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The Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a 1-0 deficit in the first period with two goals in the second, but they lost 3-2 in a shootout. Connor Bedard scored for the second straight game.

The Chicago Blackhawks youth score against a dominant Colorado Avalanche team in Wednesday night's 3-1 win. In addition, Connor Bedard now has 18 points in his last 15 games including an eight-game point streak.

The Colorado Avalanche created plenty, but Petr Mrazek made 36 saves to help the Chicago Blackhawks upset the Avs, 3-1, Wednesday night at United Center.

Mikheyev posted an assist in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Red Wings. Mikheyev has a goal and an assist over his last two games after going six contests without a point. A recent move to the top line is paying off for now,

Connor Bedard recorded his team-leading 26th assist of the 2024-25 season and tied Patrick Kane on an exclusive Blackhawks list.

Connor Bedard has an incredible eight-game point ... work a lot of magic on the first line and find each other often. Ilya Mikheyev has been going off recently too, scoring a couple goals.

“The Blackhawks — like every other team in the league — should be trying to move heaven and Earth to pry Elias Pettersson out of Vancouver,” Lazerus wrote. “Pettersson can make Bedard and the Blackhawks better immediately, and he’s young enough to fit Chicago’s longer-term timeline.”

If Reichel can emerge as a useful player for Chicago, it would be a huge development for a team that has all but written him off already.

Steven Stamkos scored in regulation and had Nashville’s third straight shootout goal in the Predators’ 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Nashville went 3-for-3 in the team's first shootout of the season with goals from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly Steven Stamkos,

It has been a while since the Central Divison rivals the Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators faced off. They last met in October when the Blackhawks lost 3-2 at home.