The Chicago Blackhawks were thoroughly steamrolled Saturday night, surrendering six goals to the LA Kings and being shutout while offering all the resistance of a revolving door. Gross.
Warren Foegele opened the scoring 1:55 into the second period, dropping to one knee and hammering home a one-timer set up by Trevor Moore. Tyler Bertuzzi coughed the puck up along the boards trying to kick it out of danger and too many other Blackhawks were puck watching, leaving Foegele wide open.
Moore and Bertuzzi both fumbled the puck, and Warren Foegele made them pay pic.twitter.com/n2Q8OqLQol
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
The Kings went up 2-0 after a power-play goal with 3:22 left in the first period. Kevin Fiala got the puck to Andrei Kuzmenko down low, who knocked in his own rebound that bounced on its way into the net. Another instance of a Kings player being far too open and undisturbed.
Kuzmenko scores on the power play to make it 2-0 pic.twitter.com/wECCrb9KKG
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Brandt Clarke extended the Kings lead twice with back-to-back goals.
His first came with 54 seconds left in the second, firing a wrist shot through a Corey Perry screen to put LA up 3–0. Bertuzzi went down after blocking a shot, and Clarke took advantage of the open space.
Clarke scores to make it 3-0 Kings. Knight had no chance with Perry screening in front pic.twitter.com/1gYFjMBMSo
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Five minutes into the third, Clarke struck again to make it 4-0 Kings, finishing a rush with a clean wrister from the left circle off a feed from Adrian Kempe — just all-around messy defense by the Blackhawks.
Clarke rips his second of the game to make it 4-0 Kings. Knight looked like he may have been off his angle a little bit pic.twitter.com/IDt5HEkxli
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
The onslaught continued two minutes later when Mikey Anderson skated into the circle and roofed a wrister to stretch the lead to 5–0. Might as well have rolled out a red carpet for Anderson here.
It’s 5-0 Kings pic.twitter.com/lwtoQBifH1
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Because apparently the Kings weren’t done yet, Alex Turcotte capped the night at 9:34 of the third. He drove the net, had his initial shot stopped, and then got the bounce off himself in the crease for the sixth and final dagger.
6-0 Kings. Anyone still watching? pic.twitter.com/rG6BR4eeZ3
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Notes
Much like last month’s 9–3 tire fire against Buffalo, tonight was another reminder that when things go wrong for the Blackhawks, they go very wrong. And I’m not putting any more effort into this recap than they put into playing competent hockey. If they rack up a third one of these disasters before the year is out, I’ll unleash a full scathing deep-dive into every misstep. But for now, this was a night to forget for Chicago — or at least bury deep, deep down until the next game.
Postgame, coach Jeff Blashill said the two games aren’t all that similar, but the defensive chaos sure looked familiar. Yes, the Blackhawks were absolutely the better team in the first period and they weren’t good at any point against Buffalo so there is a difference, but most of the game was the same brand of messy, disorganized defending. Scoring a hypothetical early goal wouldn’t have magically erased what happened and the similarities in the breakdowns are definitely there.
Jeff Blashill: “This compared to the Buffalo game are two different animals, to be honest with you. Because I thought we started and played really really well, and then it just got away from us. Buffalo, from the drop of the puck, they were the better team and we never had…
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) December 7, 2025
Anyway, that was the only post-game quote I care to post.
Below are some game play clips (shoutout as always to BHF for these):
Louis Crevier flies up the ice to create a 2-on-1 where Donato rips a shot that’s stopped by Kuemper pic.twitter.com/1Cc8iqFtHT
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Better angle: https://t.co/lqljDzTkUt pic.twitter.com/2SPXewBc3X
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Connor loves the no-look passes pic.twitter.com/AdIv5tbELS
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Spencer Knight HUGE SAVE on a 2-on-0 break! pic.twitter.com/1xhy4yQ4NJ
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Vlasic goes after Foegele after he shot the puck on net after the whistle pic.twitter.com/LmCxTLMbzd
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Nazar exchanging shoves with Dumoulin pic.twitter.com/JZfcFK3Urn
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Clarke and Bedard exchanging words late pic.twitter.com/YQN3TfVnRB
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
The Blackhawks stayed on the ice after the final whistle to shake hands with Anze Kopitar: pic.twitter.com/ulzXzgLDOp
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 7, 2025
Three Stars
Brandt Clarke (LAK) — 2 goals
Alex Turcotte (LAK) — 1 goal, 1 assist
Drew Doughty (LAK) — 2 assists
What’s Next
There’s no rest for the wicked: the Blackhawks are back at it on Sunday night in Anaheim to take on the Ducks at 7 p.m.