The Blackhawks felt like they righted their ship at home Tuesday after capsizing on their road trip, but their overtime weakness prevented them from translating it into a win.
Jets star Kyle Connor's game-winning goal sent the Hawks to a 4-3 overtime loss — their fourth consecutive defeat — and dropped their record in overtime/shootout games this season to 7-14.
"We haven't been good enough three-on-three, so that's frustrating for all of us," coach Jeff Blashill said. "But the process we had through lots of that game was really good."
The Hawks are running low on time to get to 30 wins, a reasonable target for their step forward this year. They have 27 wins with seven games left. A few more overtime victories obviously would've made a difference.
The Hawks were solid in the first period and terrible in the second Tuesday, following a similar pattern as in recent games. They broke that pattern with one of their best third periods of the season, though, rallying back from a 3-1 deficit to at least earn a point.
The forward line of rookie Anton Frondell and veteran Tyler Bertuzzi (plus Ilya Mikheyev) scored all three goals, including the equalizer with 10:14 left.
Frondell earned his first goal in the NHL, and Bertuzzi now leads the team with a new career high of 31 goals. Nonetheless, Frondell also made defensive misreads on the Jets' first and last goals.
Tyler Bertuzzi with a highlight-reel goal for his 30th of the season, which ties a career-high. Wow, what an effort. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/iTuYU8dzXq
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) April 1, 2026
Injury updates
Hawks defensemen Artyom Levshunov and Matt Grzelcyk are out for the season, Blashill said. They won’t return from their injuries before the season finale April 15.
For Grzelcyk (upper-body injury), this probably marks the end of his one-year tenure with the Hawks. He panned out well as a training-camp tryout, providing steady depth. He had 12 assists but didn’t score in 69 a
