Blackhawks vs. Islanders (Oct 8, 2026)

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Blackhawks CHI

1-3-0

1-3-0 in Last 10

Islanders NYI

1-2-0

1-2-0 in Last 10

Preview

Blackhawks

Islanders

Notes

preview Blackhawks Islanders Notes

Forward Matchup

A. Frondell

CHI C #16

B. Schenn

NYI C #10

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

A. Vlasic

CHI D #72

L. Stanley

NYI D #8

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

S. Knight

CHI G #30

I. Sorokin

NYI G #30

Wins

.891

Save Pct

.968

3.36

Goals Against Avg

1.02

CHI

Team Stats

NYI

2.25

Goals per Game

4.25

Goals Against per Game

2.33

19.25

Shots per Game

26.00

31.25

Shots Against per Game

29.00

11.1

Power Play Pct

18.2

63.6

Penalty Kill Pct

83.3

.864

Save Pct

.920

CHI

Injuries

NYI

Teuvo Teravainen

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Mathew Barzal

Out (Knee)

Connor Bedard

Out (Shoulder)

Andrew Mangiapane

Out (Lower-Body)

Ryan Ellis

Out for season (Back)

2026-27 Central Division

CHINYI

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	3	1	0	6	9
Wild	2	0	1	5	4
Jets	2	0	1	5	1
Avalanche	2	0	0	4	9
Predators	1	1	1	3	-2
Stars	1	2	0	2	0
Blues	1	2	0	2	-3
Blackhawks	1	3	0	2	-8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	4	1	0	8	8
Hurricanes	2	1	1	5	-1
Penguins	2	1	0	4	7
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0
Islanders	1	2	0	2	2
Devils	1	2	0	2	-7
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12

CHI

Last 5

NYI

Tue, Oct 6

Tue, Oct 6

Sat, Oct 3

Sat, Oct 3

Thu, Oct 1

Wed, Sep 30

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 8, 2026

ESPN+

UBS Arena

Belmont Park, New York

Team Leaders

P. Kane

A. Frondell

GWG

C. Smith

SV%

.891

S. Knight

Season

Career vs NYI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Anton Frondell A. Frondell	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	20	52	38.5	4	1	2	1	17:38
Teuvo Teravainen T. Teravainen	3	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	12:18
Alex Vlasic A. Vlasic	4	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	4	1	4	20:40
Nick Lardis N. Lardis	4	0	2	2	-5	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	9:51
Tyler Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	4	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	5	0	0	9	17:18
Frank Nazar F. Nazar	4	1	1	2	-4	2	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	27	64	42.2	1	2	2	6	18:44
Cole Smith C. Smith	4	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	1	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	7	0	1	0	14:49
Wyatt Kaiser W. Kaiser	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	3	7	1	7	20:20
Ryan Greene R. Greene	4	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	23	58	39.7	1	3	0	4	15:21
Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	4	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	4	8	20:26
Patrick Kane P. Kane	4	1	0	1	-4	6	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	20:13
Ryan Donato R. Donato	4	1	0	1	-5	5	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	5	20.0	4	2	0	1	10:54
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	4	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	1	0.0	8	3	0	4	14:09
Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	3	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	17:50
Oliver Moore O. Moore	4	1	0	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	10	16	62.5	5	0	0	0	11:47
Ian Cole I. Cole	4	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	16:57
Andrew Mangiapane A. Mangiapane	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5:23
Bowen Byram B. Byram	3	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	23:46
Ethan Del Mastro E. Del Mastro	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	15:01
Kevin Korchinski K. Korchinski	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:21
Roman Kantserov R. Kantserov	4	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	16	37	43.2	6	1	1	3	18:17

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Spencer Knight S. Knight	3	3	1	2	0	92	82	.891	10	3.36	0	179
	Arvid Soderblom A. Soderblom	1	1	0	1	0	32	26	.813	6	6.00	0	60

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Patrick Kane P. Kane	26	14	13	27	-6	10	5	7	0	2	1	80	17.5	4	18	22.2	5	9	15	14	19:38
Teuvo Teravainen T. Teravainen	32	10	15	25	+13	2	3	3	0	0	0	73	13.7	23	48	47.9	14	16	18	24	17:05
Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	12	2	8	10	+12	0	1	1	0	1	0	31	6.5	0	0	0	7	15	7	7	19:03
Tyler Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	18	3	6	9	-3	14	0	1	0	0	0	43	7.0	2	5	40.0	20	7	8	13	16:54
Ryan Donato R. Donato	12	1	5	6	+1	6	0	3	0	0	0	21	4.8	22	48	45.8	12	4	5	5	14:38
Connor Bedard C. Bedard	4	2	4	6	+1	0	1	1	0	1	0	14	14.3	5	21	23.8	2	2	0	8	19:48
Bowen Byram B. Byram	10	2	3	5	+6	4	0	0	0	1	0	16	12.5	0	0	0	14	13	4	6	21:26
Alex Vlasic A. Vlasic	6	0	5	5	+4	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	6	11	3	5	23:48
Andrew Mangiapane A. Mangiapane	12	3	1	4	-2	2	2	0	0	2	0	12	25.0	1	2	50.0	11	5	9	4	14:49
Cole Smith C. Smith	8	2	2	4	+3	6	0	0	1	0	0	11	18.2	0	0	0	19	4	4	5	13:36
Nick Lardis N. Lardis	2	2	2	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	14:42
Ian Cole I. Cole	26	0	3	3	-6	31	0	1	0	0	0	31	0.0	0	0	0	46	42	6	17	18:18
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	2	3	66.7	22	6	4	3	14:14
Frank Nazar F. Nazar	2	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	10	19	52.6	1	0	0	2	14:44
Oliver Moore O. Moore	1	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	1	0	0	0	15:21
Ryan Greene R. Greene	2	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	21	23.8	1	4	1	2	18:34
Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	2	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	22:58
Anton Frondell A. Frondell	1	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	0	0	15:43
Wyatt Kaiser W. Kaiser	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	2	5	1	6	19:52
Ethan Del Mastro E. Del Mastro	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:26
Kevin Korchinski K. Korchinski	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	18:21
Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	1	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	17:20

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Arvid Soderblom A. Soderblom	5	4	2	3	0	169	153	.905	16	3.39	0	283
	Spencer Knight S. Knight	4	4	3	0	1	109	99	.908	10	2.45	0	245

Team Leaders

B. Horvat

B. Schenn

GWG

S. Holmstrom

SV%

.968

I. Sorokin

Season

Career vs CHI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	3	1	3	4	+2	9	0	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	9	16	56.3	8	1	0	0	15:08
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	3	2	1	3	-1	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	20.0	27	50	54.0	4	2	0	4	19:37
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	17:25
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	3	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	9	5	0	1	17:52
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	5	6	24:27
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	3	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0	14	26	53.8	4	0	1	0	12:20
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	3	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	7	19	36.8	2	1	1	1	14:44
Victor Eklund V. Eklund	3	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	4	1	0	2	13:10
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	3	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	23	47	48.9	7	2	1	0	14:30
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	3	0	1	1	+2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	5	20:13
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	15:26
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	1	2	50.0	5	3	1	0	11:30
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	8	0	2	1	15:33
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	17:43
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	0	1	12:49
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	3	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	16:36
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	17:20
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	3	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	7	2	5	16:34

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	2	2	1	1	0	63	61	.968	2	1.02	1	118
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	1	1	0	1	0	22	19	.864	3	3.03	0	59

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	39	7	24	31	+9	25	2	7	0	0	0	0	91	7.7	227	440	51.6	67	14	21	16	17:23
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	26	14	10	24	+2	10	3	3	2	0	3	1	83	16.9	278	490	56.7	35	18	8	8	18:49
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	27	7	12	19	+9	21	2	3	0	0	1	0	66	10.6	4	12	33.3	32	11	8	7	15:31
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	28	6	11	17	+8	10	3	3	2	1	0	0	50	12.0	4	14	28.6	42	28	11	11	16:21
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	14	3	7	10	-4	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	37	8.1	30	72	41.7	7	13	10	17	19:31
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	20	4	5	9	+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	0	2	0.0	13	5	5	7	13:32
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	18	1	8	9	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	161	259	62.2	40	12	6	11	16:47
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	12	2	6	8	+10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	0	0	0	13	20	6	14	21:38
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	7	4	3	7	+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	25.0	2	6	33.3	1	4	2	3	14:33
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	18	3	3	6	-2	26	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	13.6	96	171	56.1	44	12	17	6	11:49
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	10	1	5	6	+7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	7	17	1	7	17:40
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	12	0	3	3	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	17	19	7	11	16:00
Matias Maccelli M. Maccelli	9	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	1	1	100.0	6	2	3	4	14:24
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	13	0	2	2	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	20	24	1	10	18:27
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	15	0	2	2	+3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	27	31	7	10	19:50
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	8	0	2	2	+1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	25	8	3	6	20:11
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	3	6	50.0	0	0	0	3	14:23
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	2	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	29:27
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	7	25	28.0	5	3	2	1	9:53
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	16	3	0	1	15:38
Matthew Kessel M. Kessel	1	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	22:30

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	27	25	15	6	4	866	810	.935	56	2.17	4	1548
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	7	6	4	2	1	169	153	.905	16	2.42	0	397

Blackhawks visit the Islanders, look to end road losing streak

The Associated Press

Oct 7, 2026

Chicago Blackhawks (1-3, in the Central Division) vs. New York Islanders (1-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Elmont, New York; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks will attempt to end a three-game road slide when they visit the New York Islanders.

New York went 43-34-5 overall and 22-17-2 in home games last season. The Islanders averaged 3.0 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 16.5% (40 total power-play goals).

Chicago went 29-39-14 overall and 15-20-6 in road games a season ago. The Blackhawks scored 40 power-play goals last season on 236 chances for a 17.0% success rate.

INJURIES: Islanders: Mathew Barzal: out (knee), Alexander Romanov: day to day (undisclosed).

Blackhawks: Andrew Mangiapane: out (lower-body), Teuvo Teravainen: day to day (undisclosed), Ryan Ellis: out for season (back), Connor Bedard: out (shoulder).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.