Chicago let up 5 straight goals in lost to Boston Bruins. Tonight honored Chicago’s “Banner Years”, with tributes to the 2010 teams.

First Period:

After a presentation honoring the 2010, ’13, and ’15 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, the puck dropped at the United Center. Right away, the chippiness of these Original 6 foes was palpable, with a scrum breaking out seconds after the start of the contest.

Tanner Jeannot’s end-to-end chance was the start of an onslaught of Boston Bruins chances. Arvid Soderblom made two huge glove saves on both Viktor Arvidsson and David Pastrnak, respectively. Despite being outshot 9-1 to begin the game, the Chicago Blackhawks would draw first blood in the contest. 

Connor Bedard got the puck to Andre Burakovsky in the dying moments of former Chicago Blackhawk, Nikita Zadorov, infraction. Burakovsky handled the puck along the near side board and passed the puck on the tape of Ryan Greene. Greene, who has had many issues with finishing this year, put home his 6th goal of the season to give the Blackhawks the advantage. 

Minutes before the break, Chicago would tack another goal on the board, this time from Wyatt Kaiser. Captain Nick Foligno scooped the loose puck up along the endboards and gave a quick pass to Kaiser at the point. Kaiser then skated into the high slot, toeing the blue line as he did so. His shot was an absolute rocket that went behind and out.

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Going into the second period, the Chicago Blackhawks held a 2-0 advantage over the Boston Bruins 

Second Period:

Boston wasted no time getting itself back into this hockey game. A beautiful passing play saw Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak pick up assists on Charlie McAvoy’s goal to cut the lead in half. Connor Bedard made his presence known shortly after ringing his patented short-side top-shelf shot off the bar. Oliver Moore and Nick Lardis made a break on a 2-on-1 chance, and after a nice move by Moore, were inches away from reestablishing the lead off Lardis’ stick.

The Bruins started to flip the momentum back in their favor after David Pastrnak and Viktor Arvidsson had solid attempts on net. However, it would be the birthday boy, Mason Lorhrlei, who drew the two teams even. 

Despite his best efforts, Arvid Soderblom couldn’t hold off the chances that the Bruins were getting in front. Just moments after Hampus Lindholm’s shot was saved by Soderblom, Arvidsson recorded his first of the night for the Bruins. Boston now held its first lead of the contest heading into the break. 

Third Period:

The loss of tonight’s game was not due to a lack of effort. Despite the blown lead, Chicago fought back hard to start the period. Both Nick Lardis and Matt Grezcylk had great opportunities to even the score, but Jonas Korpisalo held firm in the net. Mark Kasterlic helped the Bruins get their own chances on the other end and nearly doubled the Boston lead.

However, after Artyom Levshunov was sent to the box for charging, it would be Mason Lohrlei who netted his second of the game on the man-advantage. When playing true superstars, letting loose for half a shift is all a world-class player would need to make their impact on a game. David Pastrnak is one of those players. Pastrnak received the puck at center ice, cut left, then right on Louis Crevier. After his dekes, “Pasta” then passed the puck through three Chicago Blackhawk defenders to a cutting Marat Khusnutdinov, who buried his 11th of the season.

Despite a late surge, which included multiple great goal-line chances, Chicago simply unraveled tonight. The final score of the match was 5-2 in favor of the Boston Bruins over the Chicago Blackhawks. 

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Talk about demoralizing. As mentioned in the article, Chicago was outshot 9-1 but still found a way to climb out to a two-goal lead. It seemed like a night where Chicago would pull out a win from nothing and prove why they are a gutsy young team on the rise. Much like the teams that Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Dustin “Bug Buff” Byfuglien, and others were a part of before winning. Unfortunatley it was not one of those nights. Growing pains are growing pains, and in front of living Chicago legends, it would have been nice to pull out a win. Chicago just couldn’t hold on, and the inexperience showed. 

Despite the bad, there was still good. Louis Crevier put David Pastrnak in a box for 55 minutes, playing a strong game against the superstar. Oliver Moore and Nick Lardis look to be a dynamic duo for the future. On a rough night, there were bright spots

On tap for the Chicago Blackhawks is not just a tank bowl, but the return of a franchise legend to his home. Red-hot Jonathan Toews and the cellar-dwelling Winnipeg Jets make their way to the United Center Monday night. Puck drop will be at 7:30 p.m. Central time. Make sure you have tissues on hand.