Morning Chirps: Blackhawks show no desperation in loss to Kraken

The Climate Pledge Arena has not been kind to the Chicago Blackhawks since the Seattle Kraken joined the NHL. They suffered their fifth loss in six trips on Thursday with a lackluster 3-1 defeat.
After a scoreless first period, Matty Beniers opened the scoring by ripping the puck past Petr Mrazek’s glove hand. Teuvo Teravainen got his stick on Jared McCann’s cross-ice pass, but he slowed it down and put it right in Beniers’ wheelhouse. Jayden Schwartz doubled the lead with a power-play tally early in the second period for his 200th career goal.
Moments later, Ryan Donato, who scored the first goal in Kraken history, got the Blackhawks on the board. He followed up his own shot, then put the r...