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NHL Friday, 16 October 2026

Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues 5-4 – NHL, 16 Oct 2026

Minnesota Wild 8th place · GP 8 · W 5 · PTS 11
5–4 Final
St. Louis Blues 23rd place · GP 7 · W 3 · PTS 7
VenueGrand Casino Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off16 Oct · 01:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match
Our pick Minnesota Wild 52% Minnesota Wild Home
St. Louis Blues 48% St. Louis Blues Away

Our pick Minnesota Wild Low confidence Correct

  • Minnesota Wild sit 9th with 9 points from 7 games, St. Louis Blues 16th with 7 from 6
  • Wild form is LLWWL, Blues form is LLLWW, both mixed
  • Blues won all three last meetings, but those were in 2019 and 2020

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL
Minnesota WildSt. Louis Blues
39Shots on goal26
43%Face-off %57%
1/5Power play1/2
20%Power play %50%
4Penalty minutes10
23Hits19
12Blocked shots15
15Giveaways18
4Takeaways4

Skaters

NHL

Minnesota Wild

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
M. BoldyL3141824:51
K. KaprizovL1232622:52
Q. HughesD0220525:17
J. Eriksson EkC022-1323:12
D. YurovR1011215:26
Y. TreninC0111112:49
M. McCarronC0111011:23
M. ShabanovR0110014:43

St. Louis Blues

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
C. FowlerD033-1320:13
R. ThomasC1122322:49
M. McTavishC101-1414:36
D. HollowayL1011323:15
C. ParaykoD0111326:01
J. BerggrenR101-2215:13
D. DvorskyR011-1111:22
P. SuterC0111015:09

Scoring summary

NHL
TimeTeamScorerAssistsScore
P1 01:45STLJ. Berggren (PP)C. Fowler, D. Dvorsky0–1
P1 07:31MINM. Boldy (PP)Q. Hughes, J. Eriksson Ek1–1
P1 11:17MIND. YurovM. Shabanov, Y. Trenin2–1
P2 04:57STLM. McTavishP. Suter, C. Parayko2–2
P2 05:24MINM. BoldyJ. Eriksson Ek, K. Kaprizov3–2
P2 08:47MINK. KaprizovQ. Hughes, M. Boldy4–2
P2 16:47MINM. BoldyK. Kaprizov, M. McCarron5–2
P3 16:00STLR. Thomas (SH)C. Fowler5–3
P3 19:45STLD. HollowayR. Thomas, C. Fowler5–4

Goaltenders

NHL
GoalieTeamSavesSV%TOI
J. WallstedtMinnesota Wild22/260.84659:49
J. HoferSt. Louis Blues34/390.87257:27

Three stars

NHL
#PlayerTeamPosLine
1M. BoldyMINL3G 1A
2Q. HughesMIND0G 2A
3J. Eriksson EkMINC0G 2A

Form and recent results

Last meetings