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St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · United Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 31–22

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Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at United Center. The Blues outshot the Blackhawks 31-22.

Goals came from Anton Frondell, Ian Cole, Roman Kantserov, Jonatan Berggren and Colton Parayko.

Spencer Knight made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 19 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
St. Louis BluesSTL011231
Chicago BlackhawksCHI120322

Three stars

  1. ★1st starIan ColeCHI · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTyler BertuzziCHI · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starSpencer KnightCHI · .935 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:14

0–2 · 2nd 7:00 · Cole. Thomas was 2:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSTL on iceCHI on ice

0–1 CHI

1st 6:27 · Frondell

Carlo 0:35

0–2 CHI

2nd 7:00 · SH · Cole

Stuck out there: Thomas 2:14

0–3 CHI

2nd 9:31 · PP · Kantserov

Suter 0:43

1–3 STL

2nd 19:04 · Berggren

Long shift: Rinzel 1:18

2–3 STL

3rd 18:44 · Parayko

Stuck out there: Teravainen 1:30

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

STLCHI
31Shots on goal22
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play1/4
27Penalty minutes17
25Hits21
6Blocked shots12
19Giveaways20
11Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 13:42Logan Mailloux · instigator2 min
  • 1st 13:42Logan Mailloux · fighting5 min
  • 1st 13:42Cole Smith · tripping2 min
  • 1st 13:42Cole Smith · fighting5 min
  • 1st 13:42Logan Mailloux · instigator misconduct10 min
  • 1st 17:24Dalibor Dvorsky · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 01:48Connor McMichael · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 04:46Ian Cole · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 05:54Cole Smith · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:52Zach Dean · interference2 min
  • 2nd 13:08Connor McMichael · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 13:08Sam Rinzel · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 02:21Dillon Boucher · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 08:04Pius Suter · holding2 min
  • 3rd 15:54Dillon Boucher · tripping2 min