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Connor Bedard injury update articles ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Blackhawks could lean on in Connor Bedard’s absence ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun...
The news isn’t great, but it certainly could’ve been worse, too.
After practice on Monday, Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill provided an injury update on Connor Bedard, who suffered an apparent injury to his right shoulder while taking a faceoff in the closing seconds of Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues. According to Blashill, Bedard is not expected back for this calendar year and will be re-evaluated when the calendar flips to 2026.
Connor Bedard will be reevaluated after the ...
The Nashville Predators are on a clear path to rebuilding and tearing it all down, much like the Chicago Blackhawks did before getting lucky with Connor Bedard and what the San Jose Sharks did, trading or moving on from all of their old core and old regime. The Predators need this. Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg, and Juuse Saros are three great pieces to have, but the team hasn't been built well around them and they missed their shot at a Stanley Cup because the door slammed shut last offseason af...
The Blackhawks announced some roster moves before practice on Monday morning in Chicago.
Connor Bedard (upper body) was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 12.
Defenseman Ethan Del Mastro was recalled from Rockford.
Goaltender Laurent Brossoit was recalled from Rockford.
After practice, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill said Bedard “will be reevaluated after the New Year.” The Blackhawks have seven games between now and the end of the calendar year, an...
Head coach Jeff Blashill has spoken about Frank Nazar playing well and staying committed to the process… but the Blackhawks need Nazar to find the back of the net again.
Since Nazar returned from his injury on Nov. 15, he is tied with Ryan Greene for third among Blackhawks forwards in shot attempts at 5-on-5 (43) and ranks fifth o the roster in individual scoring chances (23). He has an individual expected goals of 1.88, which ranks sixth on the Blackhawks at even strength. Nazar’s six 5-...
Let’s start with where the game began last night. I made Wayne Messmer my No. 1 star in my postgame thoughts last night because the Blackhawks weren’t great ( got shutout ). But that was truly a great moment. The Blackhawks are really doing a great job with their Centennial celebration, but not everything you would love to see celebrated can be possible. One of the things I didn’t think was possible was Messmer coming back to a Blackhawks game to sing the anthem. Last night, he did — right nex...
The Blackhawks didn’t do much of anything on offense while being shut out 4-0 by the Red Wings on Saturday night at the United Center.
On a night when the giveaway was a Chris Chelios bobblehead, perhaps there was no more fitting development early on than a pair of Hawks scoring the first two goals for Detroit. Alex DeBrincat was up first, tallying just 55 seconds into the game:
Detroit goal!
Scored by Alex DeBrincat with 19:05 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Andrew Copp a...
Head down to the comments to talk about Saturday’s game against the Red Wings!
Game Preview
Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill talked roughly seven hours before the Blackhawks host the Red Wings on Saturday. That isn’t a normal timeline for a head coach talking on the second day of a back-to-back with travel between games and no morning skate; usually the coach will talk a couple hours before the game starts.
Obviously, the circumstances were slightly different for the Blackhawks head coach on Saturday. His best player, Connor Bedard , suffered an injury inside the final second...
After much internal discussion, we’ve finally settled on a time and place to get together with as many of the SCH commentariat is willing to venture to the South Loop on a school night.
Let’s get to the specifics:
Who?
The people reading this, hopefully.
What?
A Second City Hockey watch party! Didn’t you read the headline?
When?
Tuesday, Dec. 16 when the Blackhawks host the Maple Leafs at 6 p.m.
Where?
Flo & Santos, located at 1310 S. Wabash Avenue ...
The Blackhawks return to the United Center on Saturday night to host the Detroit Red Wings about 24 hours after a miserable night in St. Louis was made significantly worse in the game’s closing seconds.
We’ll get to Detroit in a bit because the more pressing issues deal with the home team in this game. Chicago lost 3-2 to the Blues last night but — more importantly — lost Connor Bedard to an apparent shoulder injury in the game’s closing seconds. Word on the severity of his injury won’t c...
In the wake of Connor Bedard ‘s injury last night , the Blackhawks are recalling Nick Lardis from Rockford to hopefully help the offense.
Lardis, 20, scored his 13th goal of the season for Rockford last night; he’s tied for fourth in the AHL overall and ranks second among rookies in goals. Lardis’ 26 points lead all AHL rookies entering Saturday’s action.
Originally a third-round pick (No. 67) by the Blackhawks in 2023, Lardis broke records last year when he scored 71 goals in 65 reg...
Tough scene in the dying seconds of Friday's game against the St. Louis Blues, as Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard was injured on a freak accident in the final seconds. Bedard suffered a right shoulder injury in the 3-2 loss to the Blues, as he was checked by Blues center Brayden Schenn on a faceoff with 0.8 seconds left. Blackhawks' head coach Jeff Blashill called it a 'freak accident' after the game, which makes it seem like his shoulder popped out of place thanks to the dangerous pu...
Usually I have prospect highlights a little lower in our bullets, but the injury suffered by Connor Bedard last night makes it feel like a call to Rockford might need to happen. The good news is the IceHogs were at home, so it’s only a drive to get someone to Chicago.
The most likely candidate to bring some offense to help the Blackhawks if Bedard is going to miss any significant time would be Nick Lardis , who scored his 13th goal of the season for the IceHogs last night. Here are a coup...
The Chicago Blackhawks couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night, falling 3–2 to the St. Louis Blues in a loss that was made worse by Connor Bedard suffering an injury in the final seconds of the game.
The Blues struck first just 3:41 into the game, cashing in on a delayed penalty. Logan Mailloux picked off a pass at the point, drifted into the circle, and snapped a far-side shot to put the Blues up 1-0.
FIRST AS A BLUE FOR LOGAN MAILLOUX!! pic.twitter.com/lad3MGTqu7 — St. Lo...
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Game Preview
A weekend back-to-back for the Hawks starts on Friday night in St. Louis against the Blues.
A few months ago, these two teams met in the same building and Chicago handed St. Louis a thorough ass-kicking in an 8-3 game that may not have been as close as the already lopsided score indicated. What have the Blues been up to since then? Most recently, they were getting their asses handed to them by the Nashville Predators, losing 7-2 there on Thursday night before getting back into town late. ...
On Friday afternoon, Hockey Canada announced Blackhawks prospect Marek Vanacker has been added to their training camp roster for the upcoming World Junios Championship.
A wrong has been made right.
Vanacker is currently the OHL leader with 26 goals and is tied for fourth with 41 points in 26 appearances. He’s also tied for third in the OHL with eight power play goals and is tied for second with a plus-22 rating.
The Blackhawks drafted Vanacker in the first round (No. 27) in the ...
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The elephant in seemingly every room in the NHL right now is the future of Quinn Hughes in Vancouver.
The star defenseman will be an unrestricted free agent in 2027 and things are bad in Vancouver right now. The Canucks are in last place in the entire league, and things aren’t getting better.
This all started, however, after last season at the Canucks’ season-ending media when Vancouver’s front office decided to throw out there that they weren’t sure about Hughes’ future and if he wa...
The Blackhawks are out of town on business tonight. Back-to-backs haven’t treated them well this year, but the most important game in those scenarios is the first one. And the Blackhawks are invading St. Louis to face a vulnerable, banged up Blues squad tonight that’s playing the second half of a back-to-back of their own. The Blues got obliterated by the Predators 7-2 last night, including a franchise record-tying four goals from Steven Stamkos.
On the other side, the Blackhawks are comi...
The St. Louis Blues are -127 on the moneyline versus the Chicago Blackhawks (+106) on Friday, with this game being played at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.
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Underdog: Blackhawks (+106)
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Date: Friday, December 12, 2025
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 12/11: Lardis, Korchinski among Rockford’s early-season standouts ( SCH )
Blackhawks defenseman have their own blind-spot detection system: Spencer Knight’s voice ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Rangers 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Musings on Madison, Episode 198 — Blackhawks crash back to Earth ( SCH )
Blackhawks want top prospect...
The St. Louis Blues play the Chicago Blackhawks at Enterprise Center on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, and we have best bets suggestions right here, if you’re thinking about a wager.
Best Blues vs. Blackhawks Prop Bets
Player & Team
Odds to Score a Goal
Goals & Games Played
Connor Bedard, Blackhawks
+150
19 G in 30 GP
Pavel Buchnevich, Blues
+200
5 G in 32 GP
Tyler Bertuzzi, Blackhawks
+200
16 G in 27 GP
Brayden Schenn, Blues
+230
6 G in 32 GP ...
Checking in with the Blackhawks prospects playing up in Rockford.