The Blackhawks will conclude their post-Olympics road trip on Tuesday night in Winnipeg when it takes on the Jets.
These two teams met at the United Center in mid-January, with much of the focus that evening on former Hawks captain Jonathan Toews playing in his first game in Chicago as an opponent. The Hawks won that game 2-0 and much of what was discussed regarding Winnipeg in the preview for that game still holds true. The Jets are still 10 points behind a playoff spot and have just 23 ...
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Blackhawks trade Connor Murphy to the Oilers ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( Athletic )
Andre Burakovsky thankful for Jeff Blashill’s trust as he searches for confidence ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Blackhawks 4, Mammoth 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Athletic ) ( Tribune ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks starving for offense from players other than Bedard: “We’ve got to help him” ( Sun-Times )
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One of the Blackhawks expected moves ahead of this Friday’s trade deadline has arrived on Monday afternoon, with veteran defenseman Connor Murphy traded to the Edmonton Oilers.
The deal was confirmed by the team on Monday evening:
trade alert🔔 details📰 ➡︎ https://t.co/rQWayrN1L5 pic.twitter.com/rozaosrexG — Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 2, 2026
With the second-round pick being in 2028, Chicago now has seven second-round picks in the next three drafts when facto...
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RECAPS: Blackhawks 4, Mammoth 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Athletic ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks starving for offense from players other than Bedard: “We’ve got to help him” ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Avalanche 3, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Athletic )
Foligno needs to make decision about trade deadline soon ( Sun-Times )
Breaking down the Blackhawks’ penalty kill ( SCH )
Nazar, rest of Blackhawks youn...
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The Blackhawks built a lead and kept it from slipping away on Sunday afternoon, winning 4-0 over the Utah Mammoth.
In the final minute of the first period, A forecheck from Tyler Bertuzzi led to a power-play goal from Teuvo that sent Chicago to the first intermission with a 1-0 lead.
GOAL: Bertuzzi steals and Teravainen scores to grab the first goal! pic.twitter.com/M3V3igE5SX — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) March 1, 2026
Chicago’s fourth line added a pair of goals 89 seconds apa...
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Minimal rest is available to the Hawks this weekend as they head to Salt Lake City this afternoon for a game against the Utah Mammoth.
These two teams will become quite familiar with each other in March, as they’ll play three times in the next two weeks to account for 75 percent of their meeting this season. The other 25 percent came back in October when the Hawks won 3-1 at the United Center for their first win of the season. Since then, a youthful Utah lineup has worked its way into pos...
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Despite grabbing the early lead and keeping the Colorado Avalanche at bay for most of the first 40 minutes — well, Spencer Knight did, anyway — the Chicago Blackhawks couldn’t hold on forever, falling 3-1 on Saturday night in Denver.
The Blackhawks struck first at 6:31 of the first period as Connor Bedard corralled Tyler Bertuzzi’s centering feed and snapped a heavy wrist shot for a power-play goal and a 1-0 lead.
Connor Bedard has his 25th goal of the season! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/38WOP...
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The Blackhawks kick off a weekend back-to-back in Denver on Saturday evening against the league-leading Colorado Avalanche.
Colorado has basically spent this season doing laps around the rest of the league. At 38-10-9 (.746 points percentage), they’re five points clear of the next closest team in the standings and looking every bit like a group that knows exactly how good it is. The underlying numbers are just as suffocating: Colorado owns 56.14 percent of shot attempts (second in the lea...
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Heading into the Olympic break, the Chicago Blackhawks’ penalty kill ranked No. 1 in the NHL with an 85.7 percent conversion rate. Last season it was ranked 14th overall (79.3 percent) and was 27th in the 2023-24 season (75.8 percent). I thought it would be a good exercise to take a look at a couple of their recent games and examine what’s made the Blackhawks’ penalty kill so successful this season.
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Assistant coach Michael Peca runs the Hawks’ penalty kill and has mov...
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RECAPS: Predators 4, Blackhawks 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Athletic ) ( Tribune )
Connor Murphy feeling allure of playoffs as trade deadline nears ( Sun-Times )
Musings on Madison, Episode 204 — Olympic reactions and T25U25 prospect rankings ( SCH )
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 2/25: Movin’ on up ( SCH )
What’s left to do ( Fels )
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The Blackhawks came back from the Olympic break looking much like the team from before it, losing 4-2 on the road to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
After six minutes of unsuccessful power-play time for the Hawks early in the first period, Filip Forsberg jumped on this turnover for the first goal of the game:
Forsberg scores off a turnover pic.twitter.com/EAoEYBMwyJ — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) February 27, 2026
Connor Bedard tied the game up about four minutes into...
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Head down to the comments to talk about Thursday’s game against the Predators!
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The Blackhawks return from the Olympic break on Thurdsay night, kicking off a four-game road trip with a stop in Nashville to face the Predators.
These two teams met about six weeks ago at the same place, with Chicago winning 3-0 thanks to an incredible effort from rookie goalie Drew Commesso, who twirled a 36-save shutout in net while much of the Blackhawks roster was exhausted from either playing a second game in as many nights or from whatever illness was running rampant in the locker ...
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Musings on Madison, Episode 204 — Olympic reactions and T25U25 prospect rankings ( SCH )
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 2/25: Movin’ on up ( SCH )
What’s left to do ( Fels )
Jarring transition awaits Teuvo Teravainen after bronze medal with Finland ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks could do right by Murphy at deadline: 10 post-break thoughts ( Athletic )
2025-26 Midseason Blackhawks ...
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There’s this hockey adage that tends to come up around the trade deadline, when trade targets are being analyzed in terms of how they’ll help a team contending for the Cup. It’s comes with phrases like “fourth-liner on a good team” or “additional blue-line depth,” with the general idea that a player who moves up in the NHL standings in a trade typically moves down the lineup, because good teams have better players occupying the prime spots. Breaking news, right?
This thought doesn’t speci...
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An eventful week of hockey before the NHL returns this week.
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2025-26 Midseason Blackhawks Top 25 Under 25 rankings: The complete list ( SCH )
Gavin Hayes making himself relevant in Blackhawks’ prospect pool by emulating Zach Hyman ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks noticing Gavin McKenna’s rapid growth as 2026 NHL Draft creeps closer ( Sun-Times )
What I’ll be watching for the remainder of this Blackhawks season: 10 storylines ( Athletic )
Colton Dach hoping t...
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(Editor’s note: Instead of breaking this into a series of posts, it’s all right here on one big list with comments from the SCH staff as well as the SCH community of voters who joined in on this year’s rankings. The complete ballots are also at the end of this post. Thanks to everyone who participated!
No. 1 — Connor Bedard (C)
Birth date: July 17, 2005 (20)
Acquired via: First-round pick (1st overall) in 2023 NHL Draft
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Blackhawks noticing Gavin McKenna’s rapid growth as 2026 NHL Draft creeps closer ( Sun-Times )
What I’ll be watching for the remainder of this Blackhawks season: 10 storylines ( Athletic )
Colton Dach hoping to earn more ice time after rejuvenating break ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks trade deadline preview: Murphy, Dickinson, other veterans might be moved out ( Sun-Times )
Ryan Greene is eager t...
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Colton Dach hoping to earn more ice time after rejuvenating break ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks trade deadline preview: Murphy, Dickinson, other veterans might be moved out ( Sun-Times )
Ryan Greene is eager to get back on the ice after a surprise scratch ( Tribune )
Blackhawks, European prospect update, 2/20: Kantserov, Frondell still shining ( SCH )
Blackhawks NCAA/USHL prospect update, 2/19: ...
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Two of the Blackhawks most interesting prospects continued their strong play.
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As of this writing, the US women are thumping Sweden in Monday morning’s semifinal and appear destined for Thursday’s gold medal game, where they’ll face the winner of Canada and Switzerland later on Monday. Local product Abbey Murphy (pictured above) remains one of Team USA’s most productive players.
On the men’s half of the Olympic schedule, the robin rounds are complete and we’re on to the knockout stages which start on Wednesday and concludes with Sunday morning’s gold medal game.
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Blackhawks NCAA/USHL prospect update, 2/19: Mustard and Sumpf taking steps forward ( SCH )
Why Spencer Knight believes an illness gave him valuable experience ( Sun-Times )
Foligno committed to Blackhawks but unsure how personal future will unfold ( Athletic )
Blackhawks CHL prospect update, 2/18: Pridham...
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