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  "path": "/blackhawks/2026/03/15/blackhawks-knights-lopsided-loss-wyatt-kaiser-artyom-levshunov",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T05:43:19.734Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>LAS VEGAS — On Saturday morning, multiple <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks\" target=\"_blank\" >Blackhawks</a> talked about how proud they were of the team keeping every game close since the Olympic break. </p><p>Seven of eight had been decided by just one goal (excluding empty-netters), and they had won the lone blowout.</p><p>\"It feels like we're in every game,\" Wyatt Kaiser said. \"Good teams win those games, so we have to learn how to win those games, obviously. But it's positive.\"</p><p>That trend meant the Hawks were probably due for a blowout loss, considering the usual rhythms of the NHL, and that turned out to be the case. The Golden Knights jumped on the Hawks early Saturday and cruised to a 4-0 win. </p><p>It was the Hawks' fifth time shut out this season; they've also shut out their opponents five times.</p><p>\"I don't think we started well enough, pretty evidently,\" Alex Vlasic said, referencing the Knights' 3-0 lead after just 12 minutes. \"They jumped on us quick. [Against] a good team like that, they're hard to compete with once they get a lead.\"</p><p>The Hawks' NHL-best penalty kill allowed two goals — both by Vegas power-play savant Pavol Dorofeyev — for the first time since Dec. 7.</p><p>\"I know [the Knights have] been grinding out a little bit here, but they played a really, really good game,\" coach Jeff Blashill said. \"They were on top of it, and I didn't think we were quite on top of our game.</p><p>\"[Our] execution certainly wasn't there, so then you don't have the puck enough and you have to defend, and...then you lose the special teams battle. All those things add up. It's a hard way to win on the road.\"</p><p>The Hawks thought they scored once in the third period — an Artyom Levshunov slap-shot bomb, showing off his improved shot — but it was overturned upon review for a missed hand-pass (which occurred much earlier, was accidental, gave the Hawks no advantage and never would've been noticed in the pre-challenge era).</p><p>They also <i>should </i>have scored once in the third period when Andrew Mangiapane somehow hit the crossbar on an empty-net tap in from mere feet away. Neither goal would've affected the outcome, but it was nonetheless that kind of night for the Hawks.</p><p>\"It's always hard when you can't put those on the board, because it just gets your energy levels back up,\" Blashill said.</p><p>Kaiser actually didn't play due to a left shoulder injury, although the decision to hold him out seemed precautionary. Blashill said Kaiser will return for a home-and-home set against the Wild on Tuesday and Thursday.</p>",
  "title": "Golden Knights deal Blackhawks first lopsided loss since Olympic break",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-15T05:43:19.734Z"
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