The first period gave us a little of everything. The Blackhawks allowed a goal 27 seconds into the game, but they didn’t on three penalty kills. The Hawks got one power play of their own, and made it count. And the full Levshunov Experience was on display as he took two penalties in the first 15 minutes of action. Not exactly ideal.
The second period was all about Jordan Binnington being an Olympian for Canada. The Blackhawks scored four times and out-shot the Blues 16-8 in the period. And the goals came from two bottom six forwards and a veteran defenseman who hadn’t scored yet this season.
The third period was even more crazy than the first two, and I had a really hard time not naming Jordan Binnington my No. 1 star tonight — for the Blackhawks. Good ****ing luck with that in the Olympics, Canada!
Star 1: Oliver Moore
Confidence does so much for an athlete, and right now Moore is really feeling it playing center. I shared what head coach Jeff Blashill said about that earlier today; he believes Moore is exponentially better playing down the middle. And tonight, Moore was flying all over the ice again. He found Lardis on the power play to tie the game in the first period.
GOAL: Moore to Lardis on the power play to tie it pic.twitter.com/XpceQKkv6r
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026Then Moore scored on the Blackhawks’ second power play of the night.
GOAL: Oliver Moore with a rip on the power play for his second power-play point of the game pic.twitter.com/0xwMhuXXJL
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026Star 2: Special Teams
The Blackhawks could have very easily dug themselves a deep hole in the first period, allowing a quick goal and then taking three penalties. But the penalty kill was perfect. Meanwhile, the Blackhawks scored goals on their first three power plays of the night. Other than Binnington being terrible, the difference in this game was special teams.
Star 3: Spencer Knight
Another really good night from Knight. Yeah, he gave up a goal in the first 27 seconds of the game. After that? Nails. When he needed to make a big save, he did. And then the Blackhawks offense went off.
Knight extends to make an unreal save pic.twitter.com/wBfDiqHqGf
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026Key Takeaways
Here’s Connor Murphy’s goal from the second period — his first of the season. He also had an assist on the Blackhawks’ fourth goal of the night (see below).GOAL: Connor Murphy’s slapper squeaks through Binnington and Murphy has his 1st of the season pic.twitter.com/LB4zd6wzFy
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 Here’s Landon Slaggert‘s goal from the second period:GOAL: Colton Dach with a rip from the point that finds its way in! pic.twitter.com/mqutI8gXfA
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 Jason Dickinson led the Blackhawks with three hits and was tied for the team lead with two blocked shots at the end of the first period. By the end of the second period, Dickinson had won 7 of 13 faceoffs, had four hits, three shots on goal and this redirect goal:GOAL: Jason Dickinson tips in Crevier’s shot from the point for his 5th goal of the season pic.twitter.com/RDntIgjhpk
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 Here’s André Burakovsky‘s power play goal from the third period:GOAL: Andre Burakovsky with a snipe to beat Binnington. The Blackhawks are 3/3 on the power play tonight pic.twitter.com/qx6ziUDMqr
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 And here’s Louis Crevier‘s goal from the third period:GOAL: Louis Crevier chips in a loose puck to extend the lead pic.twitter.com/HScO4Uo3Rc
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 Matt Grzelcyk had assists on the first two Blackhawks goals of the night — the first two power play assists of the season for him. The Blackhawks won 61 percent of the faceoffs thru two periods. First off, someone please, please explain to me what the heck Binnington is doing here? Did he take the Blackhawks to cover 3.5 tonight? This is just recklessly stupid. But… the refs bailed him out with a quick whistle. Tyler Bertuzzi was not happy.Bertuzzi scores but a quick whistle bails out Binnington pic.twitter.com/6m3snIgTTF
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026 Burakovsky scored shortly after Bertuzzi’s goal was taken off the board. Bertuzzi asked the officials if they had a pleasant holidays and got a 10-minute misconduct penalty for the effort. Artyom Levshunov‘s two holding penalties were on almost identical plays. If I was a gambling man, I would wager a couple pennies on the words “move” and “your feet” being used by the coaches in his general direction. After that tough first period, he did not lose any confidence and kept skating with the puck and making plays. Here’s one rush that got people to the edge of their seats in the second period.Arty with a strong drive to the net but he chips it wide pic.twitter.com/Ma6BGKeM9U
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 8, 2026The following Blackhawks had a multi-point game tonight:
Oliver Moore (1 goals, 1 assist) Jason Dickinson (1, 1) Landon Slaggert (1, 1) Louis Crevier (1, 1) Connor Murphy (1, 1) Matt Grzelcyk (0, 2)Hence then, the article about blackhawks 7 blues 3 three stars key takeaways was published today ( ) and is available on Bleacher Nation ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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