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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-07 · by Matt Carlson The Associated Press
In their home opener, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-2 with goals from Sam Rinzel and rookie Anton Frondell scoring within two minutes of each other in the second period. Patrick Kane made his first home appearance since signing a new contract, receiving an enthusiastic welcome from the crowd despite playing sparingly due to teammate Teuvo Teravainen's injury. Spencer Knight secured 17 saves for Chicago, crucially stopping Pavel Buchnevich late in the game to help maintain the lead.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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Story summary
On Tuesday night, the Chicago Blackhawks secured their first win of the season with a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues at home. The crucial second-period goals came from Sam Rinzel and rookie Anton Frondell within two minutes of each other. Patrick Kane returned to the United Center for his first home game since signing a new contract, receiving an emotional pregame tribute. Despite a late surge by St. Louis with goals from Cole Smith and Connor McMichael, Chicago's Spencer Knight made 25 saves to secure the win, improving their record to 1-3 this season.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Sam Rinzel and rookie Anton Frondell scored 2 minutes apart in the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on in their home opener for their first win of the season, 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.
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Blackhawks → score → night
Patrick Kane played his first home game with the Blackhawks since signing a two-year, $16 million contract in July.
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Kane → play → July
The 37-year-old forward received a pregame video tribute and a roaring welcome from a sold-out United Center crowd in his return to the team for which he played his first 17 seasons.
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he → receive → seasons
Cole Smith scored a short-handed, empty-net goal with 1:09 left to make it 3-1, but Connor McMichael whipped in a power-play goal with 38 seconds left and goalie Joel Hofer on the bench to cut it to 3-2.
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McMichael → score → 3
Frank Nazar slid in another empty-netter with 4 seconds remaining.
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Nazar → slide → seconds
Spencer Knight made 25 saves for Chicago, which had lost its first three games on the road while being outscored 15-5.
asserted
which → make → road
Knight stopped Pavel Buchnevich on a breakaway late in the second, and was sharp in the third to keep Chicago ahead.
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Knight → stop → Chicago
Mason McTavish also scored for the Blues (1-2).
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McTavish → score → Blues
Hofer stopped 17 shots.
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Hofer → stop → shots
St. Louis’ Colton Parayko played in 803rd NHL game, matching Barret Jackman for the most in franchise history among defensemen and second overall behind forward Bernie Federko (927 games).
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Parayko → play → Federko
Blackhawks forward Teuvo Teravainen was injured in the second period and didn’t return.
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Teravainen → injure → period
Rinzel drifted to the slot and popped in a rebound of Nazar’s shot to tie it 1-all at 5:40 of the second as a Chicago power play expired.
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play → drift → second
Frondell put Chicago ahead, firing in a one-timer from the right side off a feed from Artyom Levshunov.
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Frondell → put → Levshunov
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