Bedard scores again, Blackhawks hold off Kings in 1st of 2-game set
Nazar’s goal drought reached 15 games, but he has nine assists in his past 10 games, including five during a four-game streak.
“It definitely helps, right?” Nazar said. “Nobody wants to score more than I do right now. Chances are there, just gotta keep going, keep trying to execute.”
Moore cut it to 2-1 at 10:38 of the third period on a wrist shot from the left circle set up by Foegele.
“I don’t know if the first 40 (minutes) was our best, and we pushed hard in the last 20, but it’s hard to win games like that, right?” Foegele said. “We’ve been on the right side of it, but we’ve also been on the wrong side of it with these one-goal games. I think the disappointing thing is we weren’t really connected in the first two periods, and it definitely bit us.”
Drew Doughty returned for Los Angeles after missing seven games because of a lower-body injury he sustained when he was struck in the left foot by a shot against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 15. He finished with one shot and a plus-one rating in 19:12 of ice time, including 3:24 of power play as he was used on the first unit.
The Kings were 0-for-5 on the power play. The Blackhawks were 1-for-3.
NOTES: Blackhawks forward Teuvo Teravainen left after being hit in the face by a puck with 56.4 remaining. Blashill said Teravainen is going to be fine. “He was angling for a day off tomorrow,” Blashill joked. … Nine of the Kings past 10 games have been decided by one goal (4-3-3), with the Washington Capitals getting an empty-netter with 1:42 remaining in a 3-1 win on Tuesday.
