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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...
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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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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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...
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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RECAPS: Maple Leafs 3, Blackhawks 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks scratch Artyom Levshunov for tardiness after Jeff Blashill’s eruption ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic )
Connor Bedard injury update articles ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Bla...
The Chicago Blackhawks squandered a two-goal lead, allowing three unanswered goals in the final 10 minutes — including two of them just eight seconds apart — to fall 3–2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in Canada.
The Blackhawks opened the scoring midway through the first period. After Dominic Toninato won a faceoff, Wyatt Kaiser picked up the puck, skated in, and beat Joseph Woll with a slick wrister from the high slot to give the Blackhawks a 1–0 lead.
admin stands corrected, ...
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The Chicago Blackhawks travel north to Toronto as the Blackhawks and Maple Leafs each try to put an end to a two-game losing skid.
The Leafs’ season to date has been defined by inconsistency and unmet expectations: instead of sitting comfortably in the Atlantic mix, they find themselves a handful of spots outside the playoff picture, stuck in the muddled middle of the Eastern Conference. The wins haven’t come in bunches, defensive lapses have been a recurring issue, and the overall produc...
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Connor Bedard injury update articles ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Blackhawks could lean on in Connor Bedard’s absence ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun...
The news isn’t great, but it certainly could’ve been worse, too.
After practice on Monday, Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill provided an injury update on Connor Bedard, who suffered an apparent injury to his right shoulder while taking a faceoff in the closing seconds of Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues. According to Blashill, Bedard is not expected back for this calendar year and will be re-evaluated when the calendar flips to 2026.
Connor Bedard will be reevaluated after the ...
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Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Blackhawks could lean on in Connor Bedard’s absence ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks’ offense needs a miracle to survive Connor Bedar...
The Blackhawks didn’t do much of anything on offense while being shut out 4-0 by the Red Wings on Saturday night at the United Center.
On a night when the giveaway was a Chris Chelios bobblehead, perhaps there was no more fitting development early on than a pair of Hawks scoring the first two goals for Detroit. Alex DeBrincat was up first, tallying just 55 seconds into the game:
Detroit goal!
Scored by Alex DeBrincat with 19:05 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Andrew Copp a...
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After much internal discussion, we’ve finally settled on a time and place to get together with as many of the SCH commentariat is willing to venture to the South Loop on a school night.
Let’s get to the specifics:
Who?
The people reading this, hopefully.
What?
A Second City Hockey watch party! Didn’t you read the headline?
When?
Tuesday, Dec. 16 when the Blackhawks host the Maple Leafs at 6 p.m.
Where?
Flo & Santos, located at 1310 S. Wabash Avenue ...
The Blackhawks return to the United Center on Saturday night to host the Detroit Red Wings about 24 hours after a miserable night in St. Louis was made significantly worse in the game’s closing seconds.
We’ll get to Detroit in a bit because the more pressing issues deal with the home team in this game. Chicago lost 3-2 to the Blues last night but — more importantly — lost Connor Bedard to an apparent shoulder injury in the game’s closing seconds. Word on the severity of his injury won’t c...
The Chicago Blackhawks couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night, falling 3–2 to the St. Louis Blues in a loss that was made worse by Connor Bedard suffering an injury in the final seconds of the game.
The Blues struck first just 3:41 into the game, cashing in on a delayed penalty. Logan Mailloux picked off a pass at the point, drifted into the circle, and snapped a far-side shot to put the Blues up 1-0.
FIRST AS A BLUE FOR LOGAN MAILLOUX!! pic.twitter.com/lad3MGTqu7 — St. Lo...
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A weekend back-to-back for the Hawks starts on Friday night in St. Louis against the Blues.
A few months ago, these two teams met in the same building and Chicago handed St. Louis a thorough ass-kicking in an 8-3 game that may not have been as close as the already lopsided score indicated. What have the Blues been up to since then? Most recently, they were getting their asses handed to them by the Nashville Predators, losing 7-2 there on Thursday night before getting back into town late. ...
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Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 12/11: Lardis, Korchinski among Rockford’s early-season standouts ( SCH )
Blackhawks defenseman have their own blind-spot detection system: Spencer Knight’s voice ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Rangers 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Musings on Madison, Episode 198 — Blackhawks crash back to Earth ( SCH )
Blackhawks want top prospect...
Checking in with the Blackhawks prospects playing up in Rockford.
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RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Rangers 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Musings on Madison, Episode 198 — Blackhawks crash back to Earth ( SCH )
Blackhawks want top prospect Anton Frondell to prioritize himself in Sweden: “He can still dominate” ( Sun-Times )
From Rinzel’s development to lineup tweaks, Blackhawks take needed reset ( The Athletic )
The unique feat that Kyle Davids...
The Chicago Blackhawks bounced back into the win column on Wednesday night with a 3-0 victory against the New York Rangers at the United Center.
After a scoreless opening frame, the Blackhawks struck first with a shorthanded tally about seven minutes into the second. Louis Crevier chased down a cleared puck and powered his way to the net to finish it off. Credit goes to Ilya Mikheyev, who forced the turnover that started it all, and Matt Grzelcyk, who launched the clearing pass that sprun...
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