After trade-deadline dust settles, Kyle Davidson stands firm in his vision for young Chicago Blackhawks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u201cThe locker room is going to be quieter without (Nick Foligno), he\u2019s a loud, vocal guy,\u201d Frank Nazar said. \u201c(I\u2019ll) stick to saying what I say and being me, and other guys are going to do the same, and (I) know it\u2019s going to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Losing to a team that benefits from losing is never a good look. At 19-36-7, the Canucks\u2019 45 points are 10 fewer than the league\u2019s second-worst team, the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight we weren\u2019t good enough defensively at all,\u201d Hawks coach Jeff Blashill said. \u201cWe can\u2019t expect ourselves to be a team that\u2019s going to win 5-4, so you can\u2019t give up four.\u201d<\/p>\n
They gave up six, including three early in the first period in less than five minutes. Drew O\u2019Connor (2:08), Jake DeBrusk (2:32) and Teddy Blueger (6:32) found the net to put the Hawks in a quick 3-1 hole.<\/p>\n
It spoiled the early excitement Ryan Donato created just 68 seconds in. The center cleared the puck, recovered it on the ricochet and scored his 14th of the season for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
But it lasted only one minute.<\/p>\n
The crowd was quiet as the Hawks were still staggering from the three-goal outburst. Without their veteran leaders, this was the first test to see who would step up.<\/p>\n
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Ilya Mikheyev taps gloves with his Blackhawks teammates after scoring a goal during the first period against the Canucks on Friday, March 6, 2026, at the United Center. (Paul Beaty\/AP)<\/p>\n
It was Ilya Mikheyev, who remained with the Hawks after being mentioned in trade rumors all week. He collected the puck off of a pretty Oliver Moore pass to shrink the Canucks\u2019 lead to 3-2 with eight minutes to play in the first.<\/p>\n
General manager Kyle Davidson expressed pregame his desire to keep the right winger.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really like what he brings the team,\u201d Davidson said. \u201cI\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t have to make a tough decision there, because I like having (Mikheyev) as a Blackhawk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank Nazar scored just his third goal since Halloween in the second period, deflecting Alex Vlasic\u2019s shot into the net at 19:17 to tie the game at 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt always feels good to score,\u201d Nazar said. \u201cIt\u2019s a rush of dopamine.\u201d<\/p>\n
That rush ended quickly when Canucks right winger Brock Boeser scored against the Hawks\u2019 NHL-best penalty kill, batting in the puck at 2:40 of the third to break the tie. Max Sasson\u2019s empty-net goal at 18:34 padded the lead, and Boeser added an empty-netter 70 seconds later to seal it.<\/p>\n
Left winger Andrew Mangiapane played his first game with the Hawks since being traded from the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday as a part of the package for Dickinson and Colton Dach.<\/p>\n
Mangiapane skated for only 8:52 but looked comfortable with his new team. His third-period goal was waived off due to Landon Slaggert kicking the puck before the shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great group of guys here, there\u2019s a lot of young, skilled talent,\u201d Mangiapane, 29, said. \u201cA lot of life and energy in this dressing room. It\u2019s a fun team to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goaltender Spencer Knight was ruled out minutes before puck drop because of an illness. Arvid S\u00f6derblom had 16 saves in Knight\u2019s stead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Blackhawks played their first game at the United Center in 32 days Friday night. Fresh off…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":638126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[28403,184323,960,291,155510,5386,1818,155509,86182,123612,20262,155512,123389,3114],"class_list":["post-638125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-andrew-mangiapane","tag-arvid-soderblom","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-frank-nazar","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-ilya-mikheyev","tag-jeff-blashill","tag-kyle-davidson","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-ryan-donato","tag-spencer-knight","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116186618768214958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}