Yes, the Blackhawks blew a four-goal lead on Saturday. Yeah, there were fans chanting “Fire Kyle” during the third period and overtime. The end result was another tough learning experience for the Blackhawks, much like their loss to the Bruins. I asked Frank Nazar after the game what changed. He said Winnipeg turned everything up in the third period — they were skating faster, they were checking with intent and they were attacking pucks. Here are head coach Jeff Blashill’s thoughts on when things flipped:
“For a team like us, we’ve got to find a way to grind through that situation. If you get out of that second [period] even at 4-1, the odds are like exponentially higher. At some point, we got on our heels too much…. First half of the game, we checked really well, didn’t give much up, but doing it on our toes. We weren’t sitting back, we dictated where the puck went, we ended plays in the O-zone, in the neutral zone. Then we got away from that and we got on our heels way too much.”
There were still some positives that can be taken out of that game. And should be. But the final 24 minutes were a tough watch.
For 36 minutes, the Blackhawks dominated the game. Then, a ridiculously fluky play where Spencer Knight‘s stick got caught in the boards opened the door — left the net wide open — for the Jets’ first goal and the entire game shifted in an instant. The Blackhawks didn’t have an answer for a hard momentum swing. They need to learn to not have that happen. How random was Knight’s stick getting stuck? Even ESPN — yes, a rightsholder, but we all know they keep hockey in a drawer until they need it, like a flashlight — tweeted about it.You don't see this every day ? pic.twitter.com/8IFX6nrFns
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 14, 2026 The Blackhawks mixed up their defensive assignments on Saturday, to varying results. Anton Frondell spent roughly the same amount of 5-on-5 time against Mark Scheifele’s line and Adam Lowry’s line (between 2:30 and 3 minutes). Scheifele spent eight minutes of even strength time against Connor Bedard‘s line, during which the Jets had an 8-5 advantage in scoring chances but the shots on net were 4-4 and both teams scored once. In 4:10 against Ryan Greene, the Blackhawks actually had a 2-0 scoring chances for advantage over Scheifele’s Jets. And yet… Scheifele had a four-point game. Tyler Bertuzzi was last on the ice with 13:46 remaining in the third period on Saturday. Blashill did not have any update after the game. That stinks because that was as engaged as I’ve seen Bertuzzi in a while… maybe this entire season thus far. Bowen Byram and his wife shared a family update on Instagram. It’s a good reminder that the guys we’re all yelling at and posting about all over the interwebs are human, and have other things going on in their lives that matter. Here’s hoping for continued health for the entire Byram family. Beautiful little girls!A post shared by Kailey Byram (@kailey.byram)
In our Saturday bullets, I mentioned a piece by Kevin Kurz at The Athletic in which he talks about things being disjointed in the room of the Philadelphia Flyers. The players aren’t exactly getting along right now as they hang out with the Blackhawks near the bottom of the NHL standings. I noted that is far from the case with the Blackhawks, where the struggles and external noise seems to almost galvanize the young players. Mark Lazerus wrote about how the Blackhawks are keeping their group working together through the tough start to the season.Nearly half the Blackhawks roster is 23 or younger. They’re by definition immature. But [Ian] Cole sees the way his younger teammates carry themselves — the way they’re still feeling each loss, and the way they’re working after each loss to prevent the next one — and sees maturity. A professional mindset that comes from its lead-by-example captain, Bedard.
Losing breeds misery, and misery is contagious. I've seen locker rooms go south real fast during losing seasons, and it's not pretty. But it's not happening with these Blackhawks, despite their awful start.My column on why: t.co/CbxLN7hNPh
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) November 14, 2026 The four guys who put together the Daily Faceoff Roundtable shared what they would do if they were in charge of the Blackhawks right now. Matt Larkin was somewhat realistic and measured with his approach, thinking about the potential to land Landon DuPont in the 2027 NHL Draft. Two of the guys just posted rage-bait. But Paul Pidutti (aka @AdjustedHockey), who does fantastic deep-dive research-driven work looking at historical trends and analysis, had more pause. I share Pidutti’s view of the Blackhawks because I think we’ve seen plenty of the other three.While no one wants to hear it in Chicago, I think the key is… more patience. Yes, their prospects are developing slower than they’d like. But having done a lot of work on past rebuilds, it’s typically about eight-and-a-half years to go from missing the playoffs twice to making the playoffs twice. Stan Bowman wasted a half-decade chasing the postseason after their last Stanley Cup in 2015, meaning this particular teardown is less than five years old under Davidson. By going full scorched Earth, the process will take longer than most. To accelerate things in the meantime, moving on from a shiny prospect or two whose ceilings are in question internally could attract some short-term help or be swapped for other ‘change of scenery’ prospects to keep the temperature down. While the front office can tweak on the edges, this type of rebuild requires four or five prospects to become high-impact NHL players to support Connor Bedard. Waiting sucks, but more patience is required.
For this week's @DailyFaceoff Roundtable, each of us dons a Kyle Davidson costume. Debating how we'd fix the mess that is the Chicago #Blackhawks: t.co/OA9OzfHqgW
— Matt Larkin (@MLarkinHockey) November 14, 2026 In college action on Saturday, Václav Nestrašil had an assist in a 4-2 UMass loss at Boston College. Providence stayed hot, smoking Merrimack 5-0. Julius Sumpf had another assist and John Mustard scored this goal in the win.All the Mustard on that one ?? t.co/1VXo1IqxRp pic.twitter.com/4ihUAnzOeM
— PC Men's Hockey (@FriarsHockey) November 15, 2026 An interesting guest list for press box reservations to watch the Blackhawks and Jets on Saturday afternoon. Obviously the FAA debacle on Friday afternoon/evening may have impacted who was actually able to attend, but there were a few teams on the list that we hadn’t see in a while — and a few others we’ve seen frequently lately. On Saturday, the Rockford IceHogs announced forward Kevin Lombardi has been traded to the Colorado Eagles in exchange for future considerations. This has no bearing on the Blackhawks’ reserve list or contract limits; he’s on an AHL deal (which is why the IceHogs announced the deal). However, the IceHogs then calling up goaltender Adam Gajan from Indy is an interesting piece of news.We have recalled goaltender Adam Gajan from the @IndyFuel t.co/gxLIrLKw24
— Rockford IceHogs (@goicehogs) November 14, 2026 Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness missed a second straight game because of a health issue on Saturday. Columbus general manager Don Waddell said Bowness will do more testing on Monday. Here’s hoping for improved health for Bowness. The Montreal Canadiens announced veteran forward Chris Kreider will be out 6-8 weeks with a lower-body injury. Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar both left the Avs’ game on Thursday night. They did not dress for Colorado on Saturday. And the prognosis from Avs head coach Jared Bednar was pretty rough: MacKinnon’s going to miss one month and Makar is going to miss a couple week.Colorado coach Jared Bednar said this morning Nathan MacKinnon out a month and Cale Makar out a couple of weeks
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