PREVIEW: Blackhawks Open Home Schedule Against Blues

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QUICK HITS

• Chicago will battle St. Louis in its home opener on Tuesday night at United Center. The Blackhawks are 3-2-0 all-time against the Blues in home-opening games.
• Forward Patrick Kane will play in his first game back with the Blackhawks at United Center since February, 21, 2023 (1,324 days).
• The Blackhawks recorded 18 hits in Saturday's game against the Sabres, the most in a regulation game since the club notched 19 against Colorado on March 20, 2026.
• Cole Smith is five games away from 300 in his career.

AGAINST THE BLUES

• Chicago will square off with St. Louis in its home opener on Tuesday night at United Center. This is the first of four overall meetings and the first of two in the Windy City between the two teams this season.
• The teams split four games in 2025-26, with Chicago earning an 8-3 road win on Oct. 15, 2025 and a 7-3 home victory on Jan. 7, 2026.  
• The Blackhawks scored 20 goals against the Blues in 2025-26, the most goals for against any opponent last season.  
• Patrick Kane has 72 career points (28G, 44A) against the Blues, including 38 points (14G, 24A) in 36 games vs. St. Louis at United Center.  
• Teuvo Teravainen has seven points (2G, 5A) in his last 10 games versus St. Louis.  
• Forward Ryan Greene has points (1G, 1A) in back-to-back games against the Blues. His first career NHL goal came against them on Oct. 15, 2025.  
• Tyler Bertuzzi has two points (1G, 1A) in three career games against the Blues at United Center.  
• Oliver Moore picked up the fourth multi-point game (1G, 1A) of his career in Chicago’s 7-3 victory over St. Louis on Jan. 7, 2026.
• Defenseman Alex Vlasic recorded three assists against the Blues in 2025-26, including a pair of helpers in an 8-3 triumph on Oct. 15, 2025.  
• Wyatt Kaiser has four points (1G, 3A) in six career regular-season games against St. Louis. His first career multi-point game (2A) came against the Blues back on Nov. 26, 2023.  
• Goaltender Spencer Knight is 2-1-0 with 70 total saves over his last three starts against St. Louis.

HOME SWEET HOME

Chicago is 41-36-19-3 all-time in home-opening games. The Blackhawks have recorded a point in nine of their last 15 home openers (8-6-1). Tuesday night's game will be the 100th home opener in franchise history. This will be the sixth home-opening game against the Blues in franchise history (3-2-0). Teuvo Teravainen is riding a three-game point streak (1G, 4A) in home openers and has recorded a point (2G, 5A) in four of his last five home-opening games. Frank Nazar had two assists in last season's home opener versus the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman Sam Rinzel scored the first of his four goals in 2025-26 during the team's home-opening game against the Canadiens.

A HELPING HAND

Anton Frondell and Alex Vlasic each handed out two assists in Saturday's contest at Buffalo, matching their career highs. Frondell's two helpers lifted him to double-digit points (11) in 15 career games. Among active Blackhawks, Vlasic now ranks fifth in career assists (63) with the team. The duo shares the team lead in assists and points so far this season. Nick Lardis and Teuvo Teravainen also chipped in their first assists of the 2026-27 campaign on Saturday night. Teravainen is eight assists (92) shy of reaching 100 in his Blackhawks career.

DOMINATING THE DOT

Chicago's trio of Ryan Greene, Roman Kantserov and Oliver Moore combined to go 17-for-27 (63%) in the faceoff dot at Buffalo on Saturday. Greene won eight faceoffs against the Sabres, marking the most he's had in a game this season and his highest total since he collected nine against San Jose on Feb. 2, 2026. Moore leads the team with a 66.7 % (6-for-9) faceoff winning percentage in 2026-27. Kantserov ranks third on the team in faceoff wins (14) through the club's first three games.