The Blackhawks lost a high-scoring affair 6-4 on the road against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, with some postgame news that made things a little bit worse, even after Chicago’s fifth straight loss.
Ottawa had a first-period goal overturned by a Blackhawks challenge:
Blackhawks challenge successfully. No goal https://t.co/S4O9vureQ6 pic.twitter.com/6cieCytwl1 — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 20, 2025
Chicago also challenged this Ottawa goal scored by Tyler Kl...
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The Blackhawks lost the game on Saturday, but the injury news makes it worse than a single game. Frank Nazar took this shot to the face early in the first period and left the game immediately:
Frank Nazar takes a puck to the chin/cheek area and heads immediately to the locker room. Looks like a pretty decent gash. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/V3Kfg1Vjt1 — Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) December 20, 2025
After the game, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill’s news was not good...
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If Arvid Söderblom wants to quite the calls for Laurent Brossoit to see some run with the Blackhawks at some point, he needs to have better games than he did today. The first goal wasn’t great. He allowed another two that were waived off, and — for a team that was playing without their two best offensive players — he needs to stop a few of the goals he allowed this afternoon.
The Blackhawks were able to tie the game three times in the second period, and they needed those goals. Söderblom ...
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After the Blackhawks got shut down in Montreal, I dug into some numbers and threw out some potential lineup tweaks to help the Hawks generate more offense. A few hours later, the Blackhawks took the ice for practice in Montreal and the lines were fairly close to what I wrote.
Because this is an early afternoon puck drop, there won’t be a morning skate. The lines below are what the Blackhawks skated at practice. We’ll have to wait and see if there are any changes during warm-ups.
Broa...
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An opportunity for revenge against the Bedard-less Hawks
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Ben Pope at the Chicago Sun-Times wrote a really good piece on Friday after a lengthy conversation with Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson. The focus of this story was the Blackhawks’ goaltending situation.
Davidson told Pope they’re still committed to Arvid Söderblom as the NHL back-up. “There’s no real discussion at this point to making any change. We just have to be a little more consistent in front of him.” But behind Spencer Knight and Söderblom is a mess right now.
Since ...
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On Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, the Ottawa Senators will play the Chicago Blackhawks at Canadian Tire Centre. If you’re thinking about making a wager, we have best bets suggestions in this article.
Best Senators vs. Blackhawks Prop Bets
Player & Team
Odds to Score a Goal
Goals & Games Played
Brady Tkachuk, Senators
+135
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Tim Stützle, Senators
+170
15 G in 33 GP
Drake Batherson, Senators
+210
13 G in 30 GP
Dylan Cozens, Senators
+2...
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On Friday morning, the Blackhawks announced some details of the next on-ice celebration of their Centennial season.
welcoming back our Stanley Cup champions see who will be back at the United Center https://t.co/0NJ3HKsUwy pic.twitter.com/pbjxKQonkX — Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 19, 2025
On Friday, Jan. 17 with the Boston Bruins are in town, the first 8,000 fans to enter the United Center will receive an exclusive Duncan Keith bobblehead giveaway. The pregame c...
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On the heels of a disappointing performance against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Montreal Canadiens were back on home ice for a Thursday night tilt with the Chicago Blackhawks. With the visitors missing their best player in Connor Bedard, the Habs found themselves with an excellent opportunity to get a win in their own building, which hasn’t been the easiest place for them to do that. Beating Chicago with the exact score they lost by two nights prior, they got a much-needed boost of confidence...
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The Blackhawks have now played (and lost) three games without Connor Bedard in the lineup. In those three games, the Blackhawks have been outscored 11-3. And they’re averaging only 22 shots on goal per game.
Obviously losing Bedard takes their most important, productive player out of the lineup. But the Blackhawks have been searching for combinations on lines without Bedard to consistently create offense for longer than he’s been out.
The Blackhawks were able to do some good things e...
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I mentioned in my postgame takeaways that the kinds line of Oliver Moore, Ryan Greene and Nick Lardis had a tough night at the office. Together, the line had a 36.93 expected goals percentage (according to Natural Stat Trick ). When the Blackhawks practice in Montreal later today, it sounds like the coaches might look at mixing things up with their forwards to try to find some offense — and the kids line might get broken up.
“They struggled tonight, to be dead honest with you,” Blashill...
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Canadiens 4, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic )
Blackhawks switch up power-play units, seeking spark without Connor Bedard ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks power rankings: Bedard’s shoulder, Nazar’s slump, Levshunov’s alarm clock ( The Athletic )
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 12/17: Shifting tides ( SCH )
For trade purposes, Blackhawks should try to spread out d...
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The Blackhawks losing streak is now at four games after they lost 4-1 to the Montreal Canadiens in Quebec on Thursday night.
The first two periods featured a pair of actual goals and a pair of overturned goals — one apiece for each team. Chicago had the first overturned goal …
Montreal challenges and the goal is overturned https://t.co/dCgPxPjK6c pic.twitter.com/zZGY0Cwh6Q — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 19, 2025
… as well as the first actual goal, which was the first on...
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First period
The crowd is behind the team early trying to inspire a good start.
The Habs look eager to give them one. Hopefully not too eager because that’s often when the problems start.
Ivan Demidov pulls the puck past his defender to get in on net, but is pushed down before he can get a good backhand off. Moments later a ping rings throughout the Bell Centre as Josh Anderson tips Adam Engström’s point shot off the post.
Cole Caufield picks up the puck behind the net, w...
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It took 4:07 for this game to have a shot on net credited. The shot came from Alex Vlasic — and it went in. But, after review, it was ruled there was goaltender interference (which took the shot on net and the goal off the board). At that point, we got just the second faceoff in the game. The Blackhawks did score first, but the Habs were able to answer seven minutes later. The Blackhawks were officially out-shot 7-2 in the first but were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes.
The second period saw th...
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Game 34: Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Blackhawks region: CHSN Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Montreal’s performance versus the Chicago Blackhawks last season almost cost them in their charge for a playoff berth. The first meeting looked like the most winnable matchup during the year-end road trip that featured stops in Sunrise, Tampa, Las Vegas, and Denver, but ended up being...
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The Blackhawks’ Canadian tour continues on Thursday night with another Original Six matchup, as the Montreal Canadiens are this evening’s opponent.
Montreal’s had a roller-coaster ride of a season, with a blistering 9-3-0 start followed by a 1-4-3 stretch that brought it back to Earth a bit, followed by victories in five of seven and then, leading into this game, losses in four of six. The Canadiens most recent game was a 4-1 loss to the Flyers on Tuesday night, so heavy legs shouldn’t be...
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On Thursday morning, Hockey Canada announced three players were sent back to their junior clubs. Included: Blackhawks prospect Marek Vanacker .
ROSTER UPDATE | 🇨🇦’s National Junior Team has returned the following players to their club teams. MISE À JOUR | L’équipe nationale junior du 🇨🇦 a renvoyé les joueurs suivants à leurs équipes de club. -Jake O'Brien -Jackson Smith -Marek Vanacker #WorldJuniors | #MondialJunior — Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) December 18, 2025
This is disa...
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The Blackhawks will look to move on from a hard loss in Toronto tonight with a game against the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs are under .500 on home ice and have won only four of their last ten games (4-5-1). The Blackhawks need to dust off the last game and move forward. And they need to find a way to score a third goal without Connor Bedard .
We’ve talked plenty here about the Blackhawks moving to the next step(s) of the rebuild. And we’ve also talked about how Blackhawks general manag...
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This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
BLACKHAWKS
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 12/17: Shifting tides ( SCH )
For trade purposes, Blackhawks should try to spread out draft picks to 2027 and beyond ( Sun-Times )
Checking on Sam Rinzel, who is finding his rhythm and “learning to adapt” with IceHogs ( Tribune )
RECAPS: Maple Leafs 3, Blackhawks 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks scratch Artyom Levshunov for tardiness a...
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Game 34: Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Blackhawks region: CHSN Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
It has been a difficult rebuild for the Chicago Blackhawks after they waited too long to move on from their aging championship-winning core. The team that was vying for the title of best in the league for a nine-year span from 2008-09 to 2016-17 saw that come to an abrupt end, not put...
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Thursday will feature an NHL outing between the home favorite Montreal Canadiens (17-12-4, -195 on the moneyline to win) and the Chicago Blackhawks (13-14-6, +163 moneyline odds) at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Tune in to ESPN+ to see the Canadiens and the Blackhawks meet.
Canadiens vs. Blackhawks Game Info & Odds
When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
TV Channel: ESPN+
Live Stream: Fubo
Live Stream: ESPN+
Where: Bell Centre in Montréal, Quebec
Favorite: Canadiens (-195)
Und...
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That was a bad loss.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the most correct one, and that seems to apply to whatever the hell it was that transpired in Toronto on Tuesday night, as the Blackhawks turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 loss to a Maple Leafs team that seemed ready for an implosion at the end of 40 minutes.
It’s a bad loss, and the hours following it have found me in desparate attempts to avoid what’s probably my biggest pet peeve with sports media in 2025, which is how short-sighted ...
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