When Connor Bedard blew past the Minnesota defense and found Frank Nazar for a game-tying goal late in the third period of the Blackhawks’ overtime loss on Tuesday night, it lit up the United Center. The two young offensive forces who are driving the bus right now in Chicago have been hot, and this play in front of a national television audience on TNT showed how they can change a game together.
GOAL: Bedard to Nazar to tie the game late in the third! pic.twitter.com/lXozwY6jpR
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) March 18, 2026It was also just the latest highlight from the two young stars who have come back from the Olympics on a tear.
Since March 1, Nazar has been playing a lot more like the guy the Blackhawks handed a seven-year extension in August. The 22-year-old has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in eight games this month. More impressively, Nazar has won 53.2 of a team-leading 109 faceoffs this month while averaging 19:58 per game on the ice.
Nazar is one of only nine skaters in the NHL who have at least 10 points and have won at least 51 percent of their faceoffs in March.
Bedard has similarly been hot this month. In eight games, Bedard has two goals and seven assists while averaging 21:04 per game. He’s also been credited with ten hits in those eight games, and has been noticeably more chippy.
Over the eight games in March, Bedard has more multi-point games (four) than games without a point (three). Nazar has four multi-point games to just two without a point this month. And they both have a game-winning goal this month.
Blackhawks players, including Nazar, have talked about wanting to finish this regular season strong like they did last year. They want some momentum to build on this summer — especially with the expectations that more young offensive reinforcements like Anton Frondell and Roman Kantserov will join the team for training camp in September.
Right now, we’re getting that from the two faces of the franchise.
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