We keep talking about how limited the options are for teams to make significant improvement via free agency . One name many Blackhawks fans have liked for a couple years — including me — is now off the market for the 2026 shopping season.
On Thursday, the Colorado Avalance signed forward Martin Nečas to a blockbuster contract. The deal is reportedly an eight-year, $92M extension ($11.5M AAV).
MORE MARTY PARTIES IN COLORADO pic.twitter.com/MmnzVEAgp5 — Colorado Avalanche (@Avala...
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
After 10 games, how does this Blackhawks team line up with the expectations from the season?
The (first) day has arrived. When the 2025-26 regular season schedule was released, everyone I know went looking for the same specific games: Blackhawks vs. Jets. Yes, they’re Central Division foes; I’m not sure I would qualify it as a rivalry. But this year there’s a different element. Jonathan Toews is playing for his hometown Jets.
After two years away from the bright lights of the NHL, the longest tenured captain in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks decided to lace the skates back...
The Winnipeg Jets have been made -249 favorites over the Chicago Blackhawks (+202) playing at home on Thursday at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.
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Jets vs. Blackhawks Favorite, Moneyline, Total
Favorite: Jets (-249)
Underdog: Blackhawks (+202)
Total: 6
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How to Watch Jets vs. Blackhawks
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET
How to watch on TV: ESPN+
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Venue: Canada Lif...
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BLACKHAWKS
So far, so good for Blackhawks after 10 games: “We just believe in one another” ( Sun-Times )
How did Connor Bedard find his voice? By realizing it doesn’t matter what people think ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Blackhawks 7, Senators 3 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic ) ( Tribune ) ( NHL ) ( Fels )
Jonathan Toews brings healthy body and attitude to first game against Blackhawks ( The Athletic )
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When the Winnipeg Jets meet the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday (at 8:00 PM ET), is Kyle Connor likely to light the lamp? We have stats and info to help you make the best wager here.
Kyle Connor Anytime Goal Odds vs. the Blackhawks
Anytime Goal Odds: +125 (Bet $10 to win $12.50 if he scores a goal)
Connor Goals Betting Stats
In every game Connor has played with a set points prop — one opportunity — he’s exceeded the prop total.
Through 10 games played this season, Connor has recor...
And just like that , the sun is shining once again in Blackhawks land.
It’s difficult to avoid getting carried away when Connor Bedard does things like he did on Tuesday night which speak to the incredible hype that has followed him around since he was a teenager, long before he started lighting up scoreboards for the Blackhawks. The same can be said when Frank Nazar is flying around the ice and racking up points as well, because these are two of the players expected to be at the heart of...
Everyone is invited to the Connor Bedard show.
How about Connor Bedard, eh ? I’m not a hockey guy, but he is the kind of rising talent that could get me glancing over at the Blackhawks more and more.
… which makes me think about the Cubs, and about the nature of making non-fans into casual fans, and casual fans into hardcore fans. I think it’s probable that having really interesting, exciting players or storylines is what can bring folks into the fold if they otherwise paid very little attention to the team or the sport. But it’s wi...
It wasn’t perfect. Heck, it wasn’t even pretty at times. The second period felt like the same script we’ve seen too many times already this year — especially against a team that was playing the second half of a back-to-back. Young guys made mistakes. The foot came off the gas pedal for about five minutes and things went from lovely to uncomfortable real quick.
But you know what? Unlike the games against Vancouver and Los Angeles — the two previous back-to-back opponents — the second perio...
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Blackhawks 7, Senators 3 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic ) ( Tribune ) ( NHL )
Jonathan Toews brings healthy body and attitude to first game against Blackhawks ( The Athletic )
Blackhawks’ struggling power play needs to get coordinated with zone entries ( Sun-Times )
Frank Nazar is playing up to his Blackhawks contract: “We want to be a playoff team” ( Tribune )
RECAPS: Kings 3...
Connor Bedard scored the first hat trick of his NHL career as the Blackhawks built a 4-0 lead, nearly threw it away, but then finished off a grumpy Ottawa Senators squad by the score of 7-3 on Tuesday night at the United Center.
Colton Dach put the Hawks up 1-0 when he pounced on this rebound of a Louis Crevier shot for his first goal of the season:
GOAL: Colton Dach puts in the rebound for his 1st of the season to open the scoring pic.twitter.com/u547UQLVyJ — BHF (@BlackhawksF...
The message from head coach Jeff Blashill to his players after the Blackhawks lost to the Kings on Sunday evening was pretty simple. When you get a team in the second half of a back-to-back, don’t take your foot off the gas. And take advantage of your opportunities.
Against the Kings, the Blackhawks dominated the first period but skated away with only one goal. Tonight, the Blackhawks put three goals on the board before the opening 20 minutes came to a close. And, when that horn sounded, ...
On Tuesday night, Blackhawks center Connor Bedard scored three times for the first hat trick of his NHL career!
Here’s Bedard’s first goal of the night:
GOAL: Connor Bedard SNIPE on the power play to extend the lead pic.twitter.com/7znAxhoBK6 — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) October 29, 2025
Here’s his second goal of the night — the 50th of his NHL career:
GOAL: Connor Bedard COAST TO COAST TDR for his second of the game. Wow pic.twitter.com/lXLBg2bRTA — BHF (@Blackhawk...
Folks, I think we’re getting to the time that we need to have a conversation about Blackhawks prospect Nick Lardis .
Lardis was mentioned by Steven Ellis at Daily Faceoff as one of the five AHL prospects who are tearing it up to start the year on Tuesday. And with good reason: the start of his professional career has been as good — better? — than we could have hoped.
The IceHogs had a late-morning start on Tuesday and it went quite well against the Wolves in Rosemont. Lardis scored t...
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Game Preview
Team Consistency Emerging
In their final night at home before a six-game road trip, the Blackhawks will host the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at the United Center. It’s a slightly atypical 7:45 p.m. start as part of the NHL’s “Frozen Frenzy,” when all 32 teams will skate in 16 games with start times between 5 and 10 p.m. CT, making for the perfect evening to get well acquainted with your living room seat of choice.
While team captain Brady Tkachuk remains sidelined following thumb surgery a few weeks ago that’...
We continue to talk our way thru the Blackhawks’ building process, and the progress we’re starting to see on the NHL ice with younger players beginning to impact the top-level product has started to provide some confidence that the draft-and-develop route the Blackhawks have taken is bearing fruit.
But there are still consistent, constant conversations all over Blackhawks nation about how — and with whom — the organization can bolster their roster to go from nice to seriously dangerous. P...
The Ottawa Senators are solid favorites (-141) playing at the Chicago Blackhawks (+118) at United Center on Tuesday.
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Senators vs. Blackhawks Favorite, Moneyline, Total
Favorite: Senators (-141)
Underdog: Blackhawks (+118)
Total: 6
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How to Watch Senators vs. Blackhawks
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 8:45 p.m. ET
How to watch on TV: ESPN+
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: United Center
Live S...
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks’ struggling power play needs to get coordinated with zone entries ( Sun-Times )
Frank Nazar is playing up to his Blackhawks contract: “We want to be a playoff team” ( Tribune )
RECAPS: Kings 3, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
How Jeff Blashill’s three years with Jon Cooper prepared him to coach Blackhawks with “real confidence” ( Sun-Times )
Blackh...
The Ottawa Senators play the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. ET, and we have best bets suggestions in this article, if you’re considering a wager.
Best Senators vs. Blackhawks Prop Bets
Player & Team
Odds to Score a Goal
Goals & Games Played
Connor Bedard, Blackhawks
+180
3 G in 9 GP
Drake Batherson, Senators
+180
4 G in 7 GP
Tim Stützle, Senators
+210
4 G in 10 GP
Shane Pinto, Senators
+220
8 G in 10 GP
...
On Sunday night, the Blackhawks lost a game to the Los Angeles Kings. Early in the third period, forward Ilya Mikheyev put his speed on display while killing a penalty. He was in the process of creating a potential scoring chance — skating 1-on-3, I might add — when he got tripped. Mikheyev went into the boards hard behind the LA net and left the game. He did not return.
Ilya Mikheyev has not taken a shift since sliding into the boards hard here: pic.twitter.com/W4xX1L5UKC — BHF (@B...
The Chicago Bears (and Blackhawks) lost yesterday, and it was not pretty. I will need some comforting breakdowns from the BN crew over the next few days …
Another managerial opening is set to go down, with the Baltimore Orioles taking a top Cleveland Guardians lieutenant:
The Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a deal to hire Craig Albernaz as manager, sources tell ESPN. Albernaz, 42, was previously associate manager with Cleveland and was a widely sought-after candidate for open ma...