St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · United Center

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Recap

Blackhawks rally past Blues for 4-2 win at United Center

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night at United Center. Mason McTavish put the Blues up 1-0 in the first period with his 2nd goal of the season, assisted by Connor McMichael. The Blackhawks answered in the second with two straight goals. Sam Rinzel tied it on the power play with his 1st of the season, assisted by Frank Nazar and Nick Lardis, and Anton Frondell put Chicago ahead with his 1st, assisted by Artyom Levshunov and Teuvo Teravainen.

Cole Smith delivered the winner at 18:51 of the third with a shorthanded empty-net goal, his 1st of the season. Connor McMichael pulled the Blues back within one with a power-play goal at 19:21, but Frank Nazar sealed it with an empty-netter at 19:56. Frondell, Nazar and McMichael each finished with a goal and an assist.

Spencer Knight earned first-star honours with 25 saves on 27 shots, while Joel Hofer took the loss with 17 saves. The Blues outshot Chicago 27-21 and outhit them 28-18, but fell to 1-2-0 with their second straight regulation loss. The Blackhawks improved to 1-3-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	1	0	1	2	27
CHI	0	2	2	4	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mason McTavish (2)Connor McMichael (2)1–015:38 STL

2nd period

Sam Rinzel (1)Frank Nazar (1), Nick Lardis (2)Parayko 1:04 into shift1–105:40 CHI · PPG
Anton Frondell (1)Artyom Levshunov (1), Teuvo Teravainen (2)Fowler 1:21 into shift1–207:40 CHI

3rd period

Cole Smith (1)Unassisted1–318:51 CHI · SHG · EN
Connor McMichael (1)Philip Broberg (2), Pavel Buchnevich (1)Kaiser 1:01 into shift2–319:21 STL · PPG
Frank Nazar (1)Tyler Bertuzzi (1), Anton Frondell (3)2–419:56 CHI · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:21

1–2 · 2nd 7:40 · Frondell. Fowler was 1:21 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSTL on iceCHI on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 STL

1st 15:38 · McTavish

Lardis 0:51

NormalLardis 0:51

1–1 CHI

2nd 5:40 · PP · Rinzel

Long shift: Parayko 1:04

Long shiftParayko 1:04

1–2 CHI

2nd 7:40 · Frondell

Long shift: Fowler 1:21

Long shiftFowler 1:21

1–3 CHI

3rd 18:51 · EN · Smith

Thomas 1:53

Empty netThomas 1:53

2–3 STL

3rd 19:21 · McMichael

Long shift: Kaiser 1:01

Long shiftKaiser 1:01

2–4 CHI

3rd 19:56 · EN · Nazar

McMichael 1:46

Empty netMcMichael 1:46

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

27Shots on goal21

52%Faceoff %48%

1/2Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes4

28Hits18

8Blocked shots13

18Giveaways17

3Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 01:23Jonatan Berggren · tripping2 min
1st 05:48Patrick Kane · interference2 min
2nd 03:40Ross Johnston · interference2 min
3rd 17:37Roman Kantserov · tripping2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

77Connor McMichaelL	1	1	2	-2	5	0	1	0	25	17:53
83Mason McTavishC	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	62	17:20
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	17:43
6Philip BrobergD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	–	22:25
15Dalibor DvorskyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	42	10:50
18Robert ThomasC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	58	20:31
21Jimmy SnuggerudR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	18:58
22Pius SuterC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	57	13:18
29Jonatan BerggrenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:48
49Ross JohnstonL	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	07:15
63Jake NeighboursL	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	–	15:15
65Dillon DubeC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:12
81Dylan HollowayL	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	16:03
4Theo LindsteinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:49
17Cam FowlerD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:05
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:58
36Adam JiricekD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	18:12
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	20:11

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Joel HoferG	L	19	17	2	.895	58:14
50Jordan BinningtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

16Anton FrondellC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	60	18:38
91Frank NazarC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	53	19:34
22Cole SmithR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:39
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	–	17:50
76Nick LardisL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:39
86Teuvo TeravainenC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:31
6Sam RinzelD	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:45
55Artyom LevshunovD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:00
8Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	09:27
11Oliver MooreC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	57	12:16
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	12:41
20Ryan GreeneC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	38	14:00
80Roman KantserovR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	40	20:36
88Patrick KaneR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	20:55
24Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	21:23
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:38
44Wyatt KaiserD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:56
72Alex VlasicD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:48

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Spencer KnightG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
40Arvid SoderblomG		0	0	0	–	00:00