While most of Chicago's attention is focused on tonight's Bears game, the Blackhawks defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-3 in front of an announced crowd of 19,692 at the United Center.
↵↵The game, scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. CDT so that it would end in time for people to watch the football game, conveniently ended just moments before the Bears received the opening kickoff.
↵↵Hawks goals were scored by Tomas Kopecky, Troy Brouwer, Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews; all but Brouwer's were on power plays. Marty Turco made 20 saves in goal including a couple of outstanding stops in the game's final minute after the Blues had pulled their goalie for an extra skater.
↵↵The Blackhawks open the regular season on Thursday in Denver against the Avalanche; the game will begin at 8 p.m. CDT and be televised on Versus.