The Chicago Blackhawks set a new franchise record with their 20th consecutive road loss after being shut out by the Calgary Flames in a 1-0 defeat. Despite generating a significant number of chances, including 10 high-danger chances at 5v5 and multiple breakaways, the Blackhawks were unable to capitalize and score. The Flames' lone goal came from Elias Lindholm on a power-play late in the second period, ending his 15-game goal drought. Blackhawks' offensive struggles were highlighted by their inability to score in 139:21 minutes, having scored only 10 goals in their last 10 games, and an expected Goals For of 2.86. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom of the Flames made 32 saves, earning his 20th career shutout and helping the Flames snap their own four-game losing streak as they head into the All-Star break with a 22-22-5 record. The Blackhawks' shot attempts were 40-43 in favor of Calgary, shots on goal were 20-23, and scoring chances were 23-21 in favor of Chicago.
- Elias Lindholm scored a power-play goal late in the second period and Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. https://t.co/eE71NJGUmJ
The offense-starved Blackhawks finally produced a bunch of chances tonight — but they were still shut out yet again. "It’s maybe in the back of our head." Postgame story from Calgary: https://t.co/hnZld9P7PS
#Flames coach Ryan Huska after 1-0 victory over Blackhawks: “(Jacob Markstrom) was awesome. You look at our last number of games, and we’ve gotten leaky. I think there’s a little mental fatigue. So this break is coming at the right time for our team.”
"You can't ask a fish to walk; it can't do it." My story from Calgary on how the bottom-heavy Blackhawks are coping with a staggering dearth of goals and victories: https://t.co/gBvzLahBgQ
#Flames Rasmus Andersson after 1-0 victory over Blackhawks: “Without Marky, we probably would have lost this game. He was really good tonight. It was good to see our power-play get one, too.”
#Blackhawks expected Goals For: 2.86, per @NatStatTrick. Actual goals: 0. They generated chances tonight vs. Calgary. Just couldn't capitalize on them. https://t.co/1z9BlZIcm7
Blackhawks set franchise record with putrid road play https://t.co/BxbPX6h5kO
10 observations: #Blackhawks set franchise record with 20th straight road loss https://t.co/jocG5yGdJp
10 observations: #Blackhawks set franchise record with 20th straight road loss after being shut out by Flames https://t.co/GC1nJblxKT
Jacob Markstrom makes 32 saves for his 20th career shutout. Calgary blanks Chicago 1-0 to snap their losing skid at four games. #Flames go into their All-Star break with a 22-22-5 record.
FINAL: The Blackhawks lose 1-0. – They have lost a franchise record 20 straight road games – They have been shut out in four of their last six games – They haven't scored in 139:21 – They have scored 10 goals in their last 10 games – They are off for the next 10 days
FINAL: Flames 1, Blackhawks 0 The Hawks have 20 consecutive road games — a new outright franchise record. In the last five, they've been shut out four times. Two almost unfathomable stats. They did everything but score tonight.
2nd intermission: Flames 1, Blackhawks 0 The best the Hawks have played in forever...and they're losing anyway. Shot attempts: 40-43 CGY Shots on goal: 20-23 CGY Scoring chances: 23-21 CHI High-danger chances at 5on5 are 12-3 CHI.
Elias Lindholm pots a power-play goal, his first marker since before Christmas. That snaps a 15-game goal drought for the #Flames all-star rep.
GOAL, Flames. Hawks trail 1-0. Lindholm PPG after the puck was blocked right to him.
GOAL: PPG for Lindholm. Flames finally break through and it's 1-0.
#Blackhawks have had so many breakaways tonight and we're not even halfway through the game yet. https://t.co/eJwvjdlOt5
Per @NatStatTrick, the Blackhawks have a 10-1 (!) edge in high-danger chances at 5v5. It's 0-0.
Relying on Jacob Markstrom to keep the game scoreless between the #Flames and -this- version of the Chicago Blackhawks partway through the second period sums up a -lot- of what the Calgary Flames play has been of late.
Markstrom robs Kurashev on a breakaway. The Blackhawks have had, no joke, like six breakaways already tonight, yet it's 0-0.
1st intermission: Blackhawks 0, Flames 0 Korchinski saves a goal in the final seconds. Really strong period for the Hawks, as the stats show: Shot attempts: 23-20 CHI Shots on goal: 11-10 CHI Scoring chances: 16-9 CHI
END OF PERIOD 1: Blackhawks play their best period in quite some time, but have nothing to show for it. Flames came perilously close to a goal in the waning seconds. Shots are 11-10 Chicago.
The Blackhawks have played very well through these first 16 minutes. They deserve some goals for this performance.
The Blackhawks have lost 19 straight road games. Connor Bedard is still out, healing from a fractured jaw. It’s 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙠 in Chicago, writes @MarkLazerus. Let's visit a different timeline. A better(?) timeline. One where the Blackhawks don't tank ⤵️ https://t.co/bBqhjFZmOr https://t.co/SqIGtV5lQ7
The Blackhawks are making bad kinds of history not only with their road losing streak but also with their lack of offense. They've scored just 17 goals in their last 13 games — their second-driest drought since 1957. New story breaking it down: https://t.co/pkJBB4fJWN
Here are five takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 19th straight road loss. https://t.co/t6Pugvjbiw