SPRAtlantic Division · 6th of 8 · St. Louis Blues

SpringfieldThunderbirds

MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA

32-32-8
Record: 72
Points: 207
Goals for: 240
Against: -33
Differential

At home18-13-5107–104 (+3)

On the road14-19-3100–136 (-36)

Last 107-3-0 · oldest first

The story

SPR were outplayed at both ends: 28th of 32 in chances created and 30th of 32 in chances allowed.

They finished 25 goals above what the chances were worth (18th of 32 in shooting), and conceded 22 more than the chances against were worth (16th of 32 in save percentage).

Only 37% of their goals came off the rush, 26th of 32 — the offence was built on the cycle and the point.

The penalty kill 6th of 32 at 83.7%.

Where SPR ranks

Expected Goals For % · 31 of 32

45.54%

xGF/60 · 28 of 32

2.50

xGA/60 · 30 of 32

2.99

Scoring Chance % · 31 of 32

44.79%

High Danger Chance % · 31 of 32

44.43%

Shooting % · 18 of 32

10.89%

Save % · 16 of 32

89.3%

PDO · 15 of 32

100.2%

Power Play % · 17 of 32

18.12%

Penalty Kill % · 6 of 32

83.71%

Special Teams Index · 11 of 32

101.83%

Rush Share of Goals · 26 of 32

37.2%

Goals For · 24 of 32

207

Goals Against · 27 of 32

240

Each bar is a percentile against all 32 clubs, with the league median on the tick. Metrics where less is better are flipped, so longer is always better.

Shots for and against

SPR1,900 shots · 182 xG

quiet3.9 xG per 5 ft

Allowed2,247 shots · 218 xG

quiet3.9 xG per 5 ft

Special teams

	Goals	Chances	Rate
Power play	54	298	18.1%
Penalty kill	43	264	83.7%

Special-teams index 101.8 — power play plus penalty kill, the one number that says whether a club wins the nights the referee decides.

How the game unfolds

1st period44.2%of goals scored

Goals: 61–77
xG share: 46.6%

2nd period52.9%of goals scored

Goals: 73–65
xG share: 44.2%

3rd period43.4%of goals scored

Goals: 69–90
xG share: 46.2%

	1st	2nd	3rd
Goals for	61	73	69
Goals against	77	65	90
xG for	59.6	62.3	58.7
xG against	68.3	78.6	68.4
Shots for	634	620	626
Shots against	726	766	728

Share of goals is this club’s goals as a percentage of every goal scored in that period, so 50% is even. xG share is the same sum over chance quality, which says whether the result matched the play. Regulation only — overtime is three skaters a side and a different game.

How the goals came

Goals	For	Share	Against	Share
Off the rush	77	37.2%	103	42.9%
Off the cycle	104	50.2%	110	45.8%
In a scramble	24	11.6%	25	10.4%

Attempts	For	Sh%	Against	Sv%
Off the rush	478	16.1%	569	81.9%
Off the cycle	1308	8.0%	1531	92.8%
In a scramble	114	21.1%	147	83.0%

A rush is the first shot of a possession, taken inside 40 ft up the middle; the cycle is a shot after sustained pressure, or a first shot from distance or the wall; a scramble is a second attempt inside four seconds. League-wide they convert at about 17%, 8% and 23%. Shares are of goals scored in play — shootout winners are not shots.

Volume

	For	Against
Shots	1900	2247
Expected goals	182.5	218.3
Scoring chances	645	—
High-danger chances	271	—

With a lead, level, and from behind

Score state	Share of play	GF–GA	GF%	GF% ex. EN	xGF%	SF%	Sh%ex. EN	Sv%ex. EN
Leading	29%1,459 min	83–76	52.2%lg 52.6%	45.3%lg 47.9%	43.5%lg 48.0%	41.2%lg 46.5%	11.4%lg 10.4%	90.7%lg 90.4%
Tied	31%1,546 min	63–75	45.7%lg 50.0%	45.7%lg 50.0%	46.7%lg 50.0%	46.8%lg 50.0%	9.2%lg 9.6%	90.4%lg 90.4%
Trailing	40%2,035 min	77–113	40.5%lg 47.4%	43.5%lg 52.1%	46.2%lg 51.9%	48.8%lg 53.6%	8.2%lg 9.6%	89.8%lg 89.6%

Regulation only — overtime is three-on-three and always starts level, so pooling it here would contaminate every rate. The small figure under each percentage is the league in the same score state; SPR being above it is the claim, not the percentage itself. GF% ex. EN drops empty-net goals from both sides, and across the league it reverses the headline: clubs are outscored at even play while protecting a lead, and outscore while chasing. The empty net is what settles it.

2025-26 skaters · 44

Player	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG
Nikita AlexandrovC	66	16	40	56	144	19.15
Matt LuffRW	62	18	34	52	132	13.92
Chris WagnerC	67	24	26	50	171	20.50
Matthew PecaC	63	12	35	47	111	13.04
Aleksanteri KaskimäkiF	64	20	24	44	161	18.02
Calle RosénD	70	9	29	38	147	8.60
Dillon DubeLW	46	20	17	37	105	12.74
Juraj PekarcikF	69	11	24	35	52	7.45
Corey SchuenemanD	71	6	25	31	119	5.14
Hugh McGingF	66	12	19	31	92	10.35
Dylan PetersonF	57	12	12	24	72	8.06
Akil ThomasF	39	9	13	22	59	8.19
Thomas BordeleauF	60	9	12	21	85	10.81
Marc-André GaudetD	53	5	15	20	81	5.12
Hunter SkinnerD	60	7	12	19	109	5.44
Jakub StanclF	60	9	10	19	74	8.18
Otto StenbergF	36	4	13	17	47	6.20
Theo LindsteinD	59	6	8	14	62	3.93
Zach DeanF	36	4	10	14	45	5.41
Julien GauthierRW	25	7	5	12	42	4.08
Michael BuchingerD	58	6	5	11	80	4.24
Samuel JohannessonD	26	2	9	11	35	2.20
Wyatt NewpowerD	53	2	7	9	42	1.48
Nikita SusuyevF	34	1	6	7	27	2.45
Sam BittenF	47	4	3	7	30	2.98
Simon RobertssonF	40	2	5	7	25	2.45
Leo LööfD	47	2	4	6	38	1.44
Dalibor DvorskýF	6	3	2	5	22	2.95
Quinton BurnsD	31	0	5	5	30	1.27
Sam StangeF	31	3	1	4	30	2.41
Colin RalphD	6	0	2	2	6	0.22
Felix TrudeauF	8	1	1	2	10	1.37
Logan MaillouxD	5	2	0	2	5	0.46
Mathieu JosephF	2	1	0	1	4	0.51
Milan LucicLW	5	0	1	1	1	0.04
Anthony KehrerD	7	0	0	0	5	0.33
Anthony RomanoF	2	0	0	0	0	—
Jett JonesF	11	0	0	0	4	0.18
Kale KessyLW	41	0	0	0	22	1.94
Kevin WallRW	6	0	0	0	2	0.23
Lachlan GetzD	1	0	0	0	1	0.06
Tarun FizerRW	2	0	0	0	1	0.03
Troy MurrayF	2	0	0	0	2	0.26
Zach BerzollaD	4	0	0	0	4	0.23

2025-26 goaltending

Goalie	GP	W	SV%	GAA	GSAx
Vadim Zherenko	42	17	90.2%	3.08	-2.9
Georgii Romanov	28	9	89.6%	3.29	-2.3
Will Cranley	10	6	89.2%	3.03	-2.5

Last 10 games

Recent Full schedule

Date	Opp	Result	Goals	xG
2026-05-23	@ WBS	L	1–8	1.7–3.6
2026-05-21	vs WBS	W	2–0	2.4–1.2
2026-05-19	vs WBS	L	1–2	2.8–3.3
2026-05-14	@ WBS	W	4–3	4.0–3.6
2026-05-12	@ WBS	L	0–2	1.5–2.5
2026-05-07	vs PRO	W	1–0	1.9–2.4
2026-05-05	vs PRO	W	3–2	3.1–3.5
2026-05-03	@ PRO	L	1–2	1.9–2.6
2026-05-01	@ PRO	W	3–2	2.2–2.5
2026-04-25	@ CLT	W	2–1	2.0–2.5