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St. Louis Blues vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2027 · Rogers Place

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STLNHL · BN+ · SNW · TVAS

Game preview

The St. Louis Blues visit the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Thursday, March 18, 2027, with puck drop at 9:00 PM ET. The game is on STLNHL, BN+, SNW and TVAS.

This is the third of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Blues

Game 2 of a road trip: Seattle, now Edmonton.

  1. 82027-03-08: no game
  2. 92027-03-09: vs NSH
  3. 102027-03-10: no game
  4. 112027-03-11: vs SJS
  5. 122027-03-12: no game
  6. 132027-03-13: vs ANA
  7. 142027-03-14: no game
  8. 152027-03-15: at SEA
  9. 162027-03-16: no game
  10. 172027-03-17: no game
  11. 182027-03-18: at EDM
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~564 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,285 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−1 h
body clock vs home

Oilers

First home game after a 2-game road trip (Seattle and Colorado).

  1. 82027-03-08: no game
  2. 92027-03-09: vs LAK
  3. 102027-03-10: no game
  4. 112027-03-11: vs NSH
  5. 122027-03-12: no game
  6. 132027-03-13: at SEA
  7. 142027-03-14: no game
  8. 152027-03-15: at COL
  9. 162027-03-16: no game
  10. 172027-03-17: no game
  11. 182027-03-18: vs STL
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,033 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,616 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

St. Louis BluesBluesTue, Oct 13 at OTT
  1. L1Holloway#81Thomas#18Snuggerud#21
    11:03 together at 5v5
  2. L2Buchnevich#89Neighbours#63Dvorsky#15
    8:14 together at 5v5
  3. L3McMichael#77McTavish#83Berggren#29
    7:54 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewJohnston#49Suter#22Peterson#32
    6:22 together at 5v5
  1. D1Fowler#17Carlo#25
    12:56 together at 5v5
  2. D2Broberg#6Jiricek#36
    11:04 together at 5v5
  3. D3Parayko#55Barron#72
    9:25 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Buchnevich LMcMichael LMcTavish CDvorsky RFowler D1:40
  2. 2Holloway LNeighbours LThomas CSnuggerud RJiricek D1:38

Penalty kill

  1. 1Buchnevich LSuter CParayko DBroberg D1:42
  2. 2Buchnevich LSuter CFowler DCarlo D1:18
Edmonton OilersOilersTue, Oct 13 at LAK
  1. L1Draisaitl#29McDavid#97Podkolzin#92
    13:43 together at 5v5
  2. L2Formenton#26Joseph#21Michaels#43
    10:40 together at 5v5
  3. L3Dickinson#16Hallander#19Kapanen#42
    6:57 together at 5v5
  4. L4Howard#53Frederic#10Samanski#81
    5:05 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekholm#14Bouchard#2
    14:21 together at 5v5
  2. D2Murphy#5Shea#6
    13:51 together at 5v5
  3. D3Emberson#49Mukhamadullin#85
    8:38 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Draisaitl CMcDavid CKapanen RPodkolzin RBouchard D2:14

Penalty kill

  1. 1Formenton LMichaels RMurphy DShea D1:03
  2. 2Formenton LMcDavid CEkholm DMurphy D0:44

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

STLEDM

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

STL 71% (10th most settled)EDM 76% (3rd most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

STL 1:07 left (latest · 13 pulls)EDM 1:33 left (6th latest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

STL 46.6s (6th shortest)EDM 49.5s (10th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

STL 26% (8th least often)EDM 30% (16th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series