There are a lot of words you can use for the Chicago Blackhawks’ 5-on-5 effort tonight, and none of them are good. Ugly. Embarrassing. Pathetic. Those are the first few that come to mind. They compounded Thursday’s bad loss to the Seattle Kraken by getting run out of the building by the Buffalo Sabres. Losing 9-3 to the last-place team in the Eastern Conference doesn’t exude a ton of confidence.
“Obviously, a tough one for us,” head coach Jeff Blashill said. “We didn’t have it physically. Sometimes when you don’t have your best, you have to make sure you’re mentally dialed in.