Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues: game preview
ChicagoBlackhawks2026-27: 1-3-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 29-39-14 · 72 pts · 31stat
St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22ndFourteen points apart last season
Chicago finished last season 31st in the league on 72 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went CHI 2-2-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 409
Across 408 completed games, Chicago lead the head-to-head 212-162-33.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 15 Oct 2025, Chicago were 13th in the league and St. Louis 19th. By 6 Oct it was 29th and 27th.
St. Louis out-attempted Chicago 280 to 265
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Chicago Blackhawks
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 4 games for Chicago, 3 for St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Chicago, 10 for St. Louis.
2025-26: 82 games for Chicago, 82 for St. Louis.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Chicago
Small sampleSt. Louis
Small sampleConnor Bedard has 6 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Connor Bedard vs St. Louis · game by game
See all: Connor Bedard vs St. Louis · game by game →Spencer Knight has started most of these meetings
Spencer Knight played 3 of the last 5 meetings with St. Louis, with a .905 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Spencer Knight
See all: Spencer Knight →CHI · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Arvid Soderblom .813 (1 GP)
Full game logJoel Hofer
See all: Joel Hofer →STL · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Jordan Binnington .833 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.0 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Chicago2.254.252.603.35
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
7 on the injury lists
Chicago · injuries
St. Louis · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Assigned D Charles Alexis Legault to Chicago (AHL).
Agreed to terms with F Oliver Moore on a five-year contract extension. Loaned Fs Jiri felcman, Martin Misiak and Marek Vanacker and D Dylan Anhorn to Rockford (AHL). Assigned F Brett Seney to Rockford.
Placed D Derrick Pouliot on waivers.
Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.
Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.
Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.
Chicago · 2026 draft
See all: Chicago · 2026 draft →St. Louis · 2026 draft
See all: St. Louis · 2026 draft →Friday 4 December · the full slate
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