Ottawa – Connor Beddard on Tuesday stamped his second year with two goals of the season with two goals with two goals in a win over Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center – and the final game of Chicago BlackHox.
Bedard also installed Frank Nazar to remove the game 48 seconds in overtime.
Although it shut down an unhappy weather for the second-tomat-ranked Hawks (25–46–11), it teased a future promise.
Nevertheless, everyone is a critic.
“Honestly, we were not great,” said Bedard. “(Goalkeeper Spencer Night) was incredible, put us in it. We were opportunistic and it was good, but there were many areas that were not great. But it is good to get two points.”
Even Hawks Interim Coach Anders Sorensen reduced the victory.
“Throw the game, I think, because it was not really …” he was closed, perhaps the senators were relaxing some of their stars for the playoffs.
Sorensen, who terminated his Hawks expedition 16-30–9, directed him to fulfill a relatively strong win and a shootout loss in his last six matches (although he would probably like an forgiveness for that 5–0 smelly in Pittsburgh).
David Peron of Ottawa Senators tried to take a shot on the goalkeeper Spencer Night of Chicago BlackHox during the second period at Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press through AP)
“Overall, the last few road games have been better, not to give a little better details and not to give that much on the road,” Sorenson said.
“In Pittsburgh, of course, for two periods (this) was not great. But overall, a little better.”
The correct realistic of Sörensen: Despite the end of the feeling, this team has a lot of warts and there are moving pain.
But the closing gave a snapshot of some aspects of the Hawks that appear to lead in the right direction. Or at least one “maybe.”
1. Strength in number
On the side of the Hawks, the snow was adopted by the pre-round draft pics: Artayam Levashunov (2024), Bedard (’23), Oliver Moore (’23), Kevin Korechinski (’22), Frank Naazar (’22), Sam Rinjel (’22) and Lukas Rechhel (’20).
Seven in all.
“When you are playing, you’re not really looking at it,” said Bedard. “You don’t see it as a reconstruction, you are just going out and playing, trying to win.
“Obviously, this is the situation that we are with a lot of high draft pics and small people, so it is great that people come up and have an effect, and just imagine how much better everyone will be in a couple of years, and it is exciting to look forward.”
2. Frank Nazar climbing
Chicago BlackHox’s Connor Bedard, Sam Rinzel and Frank Nazar celebrated against Ottawa’s senators against Ottawa’s senators against Ottawa’s senators on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 against Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, 2025.
He scored 12 goals and 14 assistance in 53 sports, but what ended.
He had three straight games in a shootout (in Montreal) and overtime (in Ottawa) and goals in a back-to-back game-winner.
“They have found a tremendous amount of speed,” Knight said. “It gives him a lot of opportunities, which is very good, and I think he complements a lot of players very well.
“And he has got a great shot. He has got good hands, and he is also very smart. It’s too good to play with him, and I really wire him to develop in the next few years.”
Nazar said, “I definitely think it’s getting much better. I think I still have a lot to work, much to do.
“This is an explosion that is only capable of getting so many games and basically plays this throughout the year. I am excited to see what else I can do, what can be the team in the future.”
3. Ryan Donato’s best finish
He scored primary aid on Bedard’s first goal, 31st assistant of Donato, to give him a matching set with his team-Agni 31 goals. Both are career high in a contract year.
4. Kevin Korininski’s last look
It was a challenging run for Rockford call-up, which attracted the lineup for Finale. He also had a assistance, his first apple of the season.
5. Oliver Moore’s smart
The miscreants further assisted the goal of Valenno, embellishing the aggressive blue line by the senators only from the aggressive blue line.
He first thinks defense and has shown a head to the game.
“He is very smart,” Sorensen said on Monday. “When you are video with him, or team videos, he asks a lot of good questions.
“They have a lot of thoughtful questions, and this is usually a good sign.”
6. Sam Renejel – Nose for nuances?
Chicago BlackHoxy’s goalkeeper Spencer Night exits as Sam Rinjel Ottawa’s Ottawa, Ottario, pure purely pure grew out against Ottawa Senators during the second period at Ontario, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Canadian Press through Justin Tang/AP)
Rinjel shows the glow of maturity despite its NHL career’s nine games being old.
For example, take on Tuesday: He came to the rescue of night with a kick sev to preserve a Hawk lead.
“(Rinzel) and I was laughing about that,” Knight said. “It was a good touch by him. But it’s, okay? It has been many times where they do not go in your way, okay? And he went into our way. I believe you make your luck.
“When you do the right thing, you will finish with the strange bounce you go in your way, and I think it’s one of them.”
“He is mature,” Sorensen said about Rinjel. “We really like the fact that he wants to cook. He controls the changes and I think it is a great feature as a player, especially to come as a young player and come to do so, and you also see it with (Artiayam Levashunov).”
7. Good night?
Yes, Knight allowed three goals, but Hawks was out of 37–16. This is a problem that all weather and something that needs to be addressed in offsen.
Sorensen was not given for grand praise or strict criticism, the night said that was “unprecedented”.
“I thought it was not even close to two periods. He kept us in the game. We were a little better in the third, but we had no business in that game without it for two periods.”
Knight is raised by hand through business as a potential future netminder of Hawk, simply rolled with punches that come with hacks being a goalkeeper.
“Good,” said the former Florida Panthers Backup. “It was good to play a lot. I think it’s a good next step that I want to take. It is always about adjustment. When you play a lot and you go to play less, it’s a kind of adjustment.
“And then when you don’t play more than playing, this is also an adjustment.”
Knight said that when he is in the game, he stops the circumstances and goes with “flow”. You will hear him saying that that word often.
“You simply focus, but you almost, as you said, don’t think in a way,” Knight said.