Final
MIN at CHI game report
Wild
3–4
Blackhawks
Monday, September 21, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. CT · United Center
Blackhawks beat the Wild 4–3 in overtime in an even game: expected goals were 2.1–2.0 and 9–4 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
CHIMIN
- 4Goals3
- 1.96Expected goals2.11
- 1.665-on-5 expected goals2.03
- 4High-danger chances9
- 20Shots on goal22
- 48Shot attempts48
- 445-on-5 shot attempts46
- 2:14Power-play time4:12
5-on-5 shares for CHI: 48.9% of shot attempts, 44.9% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
BlackhawksWildCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Wild shooting ←→ Blackhawks shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| CHI at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 53:34 | 44–46 | 1.66–2.03 | 2–3 |
| Power play | 2:14 | 1–2 | 0.07–0.07 | 0–0 |
| Shorthanded | 4:12 | 1–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:29 | 2–0 | 0.23–0.00 | 2–0 |
Read pairs as CHI–MIN. “Power play” means CHI had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight CHI | 19/22 | .864 | 2.11 | -0.89 |
| Calvin Pickard MIN | 16/20 | .800 | 1.96 | -2.04 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lardis CHI | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.51 |
| Bowen Byram CHI | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.41 |
| Yakov Trenin MIN | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.27 |
| Michael McCarron MIN | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.27 |
| Roman Kantserov CHI | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Rieger Lorenz MIN | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.25 |
| Bobby Brink MIN | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Maxim Shabanov MIN | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Danila Yurov MIN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.23 |
| Sam Rinzel CHI | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.21 |
Three stars
Scoring
Period 1
- 00:15MIN B. Brink (from D. Spacek)1–0
- 08:40CHI N. Lardis1–1
Period 2
- 02:48CHI B. Byram (from R. Greene, S. Rinzel)1–2
Period 3
- 00:24CHI B. Byram (from A. Vlasic, R. Kantserov)1–3
- 04:07MIN M. Shabanov (from Y. Trenin, V. Gustafsson Nyberg)2–3
- 11:29MIN B. Brink3–3
Overtime
- 00:29CHI B. Byram (from N. Lardis, A. Frondell)3–4