STL @ CHI 2–4 · 2026-10-06

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FinalOct 62026-10-06

Team	1	2	3	SOG
STL	1	0	1	27
CHI	0	2	2	21

United Center

ChicagoCHIBlackhawks4

CallNo lean · 37% CHI

Star 1S. Knight.926 SV%
Star 2A. Frondell1G 1A
Star 3S. Rinzel1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-148Moneyline+124-1.5 +180Puck line+1.5 -218O -120Total 5.5U +100+120RegulationTie +300 +165-1351st period+105+1671st · 3-wayTie +172 +205

Season odds

58%50%−8.2Playoffs0.5%0.5%±0.01.1%0.6%−0.5Cup0.0%0.0%±0.0

Story

– / 10

Result CHI 4–2Call No lean · STL 63%Market STL 58%xG 2.73–3.40 · deserved CHI 63%Swing Frondell +22 2nd 7:40Method

Goals and penalties with CHI win probability
Time	Event	CHI win before	CHI win after
1st 1:23	STL penalty · J. Berggren · tripping · 2 min
1st 5:48	CHI penalty · P. Kane · interference · 2 min
1st 15:38	Goal STL · M. McTavish	38%	22%
2nd 3:40	STL penalty · R. Johnston · interference · 2 min
2nd 5:40	Goal CHI · S. Rinzel (PP)	21%	39%
2nd 7:40	Goal CHI · A. Frondell	40%	62%
3rd 17:37	CHI penalty · R. Kantserov · tripping · 2 min
3rd 18:51	Goal CHI · C. Smith (SH) (EN)	97%	100%
3rd 19:21	Goal STL · C. McMichael (PP)	100%	98%
3rd 19:56	Goal CHI · F. Nazar (EN)	100%	100%

On ice · final horn

STL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
65D. DubeC	0:04	10:12	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-1
49R. JohnstonL	0:04	7:15	11	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	1	–
81D. HollowayL	0:04	16:03	22	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	–
4T. LindsteinD	0:04	14:49	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	–
25B. CarloD	0:04	17:58	27	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	–
30J. HoferG		58:14	SA19GA2SV%.895xGA1.88GSAx−0.12

CHI5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
8R. DonatoC	0:04	9:27	15	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	2	0-1
11O. MooreC	0:04	12:16	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4-3
76N. LardisL	0:04	9:39	16	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–
6S. RinzelD	0:04	17:45	22	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	0	–
44W. KaiserD	0:04	17:56	24	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	–
30S. KnightG		60:00	SA27GA2SV%.926xGA2.73GSAx+0.73

Goals

1st
Mason McTavish(1)
C. McMichael (1)
xG 0.13wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 STL1st 15:38+16.478%
2nd
Sam Rinzel(1)PP
F. Nazar (1), N. Lardis (1)
xG 0.55wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 05:40+18.639%
Anton Frondell(1)
A. Levshunov (1), T. Teravainen (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 CHI2nd 07:40+22.062%
3rd
Cole Smith(1)SHEN
Unassisted
xG 0.62wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 CHI3rd 18:51+3.0100%
Connor McMichael(1)PP6v4
P. Broberg (1), P. Buchnevich (1)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 CHI3rd 19:21+1.52%
Frank Nazar(1)EN
T. Bertuzzi (1), A. Frondell (1)
xG 0.90backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 CHI3rd 19:56+0.0100%

Shots

STL2.73 xG46 unblocked · 14 blocked46 unblocked · 14 blocked

CHI3.40 xG33 unblocked · 8 blocked33 unblocked · 8 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

STLCHI2Goals42.73xG3.4027Shots2146Unblocked3360Attempts416High danger41/2Power play1/232Faceoffs3028Hits188Blocks143Takeaways318Giveaways174PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
17C. FowlerCam FowlerD	23:05	0	0	0	2	5	0.10	−0.10	0	1	0	1	—	0	-1
6P. BrobergPhilip BrobergD	22:25	0	1	1	1	2	0.13	−0.13	1	1	1	1	—	0	-2
18R. ThomasRobert ThomasC	20:31	0	0	0	3	3	0.15	−0.15	0	0	0	1	58%	0	-2
55C. ParaykoColton ParaykoD	20:11	0	0	0	2	4	0.12	−0.12	0	2	1	1	—	0	0
21J. SnuggerudJimmy SnuggerudR	18:58	0	0	0	3	6	0.16	−0.16	1	0	0	3	—	0	-1
36A. JiricekAdam JiricekD	18:12	0	0	0	2	10	0.16	−0.16	1	1	0	1	—	0	-1
25B. CarloBrandon CarloD	17:58	0	0	0	1	3	0.03	−0.03	1	1	0	1	—	0	+1
77C. McMichaelConnor McMichaelL	17:53	1	1	2	5	7	0.42	+0.58	0	1	0	1	25%	0	-2
89P. BuchnevichPavel BuchnevichL	17:43	0	1	1	2	3	0.37	−0.37	1	0	0	0	0%	0	-1
83M. McTavishMason McTavishC	17:20	1	0	1	2	5	0.34	+0.66	3	0	0	0	62%	0	-1
81D. HollowayDylan HollowayL	16:03	0	0	0	1	2	0.16	−0.16	5	0	0	1	—	0	-1
29J. BerggrenJonatan BerggrenR	15:48	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	−0.07	1	0	0	0	—	2	0
63J. NeighboursJake NeighboursL	15:15	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	−0.01	6	0	0	0	—	0	-1
4T. LindsteinTheo LindsteinD	14:49	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	1	0	1	2	—	0	0
22P. SuterPius SuterC	13:18	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	−0.17	1	0	0	1	57%	0	0
15D. DvorskyDalibor DvorskyR	10:50	0	0	0	1	1	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	1	42%	0	0
65D. DubeDillon DubeC	10:12	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	1	0%	0	0
49R. JohnstonRoss JohnstonL	7:15	0	0	0	1	3	0.23	−0.23	4	1	0	0	—	2	0
STL total		2	3	5	27	60	2.73	−0.73	28	8	3	16	52%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

McMichael+1.07

McTavish+0.39

Dvorsky−0.15

Buchnevich−0.16

Johnston−0.22

Snuggerud−0.23

Dube−0.29

Suter−0.29

Neighbours−0.30

Holloway−0.39

Thomas−0.39

Berggren−0.50

Defence

Broberg+0.29

Carlo+0.03

Fowler−0.02

Parayko−0.06

Jiricek−0.10

Lindstein−0.19

Goalie

Hofer−0.10

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
McMichael·McTavish·Berggren	10:48	14	7	9	43.8%	3	4	1	1	0.32	0.29	52.3%	+0.03	2	2	50%
Holloway·Thomas·Snuggerud	8:29	13	8	5	61.5%	3	3	0	0	0.08	0.08	51.7%	+0.01	1	3	25%
Johnston·Suter·Dube	6:13	10	9	4	69.2%	1	2	0	0	0.43	0.07	86.7%	+0.37	0	0	—
Neighbours·Buchnevich·Dvorsky	6:12	11	7	4	63.6%	5	2	0	0	0.29	0.07	81.7%	+0.23	0	2	0%
Buchnevich·Thomas·Snuggerud	5:25	7	4	1	80.0%	2	1	0	0	0.23	0.01	93.9%	+0.21	2	1	67%
Occasional · 10 groups
Neighbours·Dvorsky·Berggren	1:07	3	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.20	0.00	100.0%	+0.20	0	0	—
Neighbours·Holloway·Dvorsky	1:05	2	1	2	33.3%	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.24	4.1%	−0.23	1	1	50%
Buchnevich·Suter·Dube	0:56	4	1	3	25.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.15	0.0%	−0.15	0	1	0%
McMichael·Suter·McTavish	0:53	1	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.12	0.00	100.0%	+0.12	0	0	—
Neighbours·Suter·Berggren	0:52	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Neighbours·Suter·Dube	0:41	2	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.08	0.00	100.0%	+0.08	0	0	—
McMichael·Holloway·McTavish	0:36	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
McTavish·Snuggerud·Berggren	0:35	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
McMichael·Holloway·Dvorsky	0:35	1	4	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.27	0.00	100.0%	+0.27	0	0	—
McMichael·Holloway·Thomas	0:33	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
STL 5v5	51:41		50	31	61.7%	19	14	1	1	2.06	1.01	67.1%	+1.05

Goalies

Joel Hofer

STL · 58:14

Saves: 17/19
SV%: .895
xGA: 1.88
GSAx: −0.12

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	13/14	.929	1.01	+0.01
Power play	3/4	.750	0.73	−0.27
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.15	+0.15
High danger	0/1	.000	0.78	−0.22

Spencer Knight

CHI · 60:00

Saves: 25/27
SV%: .926
xGA: 2.73
GSAx: +0.73

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/21	.952	2.12	+1.12
Power play	5/6	.833	0.61	−0.39
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	4/5	.800	1.03	+0.03

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

St. Louis Blues

Minutes

23:05Fowler
22:25Broberg
20:11Parayko
18:12Jiricek
17:58Carlo
14:49Lindstein

20:31Thomas
18:58Snuggerud
17:53McMichael
17:43Buchnevich
17:20McTavish
16:03Holloway
15:48Berggren
15:15Neighbours
13:18Suter
10:50Dvorsky
10:12Dube
7:15Johnston

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareSTLCHI

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

JiricekD2 O7
ParaykoD2 O4
BrobergD4 O5
LindsteinD2 O2
FowlerD7 O4
CarloD7 O3
HollowayD3 O5
SnuggerudD3 O5
NeighboursD2 O3
JohnstonD0 O0
BerggrenD2 O2
McMichaelD4 O4
McTavishD3 O3
BuchnevichD5 O3
DubeD2 O0
ThomasD7 O5
SuterD2 O0
DvorskyD3 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period