). Streaming is available via FUBO and ESPN+ (outside of the Nashville TV market).

Odds according to BetMGM on Saturday, Dec. 27

PUCK LINE:  Predators +1.5 at -250, Blues -1.5 at +200O/U:  5.5 goalsMONEY LINE: Predators -105, Blues -115

All times Central; Games on FanDuel Sports Network South unless otherwise noted

Record: 16-16-4, 36 points

October

Oct. 9: Columbus Blue Jackets, W 2-1Oct. 11: Utah Mammoth, L (OT) 3-2Oct. 13: at Ottawa Senators, W 4-1Oct. 14: at Toronto Maple Leafs, L 7-4Oct. 16: at Montreal Canadiens, L (OT) 3-2Oct. 18: at Winnipeg Jets, L 4-1Oct. 21: Anaheim Ducks, L 5-2Oct. 23: Vancouver Canucks, W 2-1Oct. 25: Los Angeles Kings, W 5-4 (SO)Oct. 26: Dallas Stars, L 3-2Oct. 28: Tampa Bay Lightning, L 5-2Oct. 30: at Philadelphia Flyers, L 4-1

November

Nov. 1: Calgary Flames, W 4-2Nov. 3: Vancouver Canucks, L 5-4 OTNov. 4: at Minnesota Wild, L 3-2 OTNov. 6: Philadelphia Flyers, L 3-1Nov. 8: Dallas Stars, L 5-4Nov. 10: at New York Rangers, L 6-3Nov. 14: Pittsburgh Penguins W, 2-1 OTNov. 16: at Pittsburgh Penguins L, 4-0Nov. 22: Colorado Avalanche, L 3-0Nov. 24: Florida Panthers, L 8-3Nov. 26: at Detroit Red Wings, W 6-3Nov. 28: at Chicago Blackhawks, W 4-3Nov. 29: Winnipeg Jets, L 5-2

December

Dec. 2: Calgary Flames, W 5-1Dec. 4: at Florida Panthers, W 2-1 OTDec. 6: at Carolina Hurricanes, L 6-3Dec. 9: Colorado Avalanche, W 4-3 SODec. 11: St. Louis Blues, W 7-2Dec. 13: at Colorado Avalanche, L 4-2Dec. 15: at St. Louis Blues, W 5-2Dec. 17: Carolina Hurricanes, L 4-1Dec. 20: Toronto Maple Leafs, W 5-3Dec. 21: New York Rangers, W 2-1Dec. 23: at Minnesota Wild, W 3-2 OTDec. 27: at St. Louis BluesDec. 29: at Utah MammothDec. 31: at Vegas Golden Knights

January

Jan. 1: at Seattle KrakenJan. 3: at Calgary FlamesJan. 6: at Edmonton OilersJan. 8: New York IslandersJan. 10: Chicago BlackhawksJan. 11: Washington CapitalsJan. 13: Edmonton OilersJan. 16: at Colorado AvalancheJan. 17: at Vegas Golden KnightsJan. 20: Buffalo SabresJan. 22: Ottawa SenatorsJan. 24: Utah MammothJan. 27: at Boston BruinsJan. 29: at New Jersey DevilsJan. 31: at New York Islanders

February

Feb. 2: St. Louis BluesFeb. 4: Minnesota WildFeb. 5: at Washington CapitalsFeb. 26: Chicago BlackhawksFeb. 28: at Dallas Stars

March

March 2: Detroit Red WingsMarch 3: at Columbus Blue JacketsMarch 5: Boston BruinsMarch 7: at Buffalo SabresMarch 10: at Seattle KrakenMarch 12: at Vancouver CanucksMarch 15: at Edmonton OilersMarch 17: at Winnipeg JetsMarch 19: Seattle KrakenMarch 21: Vegas Golden KnightsMarch 22: at Chicago BlackhawksMarch 24: San Jose SharksMarch 26: New Jersey DevilsMarch 28: Montreal CanadiensMarch 29: at Tampa Bay Lightning

April

April 2: at Los Angeles KingsApril 4: at San Jose SharksApril 6: at Los Angeles KingsApril 7: at Anaheim DucksApril 9: at Utah Hockey ClubApril 11: Minnesota WildApril 13: San Jose SharksApril 16: Anaheim Ducks

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