Chicago Blackhawks News

Despite being completely healthy, Teuvo Teravainen finds himself the odd man out of Chicago's roster for opening night in Vegas and is expected to be a healthy scratch. The 32-year-old is entering his 14th NHL season and has not appeared in fewer than 68 games in any of his last five NHL seasons. He is coming off a 14-goal, 35-point campaign across 75 games played in 2025-26 and will hope to find himself back in Chicago's lineup soon.

After starting 55 games in 2025-26, Spencer Knight is unsurprisingly expected to take the crease for Chicago's season opener in Vegas after occupying the starter's crease at morning skate. The 25-year-old American netminder enjoyed an up-and-down season in his first campaign as Chicago's starter last year, posting a 19-25-11 record, 2.82 GAA and .902 SV%. He will head to Vegas to take on the Golden Knights, who are coming off a Game 6 loss to Carolina in the Stanley Cup Final last season.

Greenway tweaked a lower-body injury, practiced Wednesday, and is out day-to-day. The 29-year-old Greenway, entering his first season with the Blackhawks, has dealt with injury concerns over his career, including playing only 74 games in his past two seasons combined.

Kane will return to Chicago for a 17th season after the team announced they had signed the 37-year-old, 3-time Stanley Cup Champion to a two-year contract worth $8 million AAV ($16M total). The American forward left Chicago in 2022-23 and has spent the last three seasons in Detroit, where he averaged 54 points in 63 games per season. He is expected to play a key role in the Blackhawks' top-six this season.

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2026-08-14T16:24:44.306Z

Video was circulating last week of Connor Bedard going down favourably holding his shoulder at a skate and Chicago announced Wednesday that their star forward underwent successful shoulder surgery and is expected to miss approximately four months. The 20-year-old will likely miss the beginning of the regular season and is entering his 4th NHL season in Chicago after putting up career highs in nearly all categories in 2025-26, including goals (30), assists (45), points (75) and SOG (226).

Commesso was drafted 46th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and has drawn into a handful of games for the team over the past two seasons. That said, the 23-year-old goalie spent most of the 2025-26 season in the AHL, where he posted a serviceable 3.08 GAA and .901 SV% in 37 games (13-20-2) with the Rockford IceHogs.