The Chicago Blackhawks looked to finish their five-game road trip on a positive and earn their first two-game winning streak of the season when they visited “The Pond” in Anaheim on Sunday night to face the Anaheim Ducks. The Hawks were coming off a 4–3 comeback win in a shootout on Saturday in Los Angeles, as the Hawks trailed 2–0 after two periods and scored three in the third, including the equalizer with less than a minute remaining and the goaltender pulled for the extra attacker. Arvid Soderblom made his third start of the season on Sunday against Anaheim’s Lukas Dostal.
First period
The Blackhawks struck first when Isaak Phillips scored his first goal of the season and second of his career. Connor Bedard skated the puck into the Anaheim zone and fed a streaking Phillips, who snapped a shot from the right circle and over the glove of Dostal at 12:57 to give the Hawks a 1–0 lead.
philly’s first goal of the year🤩 pic.twitter.com/26SoZwVlYm
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 4, 2024
Teuvo Teravainen made it 2–0 with his fourth of the season later in the frame. With the Hawks on the power play, Taylor Hall skated the puck into the right circle and fed Teravainen for a one-timer from the left faceoff dot at the 16:44 mark.
turbo-charged🔋 pic.twitter.com/j8RvDlh766
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The Hawks would take the two-goal lead into the locker room after 20 minutes.
Second period
After a mostly scoreless second period, Seth Jones lit the lamp on the power play with his second of the season. Jones one-timed a Bedard pass from the right circle at 18:05.
an absolute rocket from seth🚀 pic.twitter.com/VQ6MLeufB0
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 4, 2024
The Hawks led 3–0 after two periods.
Third period
The Ducks finally broke through when Brock McGinn scored his second of the season. The Ducks created a 2-on-1 in front of the Hawks’ net with Ross Johnston feeding McGinn for the goal. Soderblom thought he froze the puck but it trickled in under his pad and over the goal line at the 10:16 mark. The Hawks’ lead was cut to 3–1.
Ryan Donato scored his team-leading seventh of the season to give the Hawks a 4–1 lead. A scramble in front of the net resulted in Donato poking in the rebound at 17:43. On the goal, Bedard recorded his third assist of the game.
if you don’t know now you know: ryan donato is on fiiiiiiiire🔥 pic.twitter.com/rvVB2ngqxq
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 4, 2024
Mason McTavish added a power-play goal with four seconds remaining in the game. For McTavish, it was his first of the season, which made the final score 4–2.
Analysis
It was a strong ending to a five-game road trip where the Hawks won their last two to finish the trip at 3–2. Soderblom had a strong performance against the Ducks with 37 saves while the Hawks received strong contributions throughout the lineup. In addition to Bedard’s three assists, Hall added two assists and the power play picked up two goals.
The Hawks return home on Wednesday for a nationally televised game against Patrick Kane and the Detroit Red Wings. Puck drop is 7 p.m. CST on TNT with the radio call on 720 WGN.