Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis BluesDec 4, 2026

Time TBDFriday, Dec 4, 2026

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: STL +12.6 pts

CHIaway−12.6 pts

Back-to-back · 408 km travel

B2B vs rested STL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (80%) −3.3 pts

STLhome+12.7 pts

1 day rest

CHI on a B2B +9.3 pts
CHI backup likely (80%) +3.4 pts

STL has the schedule edge (+12.6 pts net win probability): chi on a b2b, chi backup likely (80%), b2b vs rested stl, backup likely (80%).

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Arvid Soderblom80%
Spencer Knight20%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: L 0–6 at UTA · Oct 1

L1Greenway – Smith – Greene
10:23
L2Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell
7:42
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov
4:35
L4Donato – Lardis – Moore
4:07
D1Kaiser – Levshunov
11:17
D2Byram – Vlasic
10:31
D3Cole – Rinzel
10:13
PP1Kane – Bertuzzi – Byram – Kantserov – Frondell
3:51

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St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Joel Hofer54%
Jordan Binnington46%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–3 at UTA · Apr 16

L1Walker – Toropchenko – Finley
12:59
L2Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
12:10
L3Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
11:26
L4Buchnevich – Kyrou – Suter
10:50
D1Broberg – Mailloux
17:24
D2Holl – Tucker
16:21
D3Fowler – Parayko
15:39
PP1Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Neighbours – Snuggerud
1:05

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Game day: all games on Dec 4.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.