GRIT & GF

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Chicago Blackhawks

Minnesota Wild

Final (SO)

Expected goals, CHI–MIN
3.9–2.8
all situations, empty nets out
MIN share of xG
42.1%
50% is even
Shots on goal
32–23
CHI–MIN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Blackhawks created more, 3.8 expected goals to 2.9, and lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Wild. The Wild came back from three goals down. Connor Bedard had 11 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Quinn Hughes has a point in 6 straight games.

  • Connor Bedard had 11 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Eight got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 5.9. The Blackhawks lost 4-3 to the Wild in a shootout.

  • Quinn Hughes has a point in 6 straight games. He has 49 points in 48 games this season. The Wild beat the Blackhawks 4-3 in a shootout.

  • Jake Middleton played 24:00, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 10 points in 47 games this season. The Wild beat the Blackhawks 4-3 in a shootout.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

CHIMIN

Where the shots came from

6 goals from 85 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← CHI shootingMIN shooting →

Chicago Blackhawks

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Connor Bedard C23:500181.072080
Alex Vlasic D22:040110.030167
Tyler Bertuzzi L21:500020.401027
Frank Nazar C21:300040.490080
Teuvo Teravainen C21:191020.570080
Artyom Levshunov D20:370020.073256
Ilya Mikheyev R20:131020.210037
Wyatt Kaiser D18:450000.060064
Louis Crevier D18:280120.040075
Connor Murphy D18:200010.120245
Matt Grzelcyk D17:240000.050045
Jason Dickinson C16:340100.082147
Oliver Moore C14:540030.160057
Andre Burakovsky L13:110010.070055
Nick Foligno L12:500010.052023
Ryan Donato C11:591010.160044
Ryan Greene C10:380010.130055
Landon Slaggert L10:300010.100142

Minnesota Wild

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Brock Faber D30:010000.040134
Quinn Hughes D27:490110.070036
Jake Middleton D24:000020.010355
Jared Spurgeon D22:411020.120153
Kirill Kaprizov L21:580010.282032
Matt Boldy L20:480110.332044
Joel Eriksson Ek C18:401120.531253
Ryan Hartman R17:280030.301333
Mats Zuccarello R16:290010.080132
Marcus Johansson L15:530120.380044
Marcus Foligno L14:350020.264072
Danila Yurov R13:470000.032046
Vladimir Tarasenko R13:070030.160055
Daemon Hunt D11:440110.001137
Yakov Trenin C10:421010.206147
David Jiricek D10:330010.001137
Nico Sturm C10:100000.001022
Vinnie Hinostroza C6:400000.000247

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.