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On Thursday night, the Chicago Blackhawks had a tough loss to the Seattle Kraken. They allowed a two-goal lead to slip away in regulation and came away with nothing. 

They were allowed to let it go quickly, with the second half of a back-to-back against the Buffalo Sabres. This was Chicago's first back-to-back of the season as they traveled upstate to New York to take on the team with the worst record in the Eastern Conference. 

Buffalo, despite their spot in the standings, has a ton of talent. It was on full display in this game as they ran the Hawks out of town with a 9-3 demolition. 

Tyler Bertuzzi, who was playing in his 100th game as a Blackhawk, scored twice, and Alex Vlasic scored the third goal for Chicago. Connor Bedard assisted on both of Bertuzzi's goals, giving him 31 points on the season, which is tied with Macklin Celebrini for third in league scoring. 

Bedard and Bertuzzi, and their linemate Ryan Greene (who had an assist as well) all played well in this bad loss. Outside of them, it was a mostly lousy game for Chicago, as indicated by the 9-3 final score in favor of Buffalo. 

Arvid Soderblom was in the net for the Blackhawks, and he stayed in for all nine goals against. He has been a fantastic backup so far this season, but this wasn't his night. With that said, most of Buffalo's goals were not Soderblom's total fault. The team did not play well in front of him. 

Jeff Blashill chose to avoid pulling Soderblom, but Spencer Knight is now going to be completely fresh for the next game, which will take place on Sunday night. 

Some nights just don't go well in the NHL. Every team has five or six really bad games. This is one for the Blackhawks. Chicago lost every period 3-1, was outplayed in every area of the ice, and couldn't keep the Sabres from answering every time they scored. 

Watch Every Blackhawks Goal

a goal in his 100th game as a Hawk✅ pic.twitter.com/YyOL3ObmLD

— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 22, 2025

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— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 22, 2025

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— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 22, 2025

Up Next For Chicago

This is the type of loss that you learn from, throw in the garbage, and move on quickly. The thing is, Chicago will be going from the bottom team in the East to the top team in the West. The Colorado Avalanche are going to be at the United Center for Sunday night hockey. This is, up to this point, the biggest test of the season for this young Blackhawks team coming off two straight regulation losses. 

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Former Buffalo Sabres star Jack Eichel has had a strong start to the 2025-26 season with the Golden Knights, and that is only continuing to be the case as the campaign rolls on. 

During his most recent appearance on Nov. 20 against the Utah Mammoth, Eichel scored two goals and recorded an assist in the Vegas Golden Knights' 4-1 win over the Central Division. With this, Eichel was certainly a notable reason for the Golden Knights' victory over Utah in this contest. 

With this latest big game for the Golden Knights, Eichel has now recorded 10 goals, 17 assists, 27 points, and a plus-7 rating in 20 contests this season. With this, there is no question that the former Sabre is having a very good start to the campaign with the Golden Knights. This comes after he posted 28 goals and set new career highs with 66 assists and 94 points in 77 games for Vegas in 2024-25. 

In 375 games over six seasons with the Sabres from 2015-16 to 2020-21, Eichel recorded 139 goals and 355 points. 

Apr 4, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; A hockey fights cancer ambassador holds the puck during the ceremonial puck drop with Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi (59) and St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn (10) before the game at Bridgestone Arena. Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images

Amid the noise of on-ice struggles and rumors of roster changes involving the Nashville Predators, a battle of a completely different nature is taking place every day, all over the world: the fight against cancer.

Each season, the NHL and its teams hosts a Hockey Fights Cancer night – typically in November – to raise awareness and funds for their local cancer community.

Now in its 27th season, Hockey Fights Cancer unites the global hockey community through storytelling and meaningful events to fundraise for cancer research, to educate and empower more fans to learn about cancer risk factors and to take action to get screened for certain cancers.

The Nashville Predators Foundation will host its first of two Hockey Fights Cancer nights this season on Saturday, when the Preds take on the Colorado Avalanche at Bridgestone Arena at 7 Pm CT.

The Foundation is looking to build off the support seen during its Hockey Fights Cancer efforts last season, which raised $229,365.25 for the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.

“We are excited to host our first Hockey Fights Cancer Night of the 2025-26 season,” Nashville Predators Vice President of Community Relations Rebecca King said in a news release. “These nights are incredibly impactful for our organization as we use our platform to support cancer patients and their families. We are asking SMASHVILLE to join us in the fight against cancer through bidding in our silent auction or donating directly to the 365 Fund. Every dollar we raise goes straight to pediatric cancer research at Vanderbilt."

The Predators organization has had cancer affect members of its family over the past several years. Last July, Erin Daunic, wife of current Preds play-by-play television voice Willy Daunic, passed away at 54 from the illness. Lexi Rogers, the daughter of the team’s equipment manager Pete Rogers, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Sheila Crisp, wife of former broadcaster Terry Crisp, was also diagnosed several years earlier. Equipment manager Craig “Partner” Baugh is a prostate cancer survivor.

Since its inception during the 2013-14 season, the 365 Fund, created by former Predators legends Pekka Rinne and Shea Weber, has raised over $4 million in donations and in-kind contributions to advance pediatric cancer research efforts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Saturday night’s game will feature six patient ambassadors from Monroe Carell who will take part in various in-game activities including: High-fiving the team as they take the ice for warm-ups; meeting with the game’s referees pre-game as part of the NHL Officials Association’s Zebras Care initiative; joining the team on-ice for the starting lineup and national anthem; participating in a ceremonial puck drop; riding the Zambonis; and welcoming the team back to the ice for the second period as the Mayor of SMASHVILLE.

During practice this past Wednesday, Preds goalie Juuse Saros wore a custom mask honoring the four in the Preds family affected by cancer. Saros will wear the mask on Saturday.

Bigger than sports 💜

Juice debuts an extra-special Hockey Fights Cancer mask, honoring four members of our organization affected by cancer:

Craig “Partner” Baugh
Sheila Crisp
Lexi Rogers
Erin Daunic pic.twitter.com/BIuSM59bb8

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) November 19, 2025

“A lot of people are involved, unfortunately, with cancer within the last couple years,” Saros said Wednesday. “I thought I would honor all those people by fighting against it.”

Fans can bid on the mask in the Preds Foundation’s Hockey Fights Cancer auction by texting PREDS to 76278. The auction will close at the start of the third period of Saturday's game. Vaughn Hockey donated the mask, and David Gunnarsson of DaveArt donated the paint job.

To help make a bigger difference, the Preds Foundation is calling on SMASHVILLE to support Hockey Fights Cancer, the 365 Fund and the imperative cancer research taking place at Monroe Carell. There are a number of ways fans can get involved: wearing lavender to Saturday’s game; bid on silent auction items; and donate to the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.

The goal is to raise $36,500 through these donations.

"We are so very grateful for the long-standing support of the Nashville Predators and the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund that spans well over a decade and that truly has made a difference in the lives of children and their families," Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, said in a statement. "Each season, we look forward to the Hockey Fights Cancer games that highlight our partnership with the Nashville Predators, raise support for childhood cancer efforts and also celebrate our pediatric cancer patients. I absolutely love to see the joy and hope that the Nashville Predators and Hockey Fights Cancer bring to our patients and families during these events."

Hockey Fights Cancer is a joint initiative of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association and powered by the V Foundation for Cancer Research presented by AstraZeneca.

The Predators’ second Hockey Fights Cancer Night will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, during their game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Bernie Parent's love for people and Flyers comes through in celebration of life originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

As Scott Tharp watched all the miffed drivers whiz by Bernie Parent on the highway, he, of course, saw the legendary goaltender remain unfazed.

Parent was driving Tharp and others home from a 2018 outdoor game in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was going a cool 45 miles per hour in the left lane. Once he finally budged and moved his way to the right lane, some cars let him have it.

“Bernie rolled down his window and took both hands off the wheel to put his Stanley Cup rings out the window,” Tharp said. “And then turned to those of us in the car and said, ‘How about that? They’re cheering for me!'”

You could not bring down Parent’s zest for life and happiness.

“Bernie only ever saw good in others,” Tharp, the president and CEO of Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education, said.

That was abundantly evident Friday night as the Flyers held a celebration of life for Parent, who died Sept. 21 at the age of 80. His wife, fans and former teammates sat in the lower bowl at Xfinity Mobile Arena, remembering the fun-loving, dominant goalie who led the Flyers to their back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in 1974 and 1975.

“Bernie was a titan of our franchise,” Dan Hilferty, the Comcast Spectacor chairman and CEO and Flyers governor, said. “For many, he is the quintessential Philadelphia Flyer. You cannot tell the story of the Flyers without talking at length about Bernie Parent.”

Video tributes and pictures were played on the arena’s giant scoreboard, which was flanked by Parent’s retired No. 1 and the Flyers’ Stanley Cup champion banners.

The Hockey Hall of Famer won the Vezina Trophy twice as the NHL’s top goalie and the Conn Smythe Trophy twice as the league’s postseason MVP.

“When you win two Stanley Cups, it takes the best that everybody on that team can give,” Bob Clarke, a fellow franchise legend, said. “It just so happened that Bernie’s best was better than the rest of our best and we got two Stanley Cups because of Bernie.”

Well before he became the NHL’s deputy commissioner, Bill Daly remembered when Parent crushed his childhood dream of the Rangers hoisting the Stanley Cup. The Flyers knocked out New York en route to their first championship.

“Bernie contributed to breaking the heart of a 10-year-old boy in 1974,” Daly said. “Yes, that would be me. Yes, I was raised as a die-hard New York Rangers fan growing up in North Jersey.”

Fans in attendance gave Daly some good-natured boos.

“Passionately committed to the team despite years and years of postseason failure, 1974 was supposed to be a different year for the Rangers, finally an opportunity to win a Stanley Cup,” Daly said. “But Bernie and the Flyers had different ideas.”

Parent was not just a fearless goalie who donned that iconic white mask. He was also a father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

“I’m so lucky and blessed that I was able to be his daughter, his only daughter,” Kim Parent said in a video message. “Like, how lucky am I? I am so grateful. The bond that we shared was something that means the world to me.”

The Montreal native became devoted to the Philadelphia area, making it his home.

“You were such a huge part of his life,” his wife Gini Parent said. “Bernie didn’t just play for the Flyers; he played for you, the fans.”

Parent was a true ambassador for the Flyers’ organization and the Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education program. He was always happy to see fans and take pictures.

“I can remember numerous occasions where he had his Stanley Cup rings, he would share them, you’d look over and there’s a couple of kids wearing his rings,” Flyers president of hockey operations Keith Jones said in a video message. “I think that’s something fans really appreciated, but I think we all can learn from, because he took the time to make sure he shared his success with everybody else.”

Joe Watson probably could have shared Parent stories all night and into the morning. He had known Parent since 1963, before their title-winning days with the Flyers. He called it “an honor and a privilege” to be Parent’s teammate.

“I know Bernie’s up there laughing and smiling and everything else,” Watson, who fought back tears, said. “He’d love to be down here. But I look forward to seeing you again my friend.”