The Chicago Blackhawks welcomed the red-hot Ottawa Senators to town on Monday. The Senators came into the tilt winners of five in a row and just three points out of a playoff spot. This was also Alex DeBrincat’s first game back in Chicago since getting traded to the Canadian capital last July. He was given a nice ovation after a…
Friday night did not get off to a great start for the Chicago Blackhawks. All-Star Clayton Keller scored early and gave the Arizona Coyotes a 1-0 lead on their first shot of the game. Former Blackhawks first-round pick Nick Schmaltz doubled the lead a few moments later, playing in his 400th NHL game. Seth Jones got the Blackhawks on the…
Gonna have to shake off the dust from the ol’ keyboard as we get back to our Hawks Hits following Blackhawks games. It has been nine full days since the last game for the Blackhawks. The NHL All-Star break and the bye week lined up for perfectly for Chicago to give them this extended layoff. In the time off, the…
Don’t panic, but with their 4-1 win over the Flyers on Thursday night, the Blackhawks have won five of their last six games. I know…you’re panicking. It’s going to be okay. The Hawks have a road-heavy schedule remaining. Their last road win (before Thursday) was December 3. They will also likely be losing a significant part of their roster by…
After being blown-out by the Seattle Kraken, the Chicago Blackhawks responded with a comeback 4-3 win in overtime against the up-and-coming Buffalo Sabres. Big games from both Seth Jones and Philipp Kurashev helped lead the Blackhawks in their efforts tonight over a Sabres team that the Blackhawks could look to be in a few years when the rebuild starts to…
On October 29, the Chicago Blackhawks took a 3-1 lead into the third period only to lose 4-3 in overtime to the Buffalo Sabres. The Blackhawks got their revenge on Tuesday night by returning the favor and flipping that exact script. A Better Start Doesn’t Yield Desired Results The start of Saturday’s 8-5 loss to the Seattle Kraken was an…
Well Blackhawks fans, we’re officially halfway through season one of the rebuild. That wasn’t so bad, was it? WAS IT? Okay, it was pretty bad, but there have been some signs of positivity that can’t be ignored, despite the team’s current standing at the bottom of the league. A while back, I handed out my 25 Game Awards to, at…
It wasn’t the prettiest hockey ever played, but Friday night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes was entertaining. Both teams generated scoring chances with some fast north/south play. In the end, the shorthanded Blackhawks snapped their four-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory. Alex Stalock made 22 saves to pick up his first NHL shutout since Feb. 28,…
It was an impressive crowd at the United Center for the second-straight game. After the second-highest attended game of the season on Sunday night, 18,429 of the Chicago Blackhawks faithful packed the stands to see the Tampa Bay Lightning outlast the Blackhawks, 4-1 the final score. It was the eighth-best attended game of the season. Those 18,429 fans saw history…
The Chicago Blackhawks fell to the Minnesota Wild Friday night, their 6th straight loss and 14th in 15 games. The Blackhawks could generate little offense against former goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, as they scored just one goal for the second-straight game. Join Jay Zawaski, Mario Tirabassi, and Greg Boysen as they recap the game and update the tank standings on the…