Blackhawks blow 2-goal lead, fall to Oilers 4-3 for 8th loss in 10 games
Connor Bedard's career-high point streak was stopped at nine games.
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Connor Bedard's career-high point streak was stopped at nine games.
Connor Bedard extended his points streak to nine games with a first-period assist, but the league-worst Blackhawks lost for the seventh time in their last nine games.
Tyler Bertuzzi added his team-leading 13th goal and Patrick Maroon connected for the Blackhawks, who rebounded following a 6-2 loss to St. Louis in the Winter Classic on Tuesday.
Chicago dropped its fifth consecutive game. It has been outscored 27-12 during the slide.
The NHL arrived at Wrigley with a crew of 300 workers on Monday, Dec. 16.
"You know, you have to look out for things that could happen along the way. Weather is always a part of that. It's nice and warm here in Chicago. We were prepared for any kind of weather," said Steve Mayer, president of content and events for the NHL.
Goaltender Petr Mrazek was pulled after allowing four goals on 11 shots in the first period. Backup Arvid Soderblom made 22 saves.
Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals and an assist, and Connor Bedard added a goal and two assists for the Blackhawks.
League officials have been working to ensure the surface will be up to snuff in regard to safety standards for the Blackhawks as they take on the St. Louis Blues on New Year's Eve.
League officials have been working to ensure the surface will be up to snuff in regard to safety standards for the Blackhawks as they take on the St. Louis Blues on New Year’s Eve.
Bedard snapped a tie with his seventh goal of the season.
Jack Hughes scored his 13th goal during a big third period for New Jersey, helping the Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1.
Alex Vlasic scored for the second straight game for Chicago, which has dropped five in a row. Alec Martinez added his first goal of the season.
The Wild is 13-0-1 against the Blackhawks dating back to Feb. 4, 2020.
Lukas Reichel and Patrick Maroon scored for the Blackhawks, who lost for the fourth time in five games.
Roenick helped lead the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1992, though they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Philipp Kurashev's goal at 1:48 of overtime lifted the Blackhawks to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night, snapping Chicago's two-game slide.
Connor Bedard had three assists, Teuvo Teravainen got his first goal in 10 games and the Chicago Blackhawks picked up their second straight win in Southern California, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night.
On a power play midway through the second period, Smith – the fourth overall pick in the 2023 draft – scored the winning goal with a wrist shot off the crossbar.
Matt Duchene scored on a third-period power play and added an empty-netter in the final seconds as the Dallas Stars hung on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.
JJ Peterka scored his fourth goal in three games and assisted on a goal by Tage Thompson to lead the Buffalo Sabres past the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Nick Foligno each scored a power-play goal, and Chicago beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 in the Blackhawks' home opener.
Nick Foligno scored Chicago's only goal, and Petr Mrazek stopped 23 shots in goal.
Seth Jones also had a goal and two assists in his 800th career NHL game and Philipp Kurashev scored the other goal to help the Blackhawks improved to 1-1-1 on the season.
Connor Bedard is usually one of the first players on the ice and one of the last players to leave when practice is over.
