Since the NHL trade deadline, wins have been hard to come by for the Chicago Blackhawks. Saturday’s win against the Seattle Kraken was their first win in their last five games. Below were the lines for the victory.
Blackhawks lines in warmups at Kraken:
Teravainen-Bedard-Lardis
Bertuzzi-Frondell-Mikheyev
Donato-Nazar-Greene
Slaggert-Boisvert-BurakovskyKaiser-Crevier
Vlasic-Rinzel
Korchinski-Del MastroSoderblom
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) April 5, 2026
The Hawks did make some changes to their lineup, moving Teuvo Teravainen to the top line and Ryan Greene down to the third line. Nick Lardis was also in the lineup after taking a puck off his hand in the last outing against Edmonton.
First period
Bedard was on his game in the first period, setting up mutiple scoring chances. Despite the great chances from Bedard, Lardis and others could not score. The first period ended scoreless but it was clear the Blackhawks carried the play.
Second period
Chicago got the scoring started by cashing a power-play opportunity for the game’s first goal.
Teuvo Teravainen takes it to the hoop and scores on the power play to snap a 15-game goal drought. His 14th of the season. He needed that. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/yF4Rnlac9s
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) April 5, 2026
After the Teravainen goal, the Hawks continued to pile on with a goal from Tyler Bertuzzi. Bertuzzi got to the net late in the second period and scored his 32rd goal of the season.
Tyler Bertuzzi scores with 22.2 seconds left in the period for his 32th goal of the season. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/74Kci8wQEr
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) April 5, 2026
After the second Hawks goal, the period ended 2-0 in favor of Chicago.
Third period
Midway through the third period, the Kraken cut the lead in half. Jaden Schwartz got his 11th goal of the season. The Hawks answered right back with a goal from rookie Sacha Boisvert for the first of his career.
Sacha Boisvert first career NHL goal alert. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/sjlX8QiiZm
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) April 5, 2026
Boisvert was set up by defenseman Kevin Korchinski. Korchinski was playing in his 100th NHL game.
Following the Boisvert goal, Seattle came back with a goal of its own. Kaapo Kakko scored his 13th goal of the seasont to cut the lead to one again.
Ilya Mikheyev sealed the Chicago victory with an empty-net goal late in the third period.
Analysis
Despite not meaning much in the standings, this game was important. It helped show what could be for next season and areas that still need improvement.
What could be
The Hawks can run out a team of mainly younger players. The defense is composed of players under the age of 25. Despite their rescent struggles, analytically, Korchinski and Ethan Del Mastro had good games. Korchinski drew praise from his coach postgame.
Jeff Blashill had this to say about Korchinski:
Blashill said Wyatt Kaiser has been the Blackhawks’ best D lately and he wants him taking the hardest matchups moving forward.
He also praised Korchinski: “He’s not over-complicating it. He’s using his feet to beat pressure, then he’s moving the puck to the open people. When he…
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) April 5, 2026
In addition to praising Korchinski, Blashill heaped high praise on Wyatt Kaiser. Kaiser has been having a great season for the Hawks and will continue to be challenged.
Needs improvement
While the defense was good last night, the offense still needs to get better. Despite scoring four goals, the offense left several grade-A chances set up by Bedard on the ice. If the Hawks want to get significantly better, they have to find more goal scorers, whether that is internally or externally.
Other notes
The fourth line led by Landon Slaggert had a really strong game. Boisvert scored the first goal of his NHL career. It was the Hawks’ second first goal of the NHL career in recent days following Anton Frondell’s earlier in the week.
The Hawks‘ next game is Monday against the San Jose Sharks, which pits Bedard vs. Macklin Celebrini at 9 p.m. CDT.