Dallas Stars 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4: final score and stats
Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars, Dallas Stars 3 to Chicago Blackhawks 4, on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at United Center, Chicago, IL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Chicago Blackhawks vs Dallas Stars.
NHLThursday, January 1, 2026
DateJan 1, 2026
Start time8:30 PM ET
VenueUnited Center, Chicago, IL
TVESPN+
Attendance18,801
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Dallas StarsChicago Blackhawks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
25-9-7Record15-18-7
4th in Central DivisionStanding8th in Central Division
4-3Road record / home record4-5
WLWWLLast 5LLLLL
W1StreakL6
Team stats
Dallas StarsChicago Blackhawks
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Dallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveChicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:24 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 7:25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 8:41 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:17 | 0:51 | 0:10 | 14:16 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 16:42 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:47 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 7:37 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15:52 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 13:39 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:48 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 20:35 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:23 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 19:55 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:22 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 18:13 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 | 0:00 | 2:54 | 12:54 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Harley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22:46 | 0:53 | 2:43 | 19:10 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:46 | 1:07 | 2:13 | 21:26 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Esa Lindell | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:54 | 0:32 | 3:11 | 16:11 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 11:09 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Petrovic | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 55:49 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:57 | 3:10 | 0:00 | 15:47 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Burakovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 2:58 | 0:00 | 11:34 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Dach | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:42 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Dickinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:48 | 0:07 | 1:02 | 17:39 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:29 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 14:27 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:41 | 2:00 | 0:39 | 14:02 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Lardis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 10:16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 0:06 | 0:57 | 16:36 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 10:09 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Slaggert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 10:51 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 14:34 | 3:07 | 1:00 | 10:27 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 4 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:04 | 0:24 | 0:00 | 18:40 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:18 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 16:17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 16:46 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artyom Levshunov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 | 3:13 | 0:22 | 14:52 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Murphy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:01 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 19:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 21:23 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 20:04 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 59:53 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Dallas Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Chicago Blackhawks won, 4-3, on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
What was the final score of Dallas Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Dallas Stars 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4.
Who were the top performers?
Dallas Stars: Mikko Rantanen (1 goals). Chicago Blackhawks: Ilya Mikheyev (2 goals).
Where is Dallas Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks played?
United Center, Chicago, IL.
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