The Blackhawks have two very busy weeks coming up, and it’s a noteworthy time on the calendar. As I’ve mentioned before, there has long been a school of belief in the NHL that teams in a playoff spot on US Thanksgiving have a great chance of making the postseason. Right now, the Western Conference is a gong show with teams underwhelming all over the place. The Blackhawks are not among those teams.
The Blackhawks have seven games in 12 days, beginning with the NHL-worst Calgary Flames in Chicago on Tuesday night. Six of the seven games are at the United Center. And four of the seven are against teams below the Blackhawks in the standings (as of Sunday night). The Blackhawks could position themselves nicely before they begin December with a four-game trip to the West Coast.
The last couple years, when the Blackhawks had an injury like Nick Foligno‘s — which will keep the captain out for four weeks — there was a bit of a scramble drill to figure out how to fill the minutes and role on the ice. Now, when the Blackhawks get Tyler Bertuzzi and Jason Dickinson back, the harder decision will be to go with 11 or 12 forwards. Because the Blackhawks have enough bodies and are getting contributions up and down the roster that it’s going to be hard to pick a scratch. Since the start of November (seven games), the Blackhawks have seen 10 different skaters score a goal. That includes Landon Slaggert and Sam Lafferty, who have appeared in only three NHL games each. Also, 15 different Blackhawks have been credited with an assist since the start of the month. In fact, of the 20 skaters who have appeared in a game for the Blackhawks in November, only two have failed to record a single point: Alex Vlasic and Sam Rinzel. The depth production and contributions right now have been fantastic! My eye test liked what I saw when Oliver Moore and Frank Nazar were on the ice together on Saturday night. Natural Stat Trick liked it as well… for the most part. At 5-on-5 they spent 9:58 on the ice together, during which the Blackhawks had a 9-7 shots on net advantage and 0.6 expected Goals For. The line of Moore, Nazar and Teuvo Teräväinen had the best 5-on-5 expected Goals For Percentage (58.26) by a wide margin; the line of Colton Dach, Ryan Donato and Ilya Mikheyev was second at just 29.04 percent. Good story from Ben Pope on Moore getting more comfortable with the reality that he really is faster than most of the guys in NHL.In his first six Blackhawks games this season, Oliver Moore is learning he really is fast enough to blow past most NHL competition.Against the Devils, he passed up a potential breakaway opportunity. Against the Leafs, he did not.New story: t.co/eT6Cxl1vZ5
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) November 16, 2025 We’ll stick with the rookies and take a moment to celebrate the run Artyom Levshunov is on right now. The Blackhawks shared that he is the fastest rookie defenseman to reach 10 assists in a season. Levshunov leads all NHL rookies with 10 assists.hello you are formally invited to our Arty party pic.twitter.com/2MkIHzMo54
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 16, 2025 There was some unfortunate confusion on the Twitters on Sunday when Nick Lardis wasn’t in the IceHogs’ lineup for their game last night. Which could have been avoided if looking at the previous tweet had happened. Lardis got banged up on Saturday night and was a precautionary scratch on Sunday. He was not scratched because of a call-up.Nick Lardis is day-to-day and will not play in today’s game. : t.co/lkvXtu3lCa pic.twitter.com/at6CZAAZSi
— Rockford IceHogs (@goicehogs) November 16, 2025 The LA Kings took another big name off the potential free agent class of 2026 on Sunday. They signed forward Adrian Kempe to an eight-year extension with a $10.625M AAV. I wrote about the long list of injuries around the NHL on Sunday morning. We can add another, and it’s unfortunately a familiar name that’s been hurt too frequently. The Montreal Canadiens announced Kirby Dach (fractured foot) will be out for 4 to 6 weeks.BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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