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St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 7, 2026

Final· United Center
away
STL
3
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home
CHI
7
Goals123TShots123T
STL1113STL138930
CHI1427CHI917935
STL 64CHI 56
STL 3.87CHI 3.54
PP goals
STL 0CHI 3
Hits
STL 25CHI 19
Blocks
STL 7CHI 16
PIM
STL 8CHI 20
STL 39%CHI 61%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Chicago Blackhawks rout St. Louis Blues 7–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis Blues 7–3 at home. Connor Murphy (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Grzelcyk, Greene, Lardis and Moore) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.

  1. Points
    Connor Murphy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:08.Murphy
  2. Points
    Landon Slaggert had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:47.Slaggert
  3. Points
    Louis Crevier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:35.Crevier
  4. Points
    Oliver Moore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:37.Moore
  5. Points
    Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:59.Grzelcyk
  6. PP1
    CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Grzelcyk, Greene, Lardis and Moore) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.FolignoGrzelcykGreeneLardisMoore
  7. Luck
    CHI scored 7 goals on 3.54 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Goalie
    Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 28 (.800), +10 against a season average of 24.6; the loss.Binnington

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, STL at CHI: 120 attempts, 65 on goal, 10 goals, 7.41 expected goals; best chance Brayden Schenn at 0.44 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CHI
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CHI 56 · STL 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at CHI: expected goals 3.54 to 3.87 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 64, 10 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCHISTLTLMSMSDBCWnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHISTLcontrol2nd3rdTucker · 1st 0:27Lardis · 1st 9:26Moore · 2nd 7:41Stenberg · 2nd 8:22Murphy · 2nd 8:57Slaggert · 2nd 12:27Dickinson · 2nd 17:24Burakovsky · 3rd 5:11Crevier · 3rd 12:56Walker · 3rd 13:19
  • CHI pressure
  • STL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 33% of the game, CHI 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Spencer Knight (59:26) for CHI and Jordan Binnington (59:56) for STL, 10 goals.

CHI
STL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, CHI rows versus STL columns: 251 matchups; most common Murphy vs Berggren, 8:32 at 93% xGF.

CHI ↓ · STL →DvorskyBerggrenStenbergSnuggerudBuchnevichSchennThomasKyrouNeighboursToropchenkoWalkerSundqvistBrobergParaykoFowlerMaillouxFaulkTuckerL1 FolignoL1 SlaggertL1 DachL2 MikheyevL2 DonatoL2 DickinsonL3 GreeneL3 BurakovskyL3 BertuzziL4 TeravainenL4 MooreL4 LardisD1 KaiserD1 LevshunovD2 MurphyD2 GrzelcykD3 CrevierD3 Vlasic
CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSTLCHI
5448
3.072.86
2.972.69
1016
45
2317
−0.085+0.085
33%27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:27
    STLTyler Tucker (Brayden Schenn)snap0.31 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Tucker, SnuggerudCHI: Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Kaiser, Greene, Levshunov
    STL 1 – 0 CHI
  2. 9:26
    CHINick LardisPP (Oliver Moore, Matt Grzelcyk)slap0.10 xG
    STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, TuckerCHI: Foligno, Grzelcyk, Greene, Lardis, Moore
    STL 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

  1. 7:41
    CHIOliver MoorePP (Matt Grzelcyk, Nick Foligno)wrist0.05 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, BrobergCHI: Foligno, Grzelcyk, Greene, Lardis, Moore
    STL 1 – 2 CHI
  2. 8:22
    STLOtto Stenbergsnap0.07 xG
    STL: Faulk, Tucker, Berggren, Dvorsky, StenbergCHI: Foligno, Slaggert, Kaiser, Dach, Levshunov
    STL 2 – 2 CHI
  3. 8:57
    CHIConnor Murphyslap0.07 xG
    STL: Parayko, Sundqvist, Walker, Toropchenko, BrobergCHI: Murphy, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Greene
    STL 2 – 3 CHI
  4. 12:27
    CHILandon Slaggert (Colton Dach, Connor Murphy)tip-in0.08 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Tucker, SnuggerudCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Grzelcyk, Slaggert, Dach
    STL 2 – 4 CHI
  5. 17:24
    CHIJason Dickinson (Louis Crevier)tip-in0.06 xG
    STL: Faulk, Kyrou, Thomas, Tucker, NeighboursCHI: Dickinson, Donato, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Crevier
    STL 2 – 5 CHI

3rd period

  1. 5:11
    CHIAndre BurakovskyPP (Ryan Greene, Teuvo Teravainen)wrist0.25 xG
    STL: Parayko, Sundqvist, BrobergCHI: Teravainen, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Greene, Levshunov
    STL 2 – 6 CHI
  2. 12:56
    CHILouis Crevier (Landon Slaggert, Alex Vlasic)backhand0.35 xG
    STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Mailloux, SnuggerudCHI: Dickinson, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Crevier, Slaggert
    STL 2 – 7 CHI
  3. 13:19
    STLNathan Walker (Alexey Toropchenko, Philip Broberg)other0.11 xG
    STL: Parayko, Sundqvist, Walker, Toropchenko, BrobergCHI: Teravainen, Vlasic, Crevier, Lardis, Moore
    STL 3 – 7 CHI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dalibor Dvorsky RL1000+110.2100219:45——4619
Jonatan Berggren RL1000+110.0801017:32——4819
Otto Stenberg CL1101+110.1050013:55——5233
Jimmy Snuggerud RL2000-140.7920017:37——6463
Pavel Buchnevich LL2000-140.2800017:19——6062
Brayden Schenn CL2011030.6420017:18——7180
Robert Thomas CL3000-210.1600017:09——5038
Jordan Kyrou RL3000-140.4710016:14——6358
Jake Neighbours LL3000-110.1451015:40——6145
Alexey Toropchenko RL4011020.2222011:16——3970
Nathan Walker LL4101020.345009:51——3871
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000000.000009:15——3870
Philip Broberg DD1011010.0401021:52——4956
Colton Parayko DD1000010.0421218:52——4760
Cam Fowler DD2000-100.0001022:01——5035
Logan Mailloux DD2000-100.0000214:19——4625
Justin Faulk DD3000020.0210020:16——6574
Tyler Tucker DD3101020.3400013:57——6563
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)L35287.8003.5459:56

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Foligno LL1011000.0020012:58——3113
Landon Slaggert LL1112+120.0811012:47——3940
Colton Dach CL1011000.0021010:12——3316
Ilya Mikheyev RL2000+200.0600217:02——4350
Ryan Donato CL2000+140.4412215:15——4859
Jason Dickinson CL2101+230.3742014:54——5981
Ryan Greene CL3011020.2200020:05——3733
Andre Burakovsky LL3101040.4100016:09——4860
Tyler Bertuzzi LL3000060.66001012:28——5045
Teuvo Teravainen CL4011-120.0410015:27——5657
Oliver Moore CL4112-110.0500014:37——5544
Nick Lardis LL4101-120.2030012:20——6057
Wyatt Kaiser DD1000-230.0401023:57——4023
Artyom Levshunov DD1000-210.3010421:09——3912
Connor Murphy DD2112+220.0804219:08——5390
Matt Grzelcyk DD2022+210.0611016:59——6092
Louis Crevier DD3112+120.5222017:35——4857
Alex Vlasic DD3011+100.0112017:32——4041
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Spencer Knight(start)W30273.9003.8759:26

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tyler Tucker (STL) 1st 0:27 · assists Brayden Schenn · Dump and chase · dumped in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 49.7 mph shot · 9.4 s from entry to goal.

Tyler Tucker · 1st 0:27 · STL

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
49.7 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
9.4 s
Type
one-timer

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Nick Lardis · 1st 9:26 · CHI PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
50.8 mph
Distance
26 ft
Entry to goal
6.2 s
Type
one-timer

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Louis Crevier · 3rd 12:56 · CHI

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
loose
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
12.8 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
6.7 s

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Oliver Moore · 2nd 7:41 · CHI PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
63.0 mph
Distance
44 ft

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Nathan Walker · 3rd 13:19 · STL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
27.9 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
3.3 s

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