Mark Lazerus

Teuvo Teräväinen is still running PP1 at morning skate. I just don't get it.

New Blackhawks lines this morning: Kantserov-Bedard-Greene Moore-Nazar-Kane Bertuzzi-Frondell-Donato Smith-Greenway-Teräväinen Vlasic-Cole Kaiser-Levshunov Korchinski-Rinzel Byram-Del Mastro

Bowen Byram still in a non-contact jersey at morning skate.

Oliver Moore, scratched last game, is the first skater on the ice for Blackhawks morning skate at the UC.

From entries to where passes are going to the players the system is running through to shots (or lack of them), a breakdown of the Blackhawks' power play this season: www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

New POWERS & LAZ: Are the 3-8 Blackhawks feeling the heat? @scottpowers.bsky.social and I discuss that and much more in today's episode: Listen here: www.patreon.com/PowersandLaz...

On today's The Athletic Hockey Show with @mbultman.bsky.social, @jessegranger.bsky.social and me: – Hellebuyck's perfect fit – Updated Connor McData – Fluto Shinzawa on the surprising Bruins – Devin Cooley's future in podcasting Listen here: pod.fo/e/6f819d

They're too young. It's too soon. The schedule's been too tough. They are. It is. It has been. But when will we finally stop grading the Blackhawks on a curve? NEW column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

Spencer Knight knows his numbers are down this season. And he, like all of us, knows why. "Maybe I can just enjoy the chaos, the volume." It's a reminder of how we still, after all this time, are grading the Blackhawks on a curve. My column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

Cheering after the video, destroying the guy the rest of the game. That's how you do it. Good job, Vancouver.

Every time I put on a Canucks game and they're wearing these flying-skate uniforms, I start dreaming up ways to imprison the people who thought the orca look was better.

They're too young. It's too soon. The schedule's been too tough. They are. It is. It has been. But when will we finally stop grading the Blackhawks on a curve? NEW column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

Bedard on the PP: "Before today, I thought honestly we were pretty good. We get judged on if it goes in or not, and that makes sense. It’s a results sport. But obviously we’ve got to be better. Tonight, we were terrible. And we would have won the game; we had seven power plays."

Jeff Blashill said Kevin Korchinski "did a lot of good things" today. But he lamented the line change that led to the Panthers' game-winning goal. "He's going to want that change back."

FINAL: Blackhawks lose 3-2 to the Panthers. A frustrating one, for sure.

GOAL: Lars Eller beats Knight from the right dot. 3-2 Panthers with 2:23 left.

Spencer Knight sends Brady Tkachuk hard into the boards with a trip, and Tkachuk is none too pleased about it.

Kansterov takes an interference penalty in the offensive zone on a 5v3. You don't see that every day.

Another 50 seconds of 5-on-3 for the Blackhawks.

Kevin Korchinski a plus-2 today, and the Blackhawks have a 6-2 edge in scoring chances and 10-3 edge in shot attempts with him on the ice.

GOAL: Kantserov slips a low shot from the right circle past Schmid and it's 2-2.

High school kids in a band playing The Clash at intermission of a Hawks game on a kid-themed day game. That's good stuff.

GOAL: Matthew Tkachuk scores five seconds into a power play and the Panthers lead 2-1.

Ryan Donato had two golden chances on that power play. Sent an open look high, and then juuuuuust couldn't get his stick on a Greene crease redirect of a Nazar shot.

That was not the best 5-on-3 power play I've ever seen.

Blackhawks getting 53 seconds of 5-on-3 after Mikkola sends the puck over the glass on the penalty kill.

GOAL: Panthers tie it up. Vilmanis in front shakes off Kaiser and puts in a loose puck. 1-1.

Not a fan of this Teräväinen up top experiment.

GOAL: Ryan Greene puts in a Korchinski rebound and it's 1-0 Blackhawks.

Has there been a better Both Sides End Up Very Happy trade in recent years than the Seth Jones trade? – Jones got out. – Hawks got out from under Jones' contract. – Panthers won a Cup with Jones playing a huge role. – Hawks got a bona-fide No. 1 goalie in Spencer Knight.

Ian Cole is getting a well-deserved quick ceremony for playing in his 1,000th NHL game. I feel like the Blackhawks lead the league in acquiring guys right before they hit 1K.

Blackhawks in warmups: Kantserov-Bedard-Kane Bertuzzi-Frondell-Greenway Teräväinen-Nazar-Donato Smith-Greene-Mangiapane Vlasic-Cole Kaiser-Levshunov Korchinski-Rinzel Knight Söderblom

Rawr, etc.

Despite being 3-7-0 after 10 games, Jeff Blashill didn't talk like someone at all worried about the his team's start or the direction the Blackhawks are heading this season. “We’re not far off from playing the way we want to play," he said. My story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

"What would you give up right now to be minus-3 and lose 6-1? God, I’d do anything just to be a part of that again." The physical road back from a long-term injury is brutal. The mental road back is even worse. My story on the isolation of the injured: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Had a quick thought on the Hellebuyck saga on our live blog: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

We're going LIVE any moment to discuss the Connor Hellebuyck trade. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/wzqioro...

Something Aleksander Barkov said last month stuck with me. The toughest part of his injury was "not to live life as a hockey player for the Florida Panthers." I dug deeper into that identity crisis. Really thoughtful stuff from Landeskog, Seguin & Eichel: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

NEW: The isolation. The fear. The FOMO. In the NHL, the road back from serious injury can be even tougher mentally than it is physically. My deep dive into the tortured psychology of an injured NHL player: Free for all to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Connor McDavid has two five-point games and two four-point games (at the moment) in the last three weeks. He should be outlawed.

This Northwestern-Maryland field-hockey match (No. 2 vs. No. 1) is tense, man. I think I'd be permanently injured if I tried to play field hockey. My back hurts just watching it.

Personally, I don't feel it's right that the Bears should have a good offense AND a good defense. It seems very unChicagoan. Tradition is important.

"He's another teammate." Full-time EBUGs are new this year in the NHL, and Caydon Edwards is making the most of his unusual opportunity with the Blackhawks, writes @scottpowers.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Meet Blackhawks emergency backup goalie Caydon Edwards: www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...