If Reichel can emerge as a useful player for Chicago, it would be a huge development for a team that has all but written him off already.

The Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a 1-0 deficit in the first period with two goals in the second, but they lost 3-2 in a shootout. Connor Bedard scored for the second straight game.

“The Blackhawks — like every other team in the league — should be trying to move heaven and Earth to pry Elias Pettersson out of Vancouver,” Lazerus wrote. “Pettersson can make Bedard and the Blackhawks better immediately, and he’s young enough to fit Chicago’s longer-term timeline.”

Alex Vlasic scores his first goal of the season, taking a feed from Nick Foligno and firing a wrist shot from the circle to put the Blackhawks on the board. Vlasic owns the fourth-hardest shot recorded this season at 101.92 mph (Nov. 19), one of only five players with a shot reaching 100 mph or more.

Steven Stamkos scored in regulation and had Nashville’s third straight shootout goal in the Predators’ 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

At the halfway point of the season, time to break down the season so far from top-line stars to budding prospects in Rockford and beyond.

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which had lost six of seven.

The Chicago Blackhawks put up a good battle against the Nashville Predators, but Nashville prevailed in the shootout.

and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesday night. Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which had lost six of seven. Petr Mrazek stopped 35 shots.

and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesday night. Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which had lost six of seven. Petr Mrazek stopped 35 shots.

The Flames and Blackhawks last met in a wild one in Calgary, where the homeside prevailed 6-4 on Dec. 21. Huberdeau, Coronato, Nazem Kadri, Connor Zary and Blake Coleman scored for the Flames, while Connor Bedard had tallied for the Blackhawks as Calgary led 5-1 after 40 minutes.

Bedard's point streak came to an end as the Blackhawks surrendered a two-goal lead and fell to the Oilers, 4-3.