{"id":555739,"date":"2026-04-19T04:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555739\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T04:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:04:40","slug":"known-for-his-playmaking-ability-nobody-was-more-accurate-than-this-blues-star-in-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555739\/","title":{"rendered":"Known for his playmaking ability, nobody was more accurate than this Blues star in 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">Now that the 2025-26 regular season has come to an end, it is time to reflect on the St. Louis Blues&#8217; efforts since October. One of the most interesting things happened this season, and it could have some impact on the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">Known for his playmaking ability and elite passing skill, Robert Thomas led the league in a specific category that is usually held in high regard for the sniping-type. At 24.5%, he led the league in shooting percentage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">Let\u2019s talk about how important that is, and what it means for the future.<\/p>\n<p>24.5 % shooting percentage led the NHL<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Edging out Central Division rival Logan Cooley of Utah by a single percent, Thomas&#8217; shooting percentage is an incredible feat. No. 18 scored on all three shots he had in the season finale, giving him a 100% shooting percentage in 5-3 win over said Utah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">Over the course of the season, Thomas scored 25 goals on 102 shots. Those 25 goals were just one shy of tying his career-high of 26, which he set in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas completing his game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Thomas is going to have a lot of additional help in the next few years. We have already seen the emergence of Jimmy Snuggerud and Dalibor Dvorsky, and Justin Carbonneau is going to be a Blue very soon. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">But now, Thomas is establishing himself as a player who can <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedinblue.com\/thomas-proves-his-worth-with-his-second-hat-trick-of-career-both-within-two-weeks-01kpdqt3k2j3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">score in bunches on his own<\/a>. He does not have to be a pass-first threat anymore, and can join his highly-scored teammates in goalscoring. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">The Blues are going to need this revolution of No. 18 in order to try to compete in the coming years. He can still notch 60+ assists a season, but imagine if he can supplement that with 40+ goals a season as well. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow bleedinblue.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=bleedinblue.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the 2025-26 regular season has come to an end, it is time to reflect on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,5,4,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-555739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-st-louis","12":"tag-st-louis-blues","13":"tag-stlouis","14":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116429396256704094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}