The Hawks were unable to pass the puck out of the defensive zone cleanly — or even clear it desperately at times — in a 5-1 defeat in Florida on Saturday afternoon.
Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists, Carter Verhaeghe posted a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov added two assists of his own in a 5-1 Panthers win.
Giving the Panthers the lead, Aleksander Barkov found Sam Reinhart for a nifty backdoor tap-in from the left side of the net with a perfect cross-ice feed to make it 2-1 at 10:19. With the goal, ...
Slaggert made a high-effort play to force a breakaway off the opening face-off and he beat Sergei Bobrovsky five-hole. This is confirmed to be the fastest goal in Chicago Blackhawks history.