Saros stopped 24 of 26 shots in Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over the Blackhawks. Saros bounced back after losing his previous two starts, and even though he needed a shootout to get the win, he still found a way to get back to winning ways.

The Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a 1-0 deficit in the first period with two goals in the second, but they lost 3-2 in a shootout. Connor Bedard scored for the second straight game.

Saros has started three of the last six games heading into action Thursday, after starting 30 of the first 37 games of the season. Saros has a 9-18-6 mark with four shutouts, a 2.78 GAA and a .903 save percentage in 33 appearances this season. The Blackhawks are averaging only 2.55 goals per game, 30th in the NHL in 2024-25.

The Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 after a shootout. Filip Forsberg's late goal - the 300th of his career - made it happen.

Vegas. Juuse Saros could be back in Nashville's net to face the Blackhawks even though he has allowed 15 goals while losing four of his last five games. Meanwhile, Chicago's Petr Mrazek (3.25 GAA ...

The Predators went 7-0-1 vs. the Blackhawks in 2020-21, their most wins against Chicago in a single season in team history. Nashville outscored Chicago 25-14, allowing two-or-fewer goals in seven of those contests. The team’s seven wins against Chicago in 2020-21 were its most vs. a single opponent in a season since 2007-08 (seven vs. Columbus).

Nashville went 3-for-3 in the team's first shootout of the season with goals from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly Steven Stamkos,

The Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators haven’t had much to cheer about this season, sitting in the last two spots in the Central Division. There aren’t many teams out of the playoff picture in the league,

Alex Bump scored two goals for No. 4 Western Michigan in a 5-1 win over North Dakota on Saturday night in Grand Forks, N.D.

WASHINGTON — Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

NOTES: Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault has a six-game point streak (six assists). … Bedard has 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) and became the second teenager in Blackhawks history with multiple 40-point seasons ( Eddie Olczyk, 1984-85, 1985-86).