The Blackhawks snapped a five-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 4-2 win over a struggling Seattle Kraken team.
Neither team scored in the first, but it took Teuvo Teravainen to score on an otherwise sloppy power play 9:15 into the second period.
GOAL: Teuvo Teravainen drives to the net and jams in a power-play goal. pic.twitter.com/PP3o2L96aF
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 5, 2026
With under a minute remaining in the second, Tyler Bertuzzi scored his 32nd goal of the season. This was a solid offensive zone entry that was initiated in the Hawks’ end.
GOAL: Tyler Bertuzzi buries his 32nd goal of the season with 22.2 seconds left in the period. pic.twitter.com/zDH9sZw3vy
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 5, 2026
Jaden Schwartz scored 10:48 into the third period to cut the lead down to 2-1. Eeli Tolvanen caught the Hawks on a line change and pulled Ethan Del Mastro to the outside to create space for Schwartz.
a Schwartzy goal to cleanse your timeline 🕯️ pic.twitter.com/tqbnX3HwKF
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 5, 2026
With 6:52 remaining in the third, Sacha Boisvert scored his first goal in the NHL to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead.
GOAL: Sacha Boisvert nets his first NHL goal off a feed from Kevin Korchinski to extend the lead. pic.twitter.com/C6DSyUi7Bf
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 5, 2026
Kaapo Kakko scored just over a minute later to cut the lead to 3-2. Schwartz found Berkly Catton, whose rebound was collected and shot in by Kakko.
hey Alexa, play the Kaapo Kakko song 😏 pic.twitter.com/qnE3Tnr7yV
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 5, 2026
With 1:12 remaining in the game, Ilya Mikheyev sealed it with an empty-net goal for a 4-2 Hawks win.
Notes
This was a mostly complete effort from the Blackhawks and certainly their best out of their recent games. The Hawks finished with a 50.51 percent shot attempt share and a 50.63 percent expected goals share (both at 5-on-5), and their strongest efforts were in the first two periods. Chicago had the advantage in 5-on-5 scoring chances through the first two at 19-16. Both teams had moments of sloppy mistakes, which led to turnovers. Seattle just ended up being more sloppy, and Chicago being a lot faster. In fact, I think this game speaks more about the Kraken.
The third period started off with a solid penalty kill from Chicago, but Seattle applied the pressure at 5-on-5. The Kraken had a 69.13 percent expected goal share at 5-on-5 and led in high danger chances 6-1. I wouldn’t blame this on the Hawks totally turtling it in, Wyatt Kaiser did make a nice play at his blue line to steal the puck from Seattle and drive through the neutral zone. But the Hawks did suffer from defensive zone breakdowns: that second goal was due to exposed coverage and possible miscommunication between Louis Crevier and Ryan Greene. Below is a screenshot of the passing lane created from that lapse in coverage.
Wyatt Kaiser had a strong night. I mentioned the play he made by standing up the blue line already. Below is a clip of him walking the line. This opens up space on the weak side of the ice. Although ideally you would have Crevier drive forward and the F3 replace Kaiser’s position. That said, Kaiser didn’t have a perfect night; both his 5-on-5 shot attempt share and expected goals share were below 50 percent, and he was on the ice for both goals against — although I don’t pin them on him. But I thought both of those plays were worth mentioning.
I have to add this “clip” to the mix: https://t.co/j5KP9xpGyf pic.twitter.com/CxjD1tl0Bj
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) April 5, 2026
Jeff Blashill seems to think so as well:
Blashill said Wyatt Kaiser has been the Blackhawks’ best D lately and he wants him taking the hardest matchups moving forward.
He also praised Korchinski: “He’s not over-complicating it. He’s using his feet to beat pressure, then he’s moving the puck to the open people. When he…
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) April 5, 2026
Kevin Korchinski has impressed me in his recent call-up. His first pass on the breakout has been solid, and he was rewarded for his tendency (a good one) to pinch in the offensive zone. Sure, he needs to work on that physicality on defense. But it’s his skating and offensive instinct that gives me hope that he’ll figure it out. He led the Hawks in 5-on-5 expected goals share at 72.44 percent. But that also came with 11:19 of ice time, and half of his shifts were started in the offensive zone.
Kevin Korchinski led the Blackhawks with a 72.44 on-ice 5v5 expected goals percentage tonight, according to Natural Stat Trick.
In the four games since being recalled, he has a 52.81 expected goals percentage and has been on the ice for one goal for and zero against in 5v5.
— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) April 5, 2026
Despite putting up two points to reach 71 points on the season, Connor Bedard didn’t have his best night. It started on the Blackhawks’ first power play with two giveaways. At 5-on-5, Bedard only had two shot attempts and one shot on goal. However, both his 5-on-5 shot attempt share and expected goal share were north of 60 percent. Oh, and I think I’m good with seeing Bedard run the point on the power play.
Considering the last time I did one of these, I pulled the Negative Nancy card and needed a shoulder to cry on. Let’s end on a positive note. The Sam Rinzel and Alex Vlasic pairing wasn’t perfect, but I liked what I saw. Rinzel had a couple of shifts where he was stuck in his end for some time, and even was out there for over three minutes. Rinzel still put up over 50 percent in both shot attempt share and expected goals share at 5-on-5. Together, Vlasic and Rinzel had a 56 percent expected goals share and shot attempt share. I’d love to see this pair for the rest of the season.
Game Charts
#NHL Game Score Impact Card for Chicago Blackhawks on 2026-04-04:
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— HockeyStatCards (@hockeystatcards.com) April 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Three Stars
Jaden Schwartz (SEA) — 1 goal, 1 assist
Sacha Boisvert (CHI) — 1 goal
Tyler Bertuzzi (CHI) — 1 goal
What’s Next
The Blackhawks play their final road game of the season on Monday with another late start against the San Jose Sharks at 9 p.m.