This game should have been at least 5-1 after 20 minutes but the Blackhawks’ new goaltender stood on his head. To say the ice was slanted in the first period is like thinking the sides of the Devils Tower are slight downhills. According to Natural Stat Trick, high danger chances were 7-1 in favor of the Kings in the first and that feels fairly conservative after watching it live. But the games was tied at one when the teams went to their rooms.
The Blackhawks came out of the room with a much better effort to start the second and took the lead back only 45 seconds into the period. This lead lasted the rest of the period — and the Blackhawks extended it to two. They continued to get great goaltending and the offense took a hard 180 and played a really good period.
The Blackhawks pushed the lead to three just 80 seconds into the third period and then they started hitting everything in reach. After a dreaded double-doink cost him a would-be goal earlier in the third period, Ryan Donato scored into the empty net to put the final nail n the coffin.
Star 1: Spencer Knight
Welcome to Chicago, Spencer. Here are 17 shots on net in the first period! What I really liked about Knight’s first performance was watching how he plays the puck and understands angles already. There were a couple times the Kings tried to shoot one hard and wide and play the rebound and Knight knew better and directed the puck into the corner on its way back to the front of the net. He was also so noticeably calm around the net. He finished the night with 41 saves. Amazing night!
Ladies and gentlemen, Spencer Knight.? pic.twitter.com/SvCfw4pKT2
— Blackhawks on CHSN (@CHSN_Blackhawks) March 4, 2025Star 2: Ethan Del Mastro
The more ice time he gets, the better Del Mastro looks at the NHL level. Right before he scored the Blackhawks’ third goal of the night he blew up Trevor Lewis with a howitzer of a shot. He had a team-high four shot attempts in 11:41 thru two periods.
#Blackhawks lead 3-1 ? Ethan Del Mastro ? Pat Maroon, Lukas Reichel pic.twitter.com/hopYLKN97B
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) March 4, 2025Star 3: Colton Dach
Dach has a team-leading three hits thru two periods. He stepped up his physical play in the second and was more noticeable. He made a really nice play to steal the puck and set up Andreas Athanasiou for his goal early in the third period.
#Blackhawks lead 4-1 ? Andreas Athanasiou ? Colton Dach pic.twitter.com/yA4UNyibKq
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) March 4, 2025Key Takeaways
Ilya Mikheyev is quietly having a really good season after the Blackhawks grabbed him in another salary dump trade from Vancouver this summer. He was flying again tonight and scored the Blackhawks’ second goal of the night 45 seconds into the middle period — his 12th of the season.#Blackhawks lead 2-1? Ilya Mikheyev? Teuvo Teravainen, Ryan Donato pic.twitter.com/Frl5HicvRe
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) March 4, 2025 Here’s Alec Martinez‘s goal from the first period — his fifth of the year against his former team.#Blackhawks lead 1-0 ? Alec Martinez? Tyler Bertuzzi pic.twitter.com/JK0PDJNXDH
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) March 4, 2025 The Blackhawks’ most active line in the first period was the kid line of Landon Slaggert, Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar. Bedard was grinding and fighting in board battles and Slaggert and Nazar were buzzing as well. Bedard (team-high two) and Nazar (one) had three of the Hawks’ seven shots on net in the first; Slaggert had one of the Hawks’ five blocked shots (and only by a forward) in the first. I know I know I know… don’t talk about how the Blackhawks are supposed to fill ice time on the right side of the blue line. But… Louis Crevier was on the ice for an 8-2 shot attempt differential favoring the wrong team in 5:01 at even strength in the first period. That has to be better. I need them to stop putting Crevier and Alex Vlasic together like… 17 months ago… All six Blackhawks defensemen had a blocked shot thru two periods. Crevier had two. It took the Blackhawks until their first shot in the third period to catch up with the 17 shots on net the Kings were credited with in the first period.xx
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