Blackhawks Activate Kruger, Send Down Smith
The Blackhawks activated forward Marcus Kruger from injured reserve Friday and sent Ben Smith to Rockford.
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The Blackhawks activated forward Marcus Kruger from injured reserve Friday and sent Ben Smith to Rockford.
Dave Bolland had two goals, and rookie Jimmy Hayes and Viktor Stalberg scored 23 seconds apart in a three-goal second period as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Thursday night.
onathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa are headed to Ottawa. The Blackhawks' trio of forwards were named to the NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 29.
The Blackhawks are off the schneid. The four-game losing streak--longest of its kind in three years--is history.
Viktor Stalberg scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus 5-2 on Tuesday night to end a season-high four-game losing streak and spoil the debut of interim Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp will miss three to four weeks with an upper body injury, head coach Joel Quenneville announced Monday.
After weeks of lopsided losses and blown leads, the Columbus Blue Jackets fired second-year coach Scott Arniel.
Before Sunday, the Hawks hadn't won a game since beating the Red Wings at the United Center Dec. 30. It looked like they were going to win their second in a row over Detroit, but the Red Wings tied the game with less than five minutes in regulation and then won 3-2 in overtime.
Pavel Datsyuk banked in a shot from a bad angle off Chicago defenseman Nick Leddy for the winning goal 3:08 into overtime, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night.
Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves to earn his second shutout, and T.J. Galiardi had a goal and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.
