Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Bedard, centre, battles for the puck with Calgary Flames' Zayne Parekh, right, and Mikael Backlund during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
JMCCALGARY - Connor Bedard had a goal and three primary assists to move within one point of the NHL scoring lead as the Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Friday.
Tyler Bertuzzi, with a pair of goals, and Andre Burakovsky also scored for Chicago (7-5-3).
Coming off a season-high five-goal outburst in a win over Columbus on Wednesday, Calgary (4-10-2) returned to the scoring woes that have haunted the club most of the season.
The Flames, who were held to one or fewer goals for the sixth time, are the league's lowest-scoring team at 2.19 goals per game. They also sit last in the NHL's overall standings.
In a goaltending duel between former United States world junior hockey championship teammates, Spencer Knight made 33 stops for his first shutout as a Blackhawk and Calgary's Dustin Wolf had 23 saves.
Knight improved to 6-3-2 on the season with his sixth career shutout. Wolf fell to 4-9-1.
On the heels of his third-period hat-trick on Wednesday in Vancouver, Bertuzzi's opening goal 12:32 into the game gave him four goals in two periods.
The score remained 1-0 until Chicago put the game away with a three-goal third.
Takeaways
Blackhawks: Frank Nazar left the game late in the first period after going down awkwardly after a cross-check from Joel Farabee. The 21-year-old centre is off to a terrific start in his sophomore season with 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists). Colton Dach fought Farabee after the hit that reduced Chicago to 10 forwards. Coach Jeff Blashill has been dressing 11 forwards and seven defencemen.
Flames: With Kevin Bahl (undisclosed) unable to play, Calgary's blue line featured two rookies in Zayne Parekh and Yan Kuznetsov, who took Bahl's usual spot in the top four alongside Rasmus Andersson. It was a frisky game with blueliners MacKenzie Weegar and Joel Hanley joining Farabee as combatants in the game's three fights. Parekh (upper body) left the game after a hit from Nick Foligno.
Key Moment
The Bedard to Bertuzzi combination struck again at 1:11 in the third period to give Chicago a 2-0 lead. On a 2-on-1, Bedard sent a perfect pass across that Bertuzzi one-timed into the top corner.
Key Stat
Bedard's assist extended his scoring streak to seven games (6-9-15) and gave him 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) through 15 games. The 2023 first-overall pick is on pace to blow away the career-best 67 points he had in 82 games last season.
Up next
Blackhawks: Travel to Detroit to take on the Red Wings on Sunday.
Flames: Begin a road trip against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
This report by 好色tvwas first published Nov. 7, 2025.
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