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  "path": "/blackhawks/2026/03/31/blackhawks-jets-third-period-tyler-bertuzzi-jonathan-toews",
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  "textContent": "<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks\" target=\"_blank\" >Blackhawks</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>\"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.\"</p><p>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.</p><p>The Hawks were solid in the first period and terrible in the second Tuesday, following a similar pattern as <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/03/29/blackhawks-devils-spencer-knight-frank-nazar-defensive-issues\" target=\"_blank\" >in recent games</a>. 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.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center><div class=\"Enhancement-item\"> <div class=\"ExternalContent-wrapper\" > <div class=\"TweetUrl\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyler Bertuzzi with a highlight-reel goal for his 30th of the season, which ties a career-high. Wow, what an effort. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blackhawks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blackhawks</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/iTuYU8dzXq\">pic.twitter.com/iTuYU8dzXq</a></p>— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/CRoumeliotis/status/2039161530160169307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script> </div> </div> </div></div><p></p><h3><b>Injury updates</b></h3><p>Hawks defensemen <b>Artyom Levshunov </b>and <b>Matt Grzelcyk </b>are out for the season, Blashill said. They won’t return from their injuries before the season finale April 15.</p><p>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 appearances.</p><p>For Levshunov (<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/03/29/blackhawks-artyom-levshunov-injury-hand-fracture-kevin-korchinski\" target=\"_blank\" >left hand</a>), his tumultuous rookie season — which somehow yielded many encouraging and discouraging indications about his future potential at the same time — is over.</p><p>Forward <b>Andrew Mangiapane</b>, who missed his seventh consecutive game, will likely return this season. He skated individually Monday.</p><p><b>Sacha Boisvert </b>also sat out as a healthy scratch after making his first three NHL appearances on the recent road trip. Blashill clarified Boisvert won’t ‘‘play every single game, but he’ll play a good number of them’’ down the stretch.</p><h3><b>Toews’ question</b></h3><p>Mediocre play from all the teams on the Western Conference playoff bubble has allowed the Jets to climb back into the race, which means former Hawks captain <b>Jonathan Toews</b>’ attention is squarely focused on that right now.</p><p>The big question for him is whether he will play again next season, but an answer on that front is unlikely to come until the Jets’ hopes are dashed.</p><p>There was less pomp and circumstance for Toews’ second game back in Chicago than there was for his first Jan. 19, but he still received a loud round of applause during \"O Canada\" and another during his first shift.</p><h3><b>New builder</b></h3><p>Beloved former Hawks player and broadcaster <b>Troy Murray</b>, who died March 7 of cancer, was added to the inaugural class of the Blackhawks Hall of Fame.</p><p>Murray will be inducted as a ‘‘builder,’’ a category also used by the Hockey Hall of Fame to recognize people who substantially contributed to the game off the ice.</p><p>Eleven other former players — the nine with retired jerseys, plus <b>Duncan Keith </b>and <b>Steve Larmer </b>— make up the rest of the inaugural class, which will be inducted April 10 and then honored April 11 against the Blues.</p>",
  "title": "Blackhawks encouraged by third-period play in overtime loss to Jets",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-01T04:06:25.174Z"
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