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What all 32 NHL teams should wish for this holiday season, from better forwards (Predators) to a new coach (Canucks)

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Blackhawks’ lead proves short-lived in loss to Predators

“Winning is hard,” defenseman Connor Murphy said after the Hawks’ 4-2 defeat Wednesday, their 16th in their last 17 games.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kevin Lankinen returns to Chicago amid strong start with Predators: ‘This is my path’

The eternally cheerful former Blackhawks goalie “went through some emotions” when he landed in Chicago on Tuesday. He boasts a .925 save percentage in his first seven starts for the Predators, however, and has embraced this second chapter of his NHL career.

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Blackhawks’ Isaak Phillips brings increased confidence, grit into juicy NHL opportunity

With Jarred Tinordi out “for a while” recovering from facial surgery, Phillips — one of the best defensemen in the AHL this season — will take Tinordi’s spot on the Hawks’ second pairing Wednesday. It’s a chance for the 21-year-old to prove his NHL readiness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks satisfied with box-plus-one defensive structure, just not with execution

The zone-based “box-plus-one” defensive system that coach Luke Richardson has installed still seems like the best option. The Hawks are just making too many mistakes while trying to follow that structure.

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Blackhawks send down Arvid Soderblom, call up Isaak Phillips in flurry of moves

The Hawks also activated goalie Alex Stalock from injured reserve and placed defenseman Jarred Tinordi on IR with a facial fracture Monday.

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Luke Richardson’s attentiveness toward Blackhawks goalies rare among NHL coaches

Many head coaches understand little about goaltending and mostly leave their goalies alone. But Richardson, conversely, “thinks about the goalies all the time.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks blown out by Rangers as Jacob Trouba drama continues

The controversial defenseman scored his second goal of the season and yelled at Andreas Athanasiou, asking if he’d like the goal puck. The Rangers hammered the Hawks 7-1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks’ Seth Jones, Caleb Jones making progress as Luke Richardson urges safer play

The brothers produced two of their better games of the season Thursday and Friday, albeit in Hawks losses. With Richardson asking them to be more careful when they jump up offensively, they’ve made fewer costly errors lately.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks trying to ‘simplify’ overall game instead of searching for small tweaks

So many things have gone wrong during the Hawks’ 3-16-4 stretch that it would be impossible to fix each problem individually. Coach Luke Richardson has alternatively emphasized one overarching message: Simplification.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks unable to contain Wild’s Mats Zuccarello in yet another loss

Zuccarello, whom the Hawks kept in check in their first matchup against the Wild this year, exploded for a hat trick Friday in a 4-1 Wild win.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mats Zuccarello has hat trick as Wild top Blackhawks, 4-1, extend win streak

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Even as the Wild began to distance themselves from their early-season woes, their record at home was still an eyesore.

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Blackhawks’ latest switch fails to create spark in loss to Golden Knights

The Hawks tried their five-forward power-play unit again, but the experiment backfired. Over their last 17 games, the Hawks have now conceded more shorthanded goals (three) than they have wins (two).

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Blackhawks’ Luke Richardson learning how to maintain delicate balances as coach of a losing team

The Blackhawks’ awful record isn’t Richardson’s fault — his team was designed to be awful — but it nonetheless is his problem to deal with. He’s figuring out on the fly how to keep morale up without fostering complacency.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jonathan Toews’ positivity fades to discouragement after Blackhawks’ ugly loss to Capitals

Two sides of Toews showed themselves Tuesday — and the side that appeared postgame sounded understandably overwhelmed by the Hawks’ multitude of problems and endless string of losses.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks dominated by Alex Ovechkin on historic night: ‘It didn’t feel great’

Ovechkin scored his 798th, 799th and 800th career goals Tuesday in the Capitals’ 7-3 blowout of the Hawks, becoming the third player in NHL history to reach the milestone. He received lots of love from the United Center crowd for doing so.

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Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch the NHL

The Washington Capitals will meet the Chicago Blackhawks in NHL action on Tuesday night from the United Center.

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Blackhawks’ Jason Dickinson searching for offense, appreciating steady role

The scoring explosion scoring that started Dickinson’s Hawks tenure in October proved he’d landed on the right team. Now, he’s trying to get some of that scoring touch back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Turns out Blackhawks are awful enough to contend for top draft pick, after all

The Hawks’ surprisingly hot start has become a distant memory. Seventeen losses in their last 20 games have dropped them into second-to-last place in the NHL, ahead of only the miserable Ducks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks’ hesitance to shoot exacerbating talent deficit

The Hawks certainly have had less offensive-zone possession time than their opponents this season, but they’ve also done less with the possession time they’ve had.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks defensemen working on better defending 2-on-1 rushes

Not every defenseman slides, and that’s not necessarily the wrong approach. But if they do, Richardson wants them to do so a half-second later but more aggressively toward the puck-carrier.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks grounded by Jets again as losing ways continue

The Hawks’ 3-1 loss Friday represented their 17th in their last 20 games overall and their 14th in their last 17 meetings against Winnipeg.

Chicago Sun-Times

Good injury news abounds for Blackhawks as Alex Stalock, others return to practice

Stalock (concussion), Petr Mrazek (groin), Jonathan Toews (illness), Sam Lafferty (back) and Jarred Tinordi (hip) all hit the ice Thursday. Lafferty and Toews could return as soon as Friday against the Jets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Max Domi, Andreas Athanasiou enjoying their one-year contracts with Blackhawks

Both forwards have seized upon the additional ice time available with the Hawks to re-prove their abilities. As pending free agents in the primes of their careers, the timing works out well.

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