If you bet the over tonight, the first 3:14 of the game probably had you feeling pretty good. The Blackhawks grabbed an early lead, only to see Calgary answer with a power play goal 36 seconds later. Unfortunately, less than three minutes later the Flames scored another special teams goal — this time, a short-handed goal from their captain, Mikael Backlund. Calgary took a 2-1 lead to the room after 20 minutes.
The parade to the penalty boxes continued in the second period. After 40 minutes, the Blackhawks were 0-for-4 with the advantage and Calgary scored on one of their two opportunities. Special teams slowed the game down. All hell broke loose in the final three minutes with one fight and another scrum that saw Ryan Donato get hit with a double-minor for defending Oliver Moore and then Connor Zary head off for running over Spencer Knight.
The only goal of the third period came into an empty Blackhawks net. There were only two penalties called in the third period, and they were off-setting.
Star 1: Nick Foligno
Foligno scored the Blackhawks’ only goal of the night, and it was a beauty.
GOAL: What a shot from Nick Foligno, who rips his 2nd of the year from the slot pic.twitter.com/Vh7QRCMhAB
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 16, 2026Star 2: the Penalty Box Attendants
They got almost as much action tonight as the beer vendors tonight.
Star 3: Landon Slaggert
Slaggert was very noticeable — when he got on the ice. At the end of the first period, Slaggert led the Blackhawks with two shot attempts, two individual scoring chances and two individual high danger chances at 5-on-5. He had the second assist on the first goal of the night. He drew a penalty in the second period. At the end of 40 minutes, Slaggert had three of the Blackhawks’ six individual high danger chances at 5-on-5. His line with Foligno and Colton Dach was the Blackhawks’ best. Slaggert also had the Blackhawks’ best individual expected goals for in the game (0.52). And he only skated 11:27 in the game.
Key Takeaways
Calgary’s power play goal in the first period was the first PP goal the Blackhawks have allowed since Dec. 30. They were perfect on their previous 16 penalty kills. The reason I mentioned special teams in my pregame was because Calgary’s penalty kill ranked second in the league since Jan. 1 behind only the Hawks. Chicago’s power play didn’t look good at all in the first period. Another good night in the faceoff circle for the Blackhawks, who won 31 of 57 as a team. Jason Dickinson led the way again, winning 10 of 14. Moore won 7 of 13 and Ryan Greene won 7 of 15 in the loss. How about a takeaway followed by a little shake n bake from Connor Bedard in the second period?Bedard with a takeaway in the D-zone then a spinning pass in the O-zone pic.twitter.com/sXaYblcW4s
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 16, 2026 Here’s where things went off the rails late in the second period. A big hit by Connor Murphy, who appeared to knock the wind out of himself. But he still got up and dropped the gloves. Including the two fighting majors here, there were seven penalties called in the final 2:09 of the second period.Murphy looked stunned after a huge open-ice hit but he still dropped the gloves with Farabee — and he landed some massive lefts pic.twitter.com/jJEBIUEC7N
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