{"id":522187,"date":"2026-03-25T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/522187\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:32:15","slug":"recap-blackhawks-beat-islanders-4-3-frondell-registers-assist-in-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/522187\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP: Blackhawks beat Islanders 4-3, Frondell registers assist in debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Frondell-e1774451955972.webp.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Anton Frondell battles with New York Islanders players during the Chicago Blackhawks&#8217; 4-3 win over the New York Islanders in his NHL debut. (Photo courtesy of Bruce Bennett \/ Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Blackhawks (27-31-13) defeated the New York Islanders (40-27-5) at the UBS Arena by the score of 4-3 behind a goal and two assists by Nick Lardis. Anton Frondell generated an assist in his NHL debut and Arvid Soderblom made 44 saves in the victory. Chicago was outshot 47-24 by New York.<\/p>\n<p>First period<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders got on the board at the 0:49 mark of the opening period when Anders Lee tipped in Matthew Schaefer\u2019s shot from the point as he made his way to the front of the net untouched. Bo Horvat also assisted on the early tally.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anders Lee \u2013 New York Islanders (16) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T4sYEwEbX1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T4sYEwEbX1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLGoalVideos\/status\/2036621080043954374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicago would then fire off three straight goals to take a 3-1 lead into the first intermission. Lardis scored his seventh of the season assisted by Frank Nazar and Tyler Bertuzzi. Lardis\u2019 snap shot beat starting goaltender David Rittich, who would be replaced by Ilya Sorokin after the period.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nick Lardis \u2013 Chicago Blackhawks (7) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mOC1S0WeU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9mOC1S0WeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLGoalVideos\/status\/2036623483149422699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks would take the 2-1 lead after forward Ilya Mikheyev fired a shot behind Rittich, which gave former No. 3 overall draft pick Frondell his first NHL point in his first NHL game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nick Lardis \u2013 Chicago Blackhawks (7) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mOC1S0WeU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9mOC1S0WeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLGoalVideos\/status\/2036623483149422699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bertuzzi scored at the 19:31 mark to get the Blackhawks\u2019 the aforementioned 3-1 lead. The goal, Bertuzzi\u2019s 29th of the season, was assisted by Alex Vlasic and Lardis.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tyler Bertuzzi \u2013 Chicago Blackhawks (29) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4DRWr0X8dq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4DRWr0X8dq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLGoalVideos\/status\/2036623595544195175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second period<\/p>\n<p>Chicago would score the only goal of the middle frame when Nazar fired home his 12th of the season, notching Lardis\u2019 second assist of the game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Frank Nazar \u2013 Chicago Blackhawks (12) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNY5CntEWw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YNY5CntEWw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLGoalVideos\/status\/2036623643669602453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third period<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders would cut the lead to 4-2 when Simon Holmstrom beat Soderblom for this 19th goal of the season. The goal was assisted by Scott Mayfield.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago would continue to weather the storm of pressure from the home team until the 16:37 mark of the period when Callum Ritchie scored to make the score 4-3. The goal, Ritchie\u2019s 10th of the season, was assisted by Carson Soucy and Mathew Barzal.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago would be outshot 23-5 in the final period but the young team would hang onto the 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks are back in action on Thursday for a 6 p.m. CDT puck drop against the Philadelphia Flyers at the XFinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis<\/p>\n<p>Soderblom was excellent in the victory, stopping 44 of the 47 shots faced. Chicago was also outshot 35-12 in the final two periods of action and the 26-year-old goaltender stood on his head to earn the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago fans were excited to see Frondell in action after selecting the 18-year-old Swedish forward third overall in the 2025 NHL Draft. Frondell played 15:43 and earned his first NHL point. The forward help that Bedard surely needs has arrived early and Blackhawk fans should be excited about this one-two punch moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anton Frondell battles with New York Islanders players during the Chicago Blackhawks&#8217; 4-3 win over the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[13105,521,37,96,5263,49393,5,42543,4,49394],"class_list":["post-522187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-blackhawks","tag-antonfrondell","tag-blackhawks","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-chicagoblackhawks","tag-chivsnyi","tag-hockey","tag-isles","tag-nhl","tag-nyivschi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116290542863151347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522187","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=522187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}