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St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Sunday, April 4, 2027 · SAP Center at San Jose

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Game preview

The St. Louis Blues visit the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose on Sunday, April 4, 2027, with puck drop at 9:30 PM ET. The game is on ESPN and SN360.

This is the third of 3 meetings this season. Blues 0, Sharks 1 so far; the last game finished SJS 3, STL 2.

Rest and travel

Blues

Game 2 of a road trip: Los Angeles, now San Jose.

  1. 252027-03-25: vs NYI
  2. 262027-03-26: no game
  3. 272027-03-27: at CBJ
  4. 282027-03-28: vs BUF, second of a back-to-backB2B
  5. 292027-03-29: no game
  6. 302027-03-30: no game
  7. 312027-03-31: no game
  8. 12027-04-01: vs CGY
  9. 22027-04-02: no game
  10. 32027-04-03: at LAK
  11. 42027-04-04: at SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~305 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,893 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−2 h
body clock vs home

Sharks

First home game after a 2-game road trip (Edmonton and Vancouver).

  1. 252027-03-25: no game
  2. 262027-03-26: at UTA
  3. 272027-03-27: no game
  4. 282027-03-28: no game
  5. 292027-03-29: vs COL
  6. 302027-03-30: no game
  7. 312027-03-31: at EDM
  8. 12027-04-01: no game
  9. 22027-04-02: no game
  10. 32027-04-03: at VAN
  11. 42027-04-04: vs STL, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~828 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,526 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
San Jose SharksSharksTue, Oct 13 vs BOS
  1. L1NewChernyshov#92Smith#2Celebrini#71
    11:30 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMarchment#27Toffoli#73Wennberg#21
    10:36 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewSherwood#44Stenberg#41Misa#77
    8:19 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGoodrow#23Ostapchuk#63Graf#51
    7:02 together at 5v5
  1. D1Trouba#65Dickinson#6
    14:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Nurse#25Kesselring#7
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. D3Orlov#9Cagnoni#42
    9:55 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34
  2. 2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08

Penalty kill

  1. 1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27
  2. 2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

STLSJS

Settled lines

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

STL 71% (10th most settled)SJS 71% (12th 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)SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

STL 46.6s (6th shortest)SJS 51.3s (2nd 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)SJS 33% (7th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series