Early look · NHL 2026-27

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 · 22nd

Puck drop26 Jan · 8:00 PM ET

VenueEnterprise Center

All-time meetings408 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Fourteen 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.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 409

Across 408 completed games, Chicago lead the head-to-head 212-162-33.

All-time record212-162-33Chicago's record in the series

Meetings played408This is number 409

2025-26 seriesCHI 2-2-0

Last 53-2Chicago

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

6 OctSTL 2 – CHI 428–21STL 1/2 · CHI 1/2CHI

11 Apr 2026STL 5 – CHI 328–34STL 1/1 · CHI 0/2STL

7 Jan 2026STL 3 – CHI 730–35STL 0/5 · CHI 3/4CHI

12 Dec 2025CHI 2 – STL 329–26CHI 0/0 · STL 0/1STL

15 Oct 2025CHI 8 – STL 329–26CHI 1/3 · STL 0/2CHI

Head-to-head finder

The table on each meeting night

DateChicagoSt. Louis

15 Oct 20252-2-1 · 5 pts13th2-2-0 · 4 pts19th

12 Dec 202513-12-6 · 32 pts24th12-14-7 · 31 pts26th

7 Jan 202618-18-7 · 43 pts27th17-19-8 · 42 pts29th

11 Apr 202628-38-14 · 70 pts31st34-33-12 · 80 pts25th

6 Oct1-3-0 · 2 pts29th1-2-0 · 2 pts27th

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.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

St. Louis out-attempted Chicago 280 to 265

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Chicago Blackhawks

265 att · 148 on goal · 24 G · 16.2%

Crease21 att · 6 G

Slot81 att · 9 G

Wing115 att · 9 G

Point41 att · 0 G

Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

St. Louis Blues

280 att · 138 on goal · 16 G · 11.6%

Crease32 att · 2 G

Slot104 att · 11 G

Wing92 att · 2 G

Point48 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

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.

ChicagoSt. Louis

2.41xG for per game2.69

3.83xG against per game3.33

38.7%xG share44.7%

−0.7FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1

−1.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 4 games for Chicago, 3 for St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

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 sample

Power play · 2026-2711.1%

Power play · 2025-2616.9% · 29th

Power play · last 5 meetings5/11 · 45.5%

Penalty kill · 2026-2763.6%

Penalty kill · 2025-2683.6% · 2nd

Faceoffs · 2026-2742.1% · 99/235

Drawn · 2026-279 (2.25/gm)

Drawn · last meetings11 (2.20/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)

PP goals · last meetings5

St. Louis

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2712.5%

Power play · 2025-2617.6% · 26th

Power play · last 5 meetings2/11 · 18.2%

Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2676.7% · 25th

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 83/186

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings11 (2.20/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings2

Skaters

Connor 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.

In the last meetings

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PlayerGPGAPSOG

98Connor Bedard30669

75Tyler Tucker42358

95Ilya Mikheyev43147

59Tyler Bertuzzi513414

63Jake Neighbours51343

20Ryan Greene521310

95Andre Burakovsky42137

91Frank Nazar42135

Lukas Reichel12135

16Anton Frondell21237

Head-to-head finder

Connor Bedard vs St. Louis · game by game

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DateVenueGAPSOGTOI

11 Apr 2026home011623:01

12 Dec 2025away022220:46

15 Oct 2025away033118:57

Last 5 meetings6 P0 G, 6 A · 9 SOG

Next best5 PTyler Tucker, STL

2025-26 season75 P69 GP · 30 G

Blank vs STL0 of 3A point in every meeting

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Goaltending

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.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Chicago

Expected starter after their game on 24 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

St. Louis

Expected starter after their game on 23 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Spencer Knight

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CHI · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

SV% · 2026-27.8913 GP · 3.36 GAA · 2025-26 .902

vs St. Louis.9053 app · 84 SA · 8 GA

GSAx · 2026-27+0.53 starts · most on the roster

vs STLVenueSAGASV%

6 Octhome282.929

7 Jan 2026home303.900

12 Dec 2025away263.885

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Arvid Soderblom .813 (1 GP)

Full game log

Joel Hofer

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STL · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

SV% · 2026-27.9552 GP · 1.01 GAA · 2025-26 .910

vs Chicago.8654 app · 104 SA · 14 GA

GSAx · 2026-27+2.82 starts · most on the roster

vs CHIVenueSAGASV%

6 Octaway192.895

11 Apr 2026away343.912

12 Dec 2025home292.931

15 Oct 2025home227.682

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Jordan Binnington .833 (1 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring 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

6 Oct6 · STL 2–4 CHI

11 Apr 20268 · STL 5–3 CHI

7 Jan 202610 · STL 3–7 CHI

12 Dec 20255 · CHI 2–3 STL

15 Oct 202511 · CHI 8–3 STL

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Chicago2.254.252.603.35

St. Louis2.333.332.823.15

Goals 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.

Scoring rates suggest6.0Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings8.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Chicago · injuries

Andrew MangiapaneLower BodyOutReturn25 Oct

Connor BedardShoulderIRReturn7 Nov

Teuvo TeravainenUndisclosedOutReturn10 Oct

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov

Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov

Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov

Latest moves

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3 Oct · CHI

Assigned D Charles Alexis Legault to Chicago (AHL).

24 Sep · CHI

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.

21 Sep · CHI

Placed D Derrick Pouliot on waivers.

5 Oct · STL

Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.

27 Sep · STL

Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.

19 Sep · STL

Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.

Injury report

Chicago · 2026 draft

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#34Xavier VilleneuveRound 2 · Blainville-boisbriandD

#35Ryan RoobroeckRound 2 · NiagaraLW

#66Samu AlalauriRound 3 · Pelicans Jr.D

#194Alexander IvanovRound 7 · Bars KazanD

Full draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

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#11Tynan LawrenceRound 1 · Boston UniversityC

#16Maddox DagenaisRound 1 · QuebecC

#75Luke SchairerRound 3 · Usa U-18D

#107Landon NyczRound 4 · UmassD

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Tuesday 26 January · the full slate

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Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues: game preview

Fourteen points apart last season

Meeting number 409

Last 5 meetings

The table on each meeting night

St. Louis out-attempted Chicago 280 to 265

Chicago Blackhawks

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Chicago

St. Louis

Connor Bedard has 6 points in the last 5 meetings

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

In the last meetings

Connor Bedard vs St. Louis · game by game

Spencer Knight has started most of these meetings

Spencer Knight

Joel Hofer

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

7 on the injury lists

Chicago · injuries

St. Louis · injuries

Latest moves

Chicago · 2026 draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

Tuesday 26 January · the full slate