Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Canadiens @ Blackhawks

Fri, Oct 23, 2026

Canadiens 4, Blackhawks 1

Canadiens at Blackhawks: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gameCanadiens1 gameBlackhawks1 game
Goals+0.68−2.24
Goals against−2.01+0.78
Shots−0.7−8.2
Shots against−3.8+1.5
Power-play goals−0.70−0.75
Power-play goals allowed−0.62−0.61
Penalty minutes+0.6−3.5

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Blackhawks

Canadiens

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The series

  • The Canadiens lead the series 362–193–105 since 1926-27. The Canadiens have won the last 3.seriesevery meeting →

If you squint

  • At home, the Blackhawks' shots against were 3.3 over expected in 5 games. 5 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 0.2 over expected.
  • On the road, the Canadiens' goals were 0.78 over expected in 3 games. 3 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 0.68 over expected.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Oct 23, 2026at BlackhawksCanadiens 4, Blackhawks 1
Dec 18, 2025at CanadiensCanadiens 4, Blackhawks 1
Oct 11, 2025at BlackhawksCanadiens 3, Blackhawks 2
Apr 14, 2025at CanadiensBlackhawks 4, Canadiens 3
Jan 3, 2025at BlackhawksBlackhawks 4, Canadiens 2
Dec 22, 2023at BlackhawksCanadiens 5, Blackhawks 2
Oct 14, 2023at CanadiensCanadiens 3, Blackhawks 2
Feb 14, 2023at CanadiensCanadiens 4, Blackhawks 0
Nov 25, 2022at BlackhawksCanadiens 3, Blackhawks 2
Jan 13, 2022at BlackhawksBlackhawks 3, Canadiens 2

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Oct 22, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • Goals are the final score’s: a shootout gives its winner one goal, as the standings count it. Shots are shots on goal, and power-play goals allowed are the opponent’s.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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