Chicago Blackhawks News

Lee Stempniak scored twice and assisted on Petr Cajanek's tie-breaking goal early in the third period to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night. Cajanek converted a rebound of Stempniak's shot from the slot 2:57 into the third to snap a 3-3 tie. Stempniak, in his second pro season, had his first three-point game in the NHL, and Bill Guerin also scored for the Blues. Radim Vrbata had a goal and ...

Philippe Boucher scored with 39 seconds left in regulation and the Dallas Stars rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to match the best start in franchise history with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. Mike Ribeiro of the Stars (6-1-0) tied the score 4-4 with 1:14 remaining from the slot off Niklas Hagman's centring pass. The game seemed headed for overtime when Philippe Boucher's shot from the point got past ...

Bryan Smolinski's goal early in the third period lifted the Chicago Blackhawks over the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 Wednesday night. Smolinski scored from the slot 2 minutes into the third after taking Tony Salmelainen's centering pass from behind the net. Jeff Hamilton set up the play by forcing Montreal's Janne Niinimaa to turn over the puck. Montreal (3-1-2) lost for the first time in regulation this season. Martin Havlat, who entered the game as the league's leading scorer, also scored for ...

If it's not one Martin beating the opposition, it's the other. Martin Lapointe scored a pair of goals during the Chicago Blackhawks' 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. The other Martin _ Martin Havlat _ had a good game, too, assisting on a pair of goals. He now has six goals and six assists through five games. With Havlat off to a torrid start, teams are keeping a close watch on him. That opens up ...

Radek Dvorak scored the tie-breaking goal in the third period and added an assist to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night. Dvorak broke a 3-3 tie with 6:18 left in the third period when he took a pass from Petr Cajanek and beat Chicago goalie Brian Boucher with a wrist shot from the left circle. Martin Rucinsky also had a goal and assist for the Blues, who won their second ...

Jeff Hamilton scored on a tip-in with 7:40 left in the third period to snap a tie as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night. Hamilton redirected Bryan Smolinski's cross-ice pass just under the outstretched glove of Nashville goalie Chris Mason. Chicago's Martin Havlat scored into an empty net with 36 seconds left. Michal Handzus also scored for Chicago (2-1-0), while Nikolai Khabibulin made 37 saves. ...

Rick Nash scored twice as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a two-goal deficit with five straight goals, and then held for a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Jaroslav Balastik, Manny Malhotra and Duvie Westcott also scored as Columbus went 3-for-8 on the power play and spoiled Chicago's home opener before a crowd of 17,133. Pascal Leclaire stopped 18 shots. Adrian Aucoin, Jeff Hamilton, Patrick Sharp and Martin Havlat scored for the Blackhawks. Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin ...

Martin Havlat, Chicago's biggest off-season acquisition, had two goals and two assists to lead the Blackhawks to an 8-6 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the teams' season opener. The Blackhawks ended a six-game winless skid in Nashville, winning for the first time here since Nov. 7, 2003. Havlat's empty-net goal with 54.8 seconds left came after David Legwand and Steve Sullivan had scored in a four-minute ...

Michal Handzus had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in the final pre-season game for both teams. Bryan Smolinski, Radim Vrbata and Rene Borque also scored for Chicago (7-1), and Nikolai Khabibulin made 21 saves. Marian Gaborik scored for the Wild (3-3).

Adrian Aucoin had three assists and Jeff Hamilton added a goal and an assist to help the Chicago Blackhawks remain undefeated in the pre-season with a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. Rene Bourque and Radim Vrbata also scored for Chicago, which is 6-0 in the pre-season. Brian Boucher made 29 saves in goal for the Blackhawks. Doug Weight, who was seeing his first action as ...