Despite a solid effort in the first period, the Blackhawks crumbled in the final 40 minutes Sunday afternoon at the United Center, and the Blues won 4-0 easily.
Chicago closed out February with a 3-5-1 record overall and 1-5-1 record at home.
The first period was scoreless, but there was a decent amount of action. The Blackhawks led in all shot metrics — shot attempts (19-13), shots on goal (12-7), scoring chances (11-6), and high danger scoring chances (5-4) — but they also had twice as many giveaways (8-4) as the Blues. The latter trend was foreshadowing of what was to come for the rest of the game.