St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators prediction, 2026-10-17 (NHL)

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Away · 3−4 St. Louis Blues #14 in NHL · 51% to win

Home · 2−5 Nashville Predators #25 in NHL · 49% to win

SAT 7:00P CT · Oct 17 NHL Bridgestone Arena

The Forecast

Kalshi latest price at 8:01 AM CT, next to our model

St. Louis Blues 51%

Nashville Predators 49%

Chance to win, from our model

← STL even NSH → Kalshi market
STL 50% · NSH 50% Our forecast
STL 51% · NSH 49%

	STL	NSH
Our chance	51%	49%
Our fair odds	−104	+104
Kalshi chance market	50%	50%
Kalshi odds market	−102	+102
Edge (ours − Kalshi)	+0.5 pts	−0.5 pts
Kalshi bid / ask	50¢ / 51¢	49¢ / 50¢
Expected goals	3.1	2.9

Expected margin: about even · Expected total: 6.0. Fair odds are the betting odds that match our forecast.

Kalshi market (latest price, updated 8:01 AM CT): Kalshi chance is the middle of each team's bid and ask, scaled so both teams add to 100% (the market's fee margin removed). It's a market price, not the true chance of winning.

Kalshi market price today

NSH price in cents (STL is roughly 100 minus it), 11:00 PM CT to 5:50 AM CT

chart runs 38¢ to 58¢latest 50¢

— Kalshi market price for NSH - - Our forecast: NSH 49% to win. The price is what the market charges, not the chance of winning.

Team Comparison

2026–27 season · box-score averages from 7+ games

STL·NSH

+0.03

rating (0 = average)

−0.13

3.6

goals / game

2.6

3.3

goals allowed / game

3.1

3−4

season record

2−5

1−1

home record

1−3

2−3

away record

1−2

streak

6−4

last 10

3−7

25.9

shots / game

24.3

48.5

faceoff %

47.9

21.0

hits / game

23.7

12.3

blocked shots / game

16.0

3.7

takeaways / game

5.3

16.7

giveaways / game

17.3

Head to Head

last 10 meetings · NSH 5−5

Feb 2at NSHNSH 6 − 5

Dec 27, 2025at STLSTL 3 − 2

Dec 15, 2025at STLNSH 5 − 2

Dec 11, 2025at NSHNSH 7 − 2

Mar 27, 2025at NSHSTL 3 − 2

Mar 23, 2025at STLSTL 4 − 1

Mar 18, 2025at NSHSTL 4 − 1

Dec 27, 2024at STLSTL 7 − 4

Apr 4, 2024at NSHNSH 6 − 3

Feb 17, 2024at STLNSH 5 − 2

Rating Trend

STL · NSH · 18 days

STL · Last 10

6−4 · streak L1

Oct 15at MIN4 − 5L

Oct 13at OTT7 − 2W

Oct 10vs CBJ5 − 3W

Oct 8vs SJ2 − 3L

Oct 6at CHI2 − 4L

Oct 3at COL1 − 6L

Oct 2at DAL4 − 0W

Apr 16at UTAH5 − 3W

Apr 14vs PIT7 − 5W

Apr 13vs MIN6 − 3W

NSH · Last 10

3−7 · streak L3

Oct 15vs SJ2 − 3L

Oct 13vs VGK2 − 5L

Oct 10at OTT2 − 3L

Oct 8at MTL5 − 2W

Oct 6at TOR4 − 5L

Oct 3vs DAL2 − 1W

Oct 1vs MIN1 − 3L

Apr 16vs ANA4 − 5L

Apr 13vs SJ2 − 3L

Apr 11vs MIN2 − 1W