{"id":372501,"date":"2025-12-24T06:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/372501\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:53:12","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-lose-6th-straight-to-philadelphia-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/372501\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks lose 6th straight to Philadelphia Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santa Claus made an appearance at the United Center on Tuesday night. He sounded the horn before the puck drop of the Chicago Blackhawks game against the Philadelphia Flyers.<\/p>\n

The Hawks wanted a win for Christmas. They got more coal instead, with a sixth-straight loss in regulation, this time a 3-1 contest to the Flyers.<\/p>\n

Scoring was hard to come by once again for the home team without Connor Bedard<\/a> and Frank Nazar<\/a>.\u00a0The Hawks have scored just eight goals in the absence of Bedard this season, a 1.6 goals-per-game average across five games.<\/p>\n

At 13-17-6, they\u2019re at the bottom of the NHL standings going into the Christmas break. It\u2019s a far cry from the playoff talk that surrounded the team heading into Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing our best, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re focusing on what\u2019s been in the past,\u201d a dejected Andr\u00e9 Burakovsky said. \u201cWe look forward to the next game and try to find success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos: Philadelphia Flyers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Without Bedard and Nazar, the Hawks don\u2019t have a forward who is decisive in shooting the puck. The home team had four shots on goal in the first period.<\/p>\n

The Hawks prevented the Flyers from utilizing the center of the ice for a good portion of the first period. Philadelphia right winger Travis Konecny was able to find a crack in the Hawks\u2019 defense at 10:17 in the first to go up 1-0.<\/p>\n

The power play, despite not seeing a goal with a man advantage, produced some looks for the Hawks in the second. They took 10 of their 21 shots on goal in the second period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, we had more chances than they did (but) we didn\u2019t score,\u201d Hawks coach Jeff Blashill said. \u201cOn the power play there at the end, we generated chances (and) that was probably our best power play.<\/p>\n

\u201c(We got to) keep grinding and find a way to score.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Donato scored a goal for the first time since Nov. 28 at 18:30 in the second period. It was a sigh of relief, even with the chances he\u2019s generated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019d be different if I wasn\u2019t getting the chances, that would be a little scary,\u201d Donato said. \u201cDefinitely a little bit of weight off the shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Blackhawks center Ryan Donato chases after the puck during the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers at the United Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

It can be tough to deal with a skid like the Hawks are on, especially with a young team. But the skaters seem to be keeping their heads up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young guys are actually always positive, in great moods and happy-go-lucky guys,\u201d Donato said. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of finding a way to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no negative attitude, there\u2019s no feeling sorry for ourselves. I think everybody\u2019s hungry to push in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spencer Knight (17 saves) skated off the ice near the end of the third period, down 2-1. It was poorly timed, as the Flyers went on a breakaway with right winger Carl Grundstrom scoring the empty-netter to put Philadelphia up by two.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made the decision to pull him,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cI thought we were getting possession (and) we didn\u2019t get possession, so that\u2019s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Lardis<\/a> seems to be the Hawks\u2019 best chance at putting shots in the back of the net without Bedard and Nazar. His ice time increased to 10:32 against the Flyers compared to 8:17 on Saturday in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t have any shots on goal, but he was active on the power play. The young player also got into a scuffle with right winger Matvei Michkov early in the third, sending them both to the penalty box.<\/p>\n

\"PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers right wing Carl Grundstrom scores a goal on an empty net during the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get into those type of combative situations, that brings the emotional level of the whole building up,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cAt least it puts (the team) in a position to have that emotion rise, which I think is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Lardis\u2019 ice time is going to increase, Blashill is looking for a few things from the young winger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say finding space at this level, he\u2019s not really fast and he\u2019s not really big,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cHe\u2019s a good skater (but) he\u2019s not going to separate himself with his speed, so I think he\u2019s got to find the right spacing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, the Hawks need to enjoy the holiday break. With the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders on the horizon, things aren\u2019t getting easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with where we\u2019re at, (the break is) probably a good thing,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cI love Christmas, I love seeing my family and I\u2019m sure a number of guys are the same way.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlying to Dallas that first day coming out is a hard thing, but we\u2019re going to have to find a way to grind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Santa Claus made an appearance at the United Center on Tuesday night. He sounded the horn before the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5112],"tags":[96,48318,508,1468,800,5,3140,4,292,20307,1467,56,5205],"class_list":{"0":"post-372501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","9":"tag-christmas-break","10":"tag-connor-bedard","11":"tag-flyers","12":"tag-frank-nazar","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-jeff-blashill","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-hockey","17":"tag-nick-lardis","18":"tag-philadelphia","19":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","20":"tag-philadelphiaflyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115773230662490747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}