The Chicago Blackhawks earned their fourth win in the last five games and moved to 9-3-3 over the past 15 contests with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Toronto led 2-1 entering the second intermission, but the Blackhawks rallied for two massive goals from Teuvo Teravainen and Colton Dach in the final frame to come away with two points at the United Center. With the pair of goals, the Blackhawks now lead the NHL in third-period scoring on the season (30 goals), which accounts for 50.8 percent of the team’s tallies.
“We’ve been a good third-period team,” head coach Jeff Blashill said after the game. “I thought our guys really continued to press and play the right way… they’ve done a good job of staying calm. When things haven’t gone great in the second [period], we haven’t lost our heads. We’ve kept our composure and executed.”
Despite all the success late in games this year, Saturday marked the first time the Blackhawks have won when trailing going into the third period (previously 0-3-1). Blashill’s young group keeps finding new ways to emerge victorious in close-contested matchups, and it took a tremendous team effort this time to get the job done.
The Blackhawks had nine different players record a point against Toronto, and star forward Connor Bedard wasn’t one of them. Bedard had a team-high five shots on goal and ten shot attempts but wasn’t able to pick up a point, which put an end to his nine-game point streak. Andre Burakovsky, the second-leading scorer for Chicago in Saturday’s game, was also held without a point.
While the top line remained quiet on Saturday, several players from further down the lineup picked up the slack and provided critical production. Ryan Greene and Dach each scored their second goal of the season, and Artyom Levshunov and Louis Crevier both netted their fifth assist over the last five games. Spencer Knight was also clutch once again in net, stopping 31 of 33 shots faced for his seventh win of the year.
Let’s get into the highlights from Saturday’s comeback win at the UC, which moves the Blackhawks to 9-5-4 through 18 games.
First Period
Chicago kicked off the scoring for the 13th time in their first 18 games, as Levshunov made a terrific individual effort to set up Greene and put the home team ahead 1-0. It’s not shown in the clip, but the fourth line of Landon Slaggert, Nick Foligno, and Sam Lafferty made it all happen with an extended shift in the offensive zone. Greene jumped over the boards while the Hawks maintained possession, and he snapped a one-timer off Levshunov’s feed past Joseph Woll.
Wyatt Kaiser➡️Artyom Levshunov➡️Ryan Greene🚨
Levshunov sets up Greene for his 2nd goal of the season to make it 1-0 #Blackhawks! Levshunov with his 5th assist in the last 5 games. Hawks have now scored first in 13 of 18 games on the season.pic.twitter.com/dVN3VaeezB
— Talkin’ Hawkey (@TalkinHawkey) November 16, 2025
The Blackhawks were in full control early in the period, but the Maple Leafs responded with their own charge in the final ten minutes. After Knight made a few key stops, Toronto finally snuck one by him with 47.8 seconds remaining. Nicholas Robertson whacked the puck out of midair off John Tavares’ stuff attempt to tie the game 1-1.
It was a disappointing conclusion to the opening frame for the Blackhawks, as Toronto ended up leading 14-10 in shots on goal, 11-5 in scoring chances, and 6-2 in high-danger chances at even strength in the period. Momentum was in favor of the road squad going into the intermission.
Second Period
Both the Blackhawks and Maple Leafs have struggled in the second stanza this season. Coming into Saturday, the Hawks had been outscored 19-12 in the period, while the Leafs had been outscored 27-17. It felt like a key frame for both sides.
Like they did in the first period, the Blackhawks controlled play in the opening half of the second. They had a handful of quality opportunities to regain the lead, and Levshunov generated a few of them on two separate shifts.
However, Toronto started to take over near the midway point for the second consecutive period. With the Blackhawks hemmed into their own end for seemingly forever, the Leafs cashed in with a goal from defenseman Morgan Rielly to make it 2-1. Teravainen lost inside position on Rielly in front of the Hawks’ net, and he was able to knock the loose puck past Knight.
Moments before the goal, William Nylander played the puck out of midair and found Oliver Ekman-Larsson at the right point. Blashill ended up challenging that Nylander had hit the puck with a high stick, which would have put an end to the play. But the officials deemed there was inconclusive evidence to overturn the call, so the goal stood for Toronto.
The Blackhawks have been on the wrong end of a few official reviews already this season, and this certainly felt like another. How is that NOT a high stick? The Maple Leafs remained ahead by one goal going into the third period.
Third Period
Similar to the first and second periods, the Blackhawks came racing out of the gates in the third. It didn’t take too long to tie up the score, as Frank Nazar made an incredible effort to win a battle and find Teravainen in the slot with a behind-the-back pass. Teuvo then made an unreal move to get around Rielly and beat Woll for his fourth goal of the season. Teravainen extended his point streak to three games with the goal.
Frank Nazar➡️Teuvo Teravainen🚨
Nazar makes a great pass to find Teravainen, who pulls off an even better finish for his 4th goal of the season to tie the game 2-2! Teravainen extends his point streak to 3 games. #Blackhawkspic.twitter.com/hDiRUwWyl9
— Talkin’ Hawkey (@TalkinHawkey) November 16, 2025
The Blackhawks kept their foot on the gas pedal afterwards, and Bedard received his best scoring chance of the night after Ilya Mikheyev forced a turnover on the forecheck. Somehow, Woll was able to make the save on his rear end.
Great chance for Connor Bedard after Ilya Mikheyev forced a turnover on the forecheck. Blackhawks have taken the momentum and have a power play coming up pic.twitter.com/BXIs9dxWnq
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 16, 2025
Bedard later had another glorious chance to extend both his goal and point streaks, but his shot barely caught Woll’s right shoulder. So close. The Leafs’ netminder was fortunate that the puck hit him because he didn’t react well to the shot.
After a chunk of close calls, the Blackhawks finally managed to regain the lead, as Dach deflected Crevier’s shot from the blue line for his second goal of the year. That put Chicago ahead 3-2 with only 4:25 left in regulation. Crevier continues to get rewarded for making the simple plays in the offensive zone. GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT THE PUCK ON NET!
Ilya Mikheyev➡️Louis Crevier➡️Colton Dach🚨
Dach deflects Crevier’s shot from the right point for his 2nd goal of the season to give the #Blackhawks a 3-2 lead! Crevier picks up his 5th assist over the last 5 games. HUGE goal from Dach.pic.twitter.com/M7qD69r9Gv
— Talkin’ Hawkey (@TalkinHawkey) November 16, 2025
Toronto was late to get Woll off for the extra attacker, as he didn’t get to the bench until there was just 1:25 remaining in the period. Knight wasn’t forced to work too hard in the final moments, and the Blackhawks held on for the first win of their current four-game homestand. The Maple Leafs have now dropped five straight games for the first time since April 2021.
Foligno Out For Extended Period
Unfortunately, it wasn’t all good news from the United Center on Saturday.
During the dwindling seconds of the middle frame, Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno blocked a shot with his hand and immediately headed for the dressing room. The team ruled Foligno out for the remainder of the contest shortly before the third period started.
After the game, Blashill announced Foligno will be out for an extended period of time with a hand injury. Foligno, an excellent veteran leader for the young Blackhawks, is estimated to miss around four weeks.
“Nick is going to be out for an extended period of time,” Blashill said. “If I were to estimate, it would be four weeks. Might be a little less, might be a little more.”
Foligno was off to a great start on Saturday, as he led the Blackhawks forwards with three shots on goal and had a team-high 91.07 expected goals-for percentage before exiting the game. He was also coming off a two-assist performance in Wednesday’s overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils.
Without Foligno, the Blackhawks will be an even younger and less experienced group moving forward. His absence will affect the team in many ways.
“Nick is a big loss from the leadership standpoint,” Blashill said. “He’s a great leader in the room, our guys have a ton of respect for him, and he’s an extension of the coaching staff. He’s also a big loss on the ice. He’s been a regular on the power play, a regular on the penalty kill… it will be a [difficult] loss, but that’s this league.”
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