Anton Frondell<\/a> scored his first NHL goal to continue his career-opening heater, and the rest of the Hawks showed flashes of potential.<\/p>\nOne thing these Hawks don\u2019t have just yet is that winning gene. That\u2019s how Toews put up three of the Hawks\u2019 six Stanley Cup banners, and how the Jets left United Center with a win.<\/p>\n
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Former Chicago Blackhawks player Jonathan Toews throws out the first pitch before a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field on Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Geoff Stellfox)<\/p>\n
The Hawks fell to Winnipeg 4-3 in their first home game in nine days. Jets left winger Kyle Connor scored 33 seconds into overtime, handing the Hawks their fourth straight loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not losing sleep over it, but certainly it\u2019s something that if you look at our one-goal losses this year, not including empty-netters, including overtime, it\u2019s a whole swing,\u201d Hawks coach Jeff Blashill said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to find ways to win in overtime but some of that\u2019s reps and going through the pain of losing. Failure can be a great thing if you learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frondell, the Hawks\u2019 2025 No. 3 draft pick, opened scoring after collecting the rebound off an Ilya Mikheyev shot. He\u2019s fit right into the NHL, scoring five points (one goal, four assists) in as many games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game is a whole new level from what I\u2019m used to playing back in Sweden, everything goes so fast, everyone is a lot better,\u201d Frondell said. \u201cI still have a lot to learn, (I\u2019ll) just keep going and get better.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was his first time in the United Center since being called up to the Hawks. The fans roared when his first goal was announced, so there\u2019s obvious excitement for the rookie.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack on the road trip when we played in Madison Square Garden and different arenas, I thought, \u2018Oh s\u2212\u2212\u2212, this is pretty good,’\u201d Frondell said. \u201cBut they said, \u2018Wait until you get back at home.\u2019 I know what they mean by that now, it\u2019s a pretty good crowd here.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a familiar tale of an above-average first period being followed by an abysmal second set of 20 minutes. The Jets had 29 shot attempts (15 shots on goal) compared to the Hawks\u2019 four (two shots on goal).<\/p>\n
Tyler Bertuzzi\u2019s flashy spin-around goal at 13:26 was the saving grace for the team in the second. It was his 30th goal of the season, which tied his career high. Still, it was their second and final shot of the period.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of it is the pushback from them, we walked into the room and we had outchanced them and if you\u2019re them, you\u2019re not going to be happy with that,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cPart of it was we didn\u2019t win any faceoffs, so it just seemed like they had the puck a lot and we didn\u2019t break out clean.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bertuzzi then scored his career-high 31st goal halfway through the third period off an assist from Mikheyev. The second line of Mikheyev-Frondell-Bertuzzi was on the ice for all three Hawks goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to keep going to the net, keep doing the same things,\u201d Bertuzzi said. \u201cMy body\u2019s been feeling good, it\u2019s been keeping me in games and being able to compete at the hardest I can and at the highest level I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
He willed his team back into the game with two goals to tie the game up at three. He made sure to credit his ice mates for the setup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s (Mikheyev) both times, on the forecheck, he created the turnover, I just got the puck,\u201d Bertuzzi said. \u201cI thought as a whole group we played a really good game, except for maybe the second, we just got to build off that and learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Selflessness is part of the reason the player nicknamed \u201cBert\u201d was awarded the \u2018A\u2019 after the trade deadline. That\u2019s just how he is, which Blashill sees as leadership in itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what Bert\u2019s done? Bert\u2019s been Bert, he hasn\u2019t changed one ounce,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cThey\u2019ve (Bertuzzi and Connor Bedard) just been themselves and the best way to lead is just who you are.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you show it by example and you live it, other guys will follow and I think he\u2019s done an excellent job of that. So for me, Bert\u2019s just been Bert and because of that, he\u2019s been a good leader for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sacha Boisvert<\/a> was a healthy scratch on Tuesday. Blashill said pregame that it will help the 2024 No. 18 draft pick to observe some games as the season nears an end.<\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s not going to play every single game, but he\u2019ll play a good number of them,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cWe give him a chance to get a feel for it, then you get a chance to watch it. Those are all good learning experiences; I don\u2019t like sitting guys out for long.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chicago Blackhawks legend was back in the building for the Winnipeg Jets\u2019 trip to the United Center.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[683,521,37,96,5263,39049,5,61380,4,292,9793,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-534322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-anton-frondell","9":"tag-blackhawks","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","12":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","13":"tag-first-nhl-goal","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-jonathon-toews","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-hockey","18":"tag-tyler-bertuzzi","19":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116328358103903401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534322","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=534322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}