{"id":551714,"date":"2026-04-13T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/551714\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:57:33","slug":"blackhawks-forward-frank-nazar-departs-after-getting-hit-in-the-face-with-a-puck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/551714\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar departs after getting hit in the face with a puck"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Chicago Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar left Saturday\u2019s 5-3 loss<\/a> to St. Louis after he was hit in the face by a puck.<\/p>\n

Nazar dropped his stick and discarded his gloves in frustration as he made his way off the ice after the play occurred about 3 1\/2 minutes into the second period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Frank\u2019s going to be all right,\u201d coach Jeff Blashill said. \u201cHe had to get some dental work done, but I think he\u2019ll be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last-place Blackhawks (28-38-14) have two games left in the season.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Nazar was sidelined for a month after he broke his jaw when he was hit in the face<\/a> by a puck during a 6-4 loss at Ottawa on Dec. 20. He returned on Jan. 22 at Carolina.<\/p>\n

Nazar, a first-round pick in the 2022 draft, has 15 goals and 26 assists in 64 games in his third NHL season. He agreed to a $46.2 million, seven-year extension<\/a> with Chicago in August.<\/p>\n

Forward Andrew Mangiapane departed in the third period after crashing hard into the net with 9:17 left. Blashill said Mangiapane is day to day.<\/p>\n

Ethan Del Mastro was scratched because of an unspecified injury. With Del Mastro sidelined, veteran forward Sam Lafferty was inserted into the lineup as a defenseman.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Lafferty) has played D with our team in practice a decent amount in the last three, four weeks,\u201d Blashill said. \u201c(Lafferty) has been committed to this team all year. … He played D in college, so it\u2019s not like he\u2019s foreign to it. I mean he actually knows our systems probably as good as anybody.\u201d <\/p>\n

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