The Blackhawks head to Dallas on Saturday to take on one of the league’s top teams in the Stars with hopes of snapping a brutal six-game losing streak.
The Stars have spent most of the 2025–26 season parked firmly among the NHL’s heavyweights, trailing only the Colorado Avalanche in the league with a .737 points percentage and a 7-2-1 record in their last 10 games. However, their success hasn’t been really driven by territorial dominance: at 5-on-5, Dallas ranks 31st in shot attempt share...
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I thought we were done with this.
Sitting down on the couch on any given evening of Blackhawks hockey, taking in the first few minutes of the game with those little twinkles of optimism that something good might happen during the next two or three hours and then having the realization — or, perhaps the reminder — settle in that this is Blackhawks lineup is simply not as good as the one on the opposite bench and that it’s going to take some rather special circumstances for the game to rema...
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RECAPS: Flyers 3, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks have to “win in a different way” without injured Bedard, Nazar ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks prospect breakdown: Vaclav Nestrasil proving his potential as UMass freshman ( The Athletic )
Matt Grzelcyk giving Blackhawks much-needed steadiness in larger-than-expected role ( Sun-Times )
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The Chicago Blackhawks added another lump of coal to the stocking on Tuesday night, losing their sixth straight game in a 4–1 defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers on Christmas Eve Eve.
The Flyers opened the scoring midway through the first period. Travis Konecny was set up in the left faceoff circle by a slick feed from Trevor Zegras and snapped it home from in close to make it 1–0.
Nine straight games of TZ46 snagging points like this. ⤵️ #PHIvsCHI | #LetsGoFlyers pic.twitter.com/WU4rj...
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The Chicago Blackhawks limp into Tuesday’s final matchup before the holiday break with the Philadelphia Flyers carrying a growing losing streak and an injury list that’s starting to look uncomfortably bleak.
The Flyers arrive in Chicago as one of the league’s quietest success stories, having picked up at least a point in 18 of their last 23 games while going 12-5-6 over that stretch. That run has vaulted them all the way to second in the Metropolitan Division and in the Eastern Conference...
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Blackhawks prospect breakdown: Vaclav Nestrasil proving his potential as UMass freshman ( The Athletic )
Matt Grzelcyk giving Blackhawks much-needed steadiness in larger-than-expected role ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Senators 6, Blackhawks 4 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Is it time to turn attention to draft lottery again as Blackhawks’ playoff hopes slide? ( The Athletic )
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RECAPS: Senators 6, Blackhawks 4 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Is it time to turn attention to draft lottery again as Blackhawks’ playoff hopes slide? ( The Athletic )
What does Nick Lardis’ future with the Blackhawks hold? Luke Evangelista offers some clues ( Sun-Times )
Musings on Madison, Episode 199 — Deep breaths ( SCH )
RECAPS: Canadiens 4, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( ...
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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 Hawks end their weeklong trek through Canada on Saturday afternoon against the Ottawa Senators.
Ottawa enters this game on a bit of a surge, having won three of its last four games — most recently a 4-0 win at home over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Outside of that stretch, though, there are a bunch of Ls on their schedule, including a 7-3 loss to these Blackhawks in Chicago back on Oct. 28. Connor Bedard had a hat trick that night. A lot of the items from that preview re...
about 2 months ago
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Perhaps doom and gloom is too pessimistic for the current state of things.
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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