Another busy stretch of playoff hockey is on the weekend agenda, with the potential for a series finale or two should some sweeps be completed. Of the eight series going right now, three are tied at a game apiece, two are at 2-1 and three more are at 3-0 and could be done before Monday arrives.
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Friday, April 24
Game 3: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, TNT/TruTV/HBO Max, 6 p.m.
Game 3 Vegas Golden Knights at Utah Mammoth, TBS/H...
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With the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs nearing its end, a side discussion over at SCH HQ between LBR and myself seemed like it’d be good to bring to the people here, as it has some relevancy to the team watching from home (or some beachfront property) that’s being assembled over at 1901 W. Madison.
A couple of teams with rather young forward groups have grabbed early headlines, led by the Philadelphia Flyers, up 3-0 on their interstate rivals from Pittsburgh. An also young Montre...
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BLACKHAWKS
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a special honor” ( Tribune )
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26...
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BLACKHAWKS
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a special honor” ( Tribune )
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26...
The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue all week long after an excellent start over the weekend.
The playoffs have already delivered some chaos: the Buffalo Sabres stormed back late to stun the Boston Bruins, the Montreal Canadiens won Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in overtime thanks to a hat trick from Juraj Slafkovsky, and the Minnesota Wild crushed the Dallas Stars early just to remind everyone brackets aren’t set in stone. Meanwhile, the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights ...
After a career-high mark in goals, what's next for No. 59?
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Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26 Blackhawks season ( SCH )
Blackhawks fan survey: When will Chicago return to the playoffs? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks player grades, Part 2: Bedard takes next step, Teravainen takes step back ( At...
A few more sets of numbers to munch through from the last season.
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Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26 Blackhawks season ( SCH )
Blackhawks fan survey: When will Chicago return to the playoffs? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks player grades, Part 2: Bedard takes next step, Teravainen takes step back ( Athletic )
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will (Not) Be, 4/17: Caring ( SCH )
Musings on Madison, Episode 208 — Another Blackhawks season en...
Once again, we begin looking back at the last season with a deeper dive into some of the available numbers.
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BLACKHAWKS
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will (Not) Be, 4/17: Caring ( SCH )
Musings on Madison, Episode 208 — Another Blackhawks season ends. So now what? ( SCH )
Blackhawks player grades, Part I: Spencer Knight proves himself, young defense develops ( Athletic )
Blackhawks players set playoffs as 2027 goal, but Kyle Davidson knows that’ll require enormous leap ( Sun-Times )
Updates from Blackhawk...
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here, which once again means it’s time for us Blackhawks to watch everyone else enjoy the experience of postseason hockey!
Hooray.
Anyway, we’ll continue our trends of posting two playoff game threads a week: one on Monday that covers the games through Thursday, and one on Friday for the weekend games.
Our predictions for the opening round are in this article and feel free to add your own in the comments of that article. There’s also time to join the...
It’s yet another postseason without the Blackhawks in it, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be watching! With the playoffs starting this weekend, the SCH crew gathered to offer some of their thoughts on it.
Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (No. 1 overall seed) vs. Los Angeles Kings (WC2)
Dave : I initially created this article about a week before the end of the season, when we still didn’t know who’d win the second wild card spot, inserting “who cares” as a placeholder. Even t...
I’ve been sitting on these thoughts since January and with the season completed, it’s time to get them on a screen. They aren’t so much about the Hawks as they are about this particular internet space.
I spend an incredible amount of time trying to figure out what to do with this website.
Much of that back-and-forth comes from a development four years ago, when we were contacted by Hawks PR and offered media credentials for a game for the first time. The Hawks won that night 3-1 over...
Yeah, we’re doing it again!
The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs start this weekend, so let’s do another postseason bracket challenge among the SCH community.
The link to the league is available here . Use the passcode “SCH2026” (shouldn’t be case sensitive)
If that doesn’t work, just follow the steps below:
Head to the NHL Bracket Challenge Dashboard by clicking this link
Click “Leagues” at the top of the page
Search for the league named “Second City Hockey”
Use ...
A lot's happened this week, and this season. We talked about it.
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BLACKHAWKS
Updates from Blackhawks end-of-season media sessions ( SCH )
Connor Bedard feels ready for Blackhawks’ captaincy, and his teammates agree: “He’s our guy” ( Sun-Times )
After another season of strong Blackhawks attendance, it’s time to start rewarding fans with more wins ( Sun-Times )
Can Blackhawks end playoff drought next year? GM says goal realistic — but would require “major step” ( Tribune )...
Mornin’!
The Blackhawks are finishing up their 2025-26 season with exit interviews on Thursday morning, followed by press conferences from the players, coach Jeff Blashill, and general manager Kyle Davidson fresh off his contract extension.
We’ll update this post as the day moves along, so check back here as players offer their final thoughts on the prior 82 games! (Quotes below may be edited for shortened for the sake of brevity and/or clarity sake.)
[Update, 4:30 p.m.] Going t...
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Blackhawks 5, Sharks 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson receives multi-year contract extension ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Athletic ) ( Tribune )
Does Connor Bedard hate to lose? ( Fels )
Twenty Blackhawks thoughts: Kaiser eyes higher ceiling ( Athletic )
Oliver Moore will continue studying NHL, sharpening brain over summer ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks’ late-season sli...
The Blackhawks ended the 2025-26 season on a positive note, rallying from a two-goal deficit to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 at the United Center on Wednesday night.
San Jose opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when this Mario Ferraro shot was stopped by Spencer Knight but the rebound ricocheted into the net off of Ethan Del Mastro:
Ferraro opens the scoring: pic.twitter.com/ERIa1Q2qAQ — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 16, 2026
The Blackhawks did not have a shot on...
Announced during team chairman Danny Wirtz’s pregame hit on CHSN prior to Wednesday’s game against the San Jose Sharks, the Blackhawks have given a multi-year contract extension to general manager Kyle Davidson.
The Blackhawks then confirmed the news in a press release, which also stated that terms of the deal were not disclosed due to team policy. Here’s the moment it all happened:
#Blackhawks Chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz announced that the team has extended GM Kyle Davidson: pic.tw...
Head down to the comments to talk about Wednesday’s season finale against the Sharks with us!
Game Preview
It’s here: Game 82 of the regular season for the Chicago Blackhawks, who host the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.
These two just played two Mondays ago , so there won’t be too much to dive into here. That game was a 6-2 loss for the Hawks in San Jose, who were hoping to grab a wild-card spot. They didn’t. At 80 games, the Sharks are fifth in the Pacific Division with 84 points, and it was the Los Angeles Kings who grabbed that final spot in the West — I’m just glad it wasn’t the Nashv...
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BLACKHAWKS
Oliver Moore will continue studying NHL, sharpening brain over summer ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks’ late-season slide guarantees another top-four draft pick ( Athletic )
RECAPS: Sabres 5, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times )
Connor Bedard made smart decision to wait until this summer to negotiate next Blackhawks contract ( Sun-Times )
Is Roman Kantserov the next Kirill Kaprizov? ( Athletic )
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Sabres 5, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times )
Connor Bedard made smart decision to wait until this summer to negotiate next Blackhawks contract ( Sun-Times )
Is Roman Kantserov the next Kirill Kaprizov? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks hope individual improvement by every kid adds up to teamwide improvement next season ( Sun-Times )
For Steve Larmer, Blackhawks Hall of Fame induction is enoug...