The Blackhawks won a game they should win last night. Yes, the team on the other side of the rink was the Toronto Maple Leafs. And there were still a couple top-shelf names in their lineup. But the Leafs are not a good hockey team right now, and they didn’t have Auston Matthews. After competing with the Devils without having their best game on Wednesday, playing much better/faster against the Leafs without a win would have been disappointing.
The Leafs are near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. We’re waking up Sunday with the Blackhawks tied with the Winnipeg Jets for third in the Central Division. The Blackhawks are now 9-3-3 in their last 15 games, and many who hated the way the Blackhawks’ front office went about rebuilding are now uncomfortably trying to cope with the fact that the Blackhawks really might be … good … now.
Based on how the two teams are playing right now — and not the media-driven hype/lack of buying reality on the two sides — the Blackhawks should have won the game last night. And they did.
To me, what made last night’s win slightly more impressive, however, was the Blackhawks being down a man for the entire third period and storming back with two unanswered goals for the win. The Blackhawks lost captain Nick Foligno for at least one month last night. As I wrote in my postgame notes, he was having a good night when he got hurt. But the young guys in the lineup stepped up and got it done. Jason Dickinson is close to being back and Tyler Bertuzzi didn’t play last night. With Foligno going down for a month, the Blackhawks really don’t need to call anyone up — yet. They skated 12 forwards last night (including Sam Lafferty) and don’t play again until the dead-last-in-the-NHL Calgary Flames visit the UC on Tuesday night. The Hockey Night in Canada crew gave us a little Connor Bedard content on the pregame show. And then his point streak ended. Thanks, HNIC!Full speed ahead Connor Bedard is in a league of his own pic.twitter.com/fXeODj4dcr
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 15, 2025 Artyom Levshunov now has an points in seven of his last nine games. During that stretch, he has eight assists. We’re still waiting on his first career NHL goal. I can’t wait to see how excited he gets when he finally scores because he’s an A+ hype man when he picks up an assist. Mike McCarthy, the new president and CEO of Chicago Sports Network (since September), spoke with Jeff Agrest of the Chicago Sun-Times this week about the growth of the network early in Year Two. The numbers for the Blackhawks’ viewership are strong, which shouldn’t come as a surprise with the improved performance on the ice.McCarthy said the Hawks saw an increase of 121% through their first 12 games on the network, during which they went 5-4-3. He also said the team’s DTC growth is five times what it was last season. Total DTC subscriptions are up about 300% since March.
Good read here from Ben Pope on the Blackhawks’ second period struggles. It seemed like the Blackhawks were able to break out of that a bit last night; they out-shot the Leafs 11-5 in the second and carried a lot of the play, even if they were out-scored in the period.The Blackhawks keep struggling in second periods.Are they getting too comfortable after solid first periods?Does their lack of possession time disproportionately affect them during the long change?Maybe both? New story: t.co/JuScWB6Usq
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) November 14, 2025 Keep praying for Troy Murray, folks.Our thoughts are with you, @muzz19! ?(: @NHL_On_TNT) pic.twitter.com/OZ9OeSAgDV
— Blackhawks on CHSN (@CHSN_Blackhawks) November 13, 2025How about some Blackhawks prospect highlights?
In the OHL, Marek Vanacker scored a power play goal late in the first period and added an assist in the second period for Brantford. Parker Holmes also had an assist on the Bulldogs’ first goal of the night. Here’s Vanacker’s goal:Marek out front #BFD | #Blackhawks t.co/VOZ12PMojQ pic.twitter.com/ETpPvktgjK
— Brantford Bulldogs (@BulldogsOHL) November 15, 2025 In college, John Mustard got back on the board after his season-opening point streak ended on Friday night. He scored his seventh goal of the season for Providence here:Mustard's team-high seventh goal of the year off a feed from Logan Sawyer gets us within two! t.co/jOkyd0np71 x @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/PezHaLgBc0
— PC Men's Hockey (@FriarsHockey) November 16, 2025 Also for Providence, Julius Sumpf scored his first career NCAA goal last night. Unfortunately, Providence lost the game 3-2.First career NCAA for #Blackhawks prospect Julius Sumpf for @FriarsHockey pic.twitter.com/mbNJ2A3GLx
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) November 16, 2025 Nathan Behm had two assists for Kamloops last night. Here’s a pretty one:Behm goes for a skate Laff finishes the job pic.twitter.com/NET7tXPnzX
— Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) November 16, 2025Around the NHL
There were so many injuries in the last couple days to significant players that I’m did a whole stand-alone post with those listed. The Canucks announced the signing of forward David Kämpf to a one year, $1.1M contract. Good news for the Sabres and hockey in general. Captain Rasmus Dahlin went back to Sweden to be with his fiancée who is recovering from heart transplant surgery. He joined the Sabres in Detroit. It would appear he’ll be available when the Blackhawks are in Buffalo next Friday night.Welcome back, Captain ⚔️Rasmus Dahlin is back with the team in Detroit.#LetsGoBuffalo pic.twitter.com/E2DUkR1h0K
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