Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: St. Louis 46-29-7=99pts, Nashville 41-29-12=94pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 26 April: Nashville wins at St. Louis, 4-goals-3
Game 2 on Friday, 28 April: Nashville loses at St. Louis, 3-goals-2
Game 3 on Sunday, 30 April: St. Louis loses at Nashville, 3-goals-1
Game 4 on Tuesday, 02 May: St. Louis loses at Nashville, 2-goals-1
Game 5 on Friday, 05 May: Nashville loses at St. Louis, 2-goals-1
Game 6 on Sunday, 07 May: St. Louis loses at Nashville, 3-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Nashville Predators hosted and bested the St. Louis Blues 3-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1330 victory. With the series 1330 win, the Nashville Predators improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 5-9 overall and 1-3 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1330 loss, the St. Louis Blues see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 23-36 overall and 7-17 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Nashville Predators in series 1330 was WLWWLW: Series 1330 thus becomes the fifth NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 20th NHL series (all rounds), and the 46th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1330 loss by the St. Louis Blues is their NBA/NHL-worst 17th best-of-7 Quarterfinals series loss - one more than the 16 best-of-7 Quarterfinals series losses by the NBA Atlanta Hawks. The 82 best-of-7 Quarterfinals game losses by the St. Louis Blues are also a best-of-7 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals-round worst.

After Game 5: The St. Louis Blues hosted and defeated the Nashville Predators 2-goals-1 to drop the Nashville Predators best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1330 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 6 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 3-19 with an active six-series losing streak and a Game 6 record of 9-13 with an active four-Game 6 losing streak. The sole previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series which the Nashville Predators had led 3-games-2 was series 1129, in which they defeated the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 to win that 2011 NHL Preliminary-round series.

After Game 4: The Nashville Predators hosted and topped the St. Louis Blues 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1330 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 5 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 2-11 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 5 record of 7-6. The two St. Louis series victories in the wake of 3-games-1 deficits occurred in series 581 (over the Detroit Red Wings in the 1991 NHL Preliminary round) and series 780 (over the old Phoenix Coyotes in the 1999 NHL Preliminary round). Leading 3-games-1, Nashville notched its sole Game 5 and series victory in series 1162, over the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 NHL Preliminary round.

After Game 3: The Nashville Predators hosted and defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1330 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 5-17 with an active seven-series losing streak and a Game 4 record of 10-12.

After Game 2: The St. Louis Blues hosted and topped the Nashville Predators 3-goals-2 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1330 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 11-18 and a Game 3 record of 14-15, while the Nashville Predators have a series record of 2-5 and a Game 3 record of 3-4. St. Louis trailed Nashville at home by a goal as late as 7:38 into the third period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through 2016, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 7:38 into the third period had a game record of 122-465 (.208). In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series, teams such as the St. Louis Blues in series 1330 which lose Game 1 by a goal and win Game 2 by a goal have a series record of 12-7 (.632).

After Game 1: The Nashville Predators visited and defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1330 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 4-2 with an active four-series winning streak and a Game 2 record of 2-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 5-23 and a Game 2 record of 12-16. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series, teams winning 4-goals-3 on the road in Game 1 (such as Nashville against St. Louis) have a series record of 14-10 (with an active four-series winning streak), and a Game 2 record of 12-12. The St. Louis Blues scored as many goals in series 1330 Game 1 on home ice (three goals) as they scored on home ice in the entirety of their 2017 NHL Preliminary round series victory over the Minnesota Wild.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NHL regular season, the St. Louis Blues finished five points ahead of the Nashville Predators. From 1939 through the 2017 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 26-13 (.667) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1330 is the 59th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the St. Louis Blues, and the 14th for the Nashville Predators. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the St. Louis Blues have an all-rounds series record of 23-35, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-16, and a Game 1 record of 30-28, while the Nashville Predators have an all-rounds series record of 4-9, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-3, and a Game 1 record of 6-7. Series 1330 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the St. Louis Blues and the Nashville Predators.