St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks: game preview
St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22ndat
ChicagoBlackhawks2026-27: 1-3-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 29-39-14 · 72 pts · 31stFourteen points apart last season
St. Louis finished last season 22nd in the league on 86 points. Chicago finished 31st on 72, and the 2025-26 season series went STL 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, St. Louis were 19th in the league and Chicago 13th. By 6 Oct it was 27th and 29th.
St. Louis out-attempted Chicago 280 to 265
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Blackhawks
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: 3 games for St. Louis, 4 for Chicago. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for St. Louis, 10 for Chicago.
2025-26: 82 games for St. Louis, 82 for Chicago.
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
St. Louis
Small sampleChicago
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.
Joel Hofer
See all: Joel Hofer →STL · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Jordan Binnington .833 (1 GP)
Full game logSpencer Knight
See all: Spencer Knight →CHI · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Arvid Soderblom .813 (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
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15
Chicago2.254.252.603.35Goals 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
St. Louis · injuries
Chicago · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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.
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.
St. Louis · 2026 draft
See all: St. Louis · 2026 draft →Chicago · 2026 draft
See all: Chicago · 2026 draft →
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