{"id":534112,"date":"2026-04-01T05:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534112\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:05:30","slug":"blackhawks-encouraged-by-third-period-play-in-overtime-loss-to-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534112\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawks encouraged by third-period play in overtime loss to Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Blackhawks<\/a> felt like they righted their ship at home Tuesday after capsizing on their road trip, but their overtime weakness prevented them from translating it into a win.<\/p>\n

Jets star Kyle Connor\u2019s game-winning goal sent the Hawks to a 4-3 overtime loss \u2014 their fourth consecutive defeat \u2014 and dropped their record in overtime\/shootout games this season to 7-14.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t been good enough three-on-three, so that\u2019s frustrating for all of us,\u201d coach Jeff Blashill said. \u201cBut the process we had through lots of that game was really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hawks are running low on time to get to 30 wins, a reasonable target for their step forward this year. They have 27 wins with seven games left. A few more overtime victories obviously would\u2019ve made a difference.<\/p>\n

The Hawks were solid in the first period and terrible in the second Tuesday, following a similar pattern as in recent games<\/a>. They broke that pattern with one of their best third periods of the season, though, rallying back from a 3-1 deficit to at least earn a point.<\/p>\n

The forward line of rookie Anton Frondell and veteran Tyler Bertuzzi (plus Ilya Mikheyev) scored all three goals, including the equalizer with 10:14 left. <\/p>\n

Frondell earned his first goal in the NHL, and Bertuzzi now leads the team with a new career high of 31 goals. Nonetheless, Frondell also made defensive misreads on the Jets\u2019 first and last goals.<\/p>\n

Injury updates<\/p>\n

Hawks defensemen Artyom Levshunov and Matt Grzelcyk are out for the season, Blashill said. They won\u2019t return from their injuries before the season finale April 15.<\/p>\n

For Grzelcyk (upper-body injury), this probably marks the end of his one-year tenure with the Hawks. He panned out well as a training-camp tryout, providing steady depth. He had 12 assists but didn\u2019t score in 69 appearances.<\/p>\n

For Levshunov (left hand<\/a>), his tumultuous rookie season \u2014 which somehow yielded many encouraging and discouraging indications about his future potential at the same time \u2014 is over.<\/p>\n

Forward Andrew Mangiapane, who missed his seventh consecutive game, will likely return this season. He skated individually Monday.<\/p>\n

Sacha Boisvert also sat out as a healthy scratch after making his first three NHL appearances on the recent road trip. Blashill clarified Boisvert won\u2019t \u2018\u2018play every single game, but he\u2019ll play a good number of them\u2019\u2019 down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Toews\u2019 question<\/p>\n

Mediocre play from all the teams on the Western Conference playoff bubble has allowed the Jets to climb back into the race, which means former Hawks captain Jonathan Toews\u2019 attention is squarely focused on that right now.<\/p>\n

The big question for him is whether he will play again next season, but an answer on that front is unlikely to come until the Jets\u2019 hopes are dashed.<\/p>\n

There was less pomp and circumstance for Toews\u2019 second game back in Chicago than there was for his first Jan. 19, but he still received a loud round of applause during \u201cO Canada\u201d and another during his first shift.<\/p>\n

New builder<\/p>\n

Beloved former Hawks player and broadcaster Troy Murray, who died March 7 of cancer, was added to the inaugural class of the Blackhawks Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Murray will be inducted as a \u2018\u2018builder,\u2019\u2019 a category also used by the Hockey Hall of Fame to recognize people who substantially contributed to the game off the ice.<\/p>\n

Eleven other former players \u2014 the nine with retired jerseys, plus Duncan Keith and Steve Larmer \u2014 make up the rest of the inaugural class, which will be inducted April 10 and then honored April 11 against the Blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blackhawks felt like they righted their ship at home Tuesday after capsizing on their road trip, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-534112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116327712462727980","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534112","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=534112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}