Thursday will feature an NHL outing between the home favorite Montreal Canadiens (17-12-4, -195 on the moneyline to win) and the Chicago Blackhawks (13-14-6, +163 moneyline odds) at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Tune in to ESPN+ to see the Canadiens and the Blackhawks meet.
Canadiens vs. Blackhawks Game Info & Odds
When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
TV Channel: ESPN+
Live Stream: Fubo
Live Stream: ESPN+
Where: Bell Centre in Montréal, Quebec
Favorite: Canadiens (-195)
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That was a bad loss.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the most correct one, and that seems to apply to whatever the hell it was that transpired in Toronto on Tuesday night, as the Blackhawks turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 loss to a Maple Leafs team that seemed ready for an implosion at the end of 40 minutes.
It’s a bad loss, and the hours following it have found me in desparate attempts to avoid what’s probably my biggest pet peeve with sports media in 2025, which is how short-sighted ...
Lukas Reichel’s fresh start in Vancouver has already hit another dead end. According to Ben Kuzma of The Province , the Vancouver Canucks are once again willing to entertain trade offers for the former first-round pick, just months after acquiring him from the Chicago Blackhawks . What was supposed to be a change-of-scenery opportunity has instead turned into another reminder of how far Reichel still is from becoming the top-six scorer many projected him to be. With the Canucks ent...
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Maple Leafs 3, Blackhawks 2 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks scratch Artyom Levshunov for tardiness after Jeff Blashill’s eruption ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic )
Connor Bedard injury update articles ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Bla...
All at once, this was a vital two points, a very fitting final four minutes to the Joe Bowen tribute game, and a not-at-all-reassuring performance by the Maple Leafs overall. This was the actual reality of this performance for the vast majority of the game: Irrelevant if they come back in this game, too. That […]
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The Chicago Blackhawks squandered a two-goal lead, allowing three unanswered goals in the final 10 minutes — including two of them just eight seconds apart — to fall 3–2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in Canada.
The Blackhawks opened the scoring midway through the first period. After Dominic Toninato won a faceoff, Wyatt Kaiser picked up the puck, skated in, and beat Joseph Woll with a slick wrister from the high slot to give the Blackhawks a 1–0 lead.
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Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, which improved the Maple Leafs’ record to 15-12-5. On the team’s start to the game: Actually, the first part of the first period wasn’t a terrible start. It was actually a good start to the game. We gave up a shorthanded […]
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Game Preview
With Joseph Woll back in the net and Connor Bedard out for Chicago, this is a game the Maple Leafs really need to win — for the response after the Edmonton loss, for the points in the standings, and for Joe Bowen on his special night (7:00 p.m. EST, TSN4). Game Day Quotes Max Domi […]
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The Chicago Blackhawks travel north to Toronto as the Blackhawks and Maple Leafs each try to put an end to a two-game losing skid.
The Leafs’ season to date has been defined by inconsistency and unmet expectations: instead of sitting comfortably in the Atlantic mix, they find themselves a handful of spots outside the playoff picture, stuck in the muddled middle of the Eastern Conference. The wins haven’t come in bunches, defensive lapses have been a recurring issue, and the overall produc...
After the morning skate, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill confirmed that rookie defenseman Artyom Levshunov will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday night in Toronto.
Levshunov was late getting to the rink for practice on Monday, so it was disciplinary — not based on his play. This is another reminder that this season is about setting standards for everyone involved. I like the move by head coach Jeff Blashill.
It helps that the Blackhawks called up a seventh defenseman before th...
On Tuesday morning, Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas dropped a new edition of their “32 Thoughts” podcast that is highlighted by an interview with Blackhawks forwards Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar after the Blackhawks arrived in Toronto on Monday. The conversation started around 10:15 into the episode.
Bedard traveled with the team for their three-game swing in Canada. The first question, obviously, went to Bedard about his injury.
“It’s a shoulder thing,” Bedard said to open the...
I will preface this discussion by saying the Blackhawks have zero point zero issue with the top of their depth chart in net. Spencer Knight is the present and future for the Chicago Blackhawks. Full stop. He’s the good.
Behind Knight on the depth chart? Blackhawks fans are talking…
For those wondering how long Laurent Brossoit would be in Rockford… that initial clock expired. He was recalled from Rockford and was on the ice with the Blackhawks in Chicago before they flew to Toronto. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been made -223 favorites over the Chicago Blackhawks (+183) playing on home ice on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
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Maple Leafs vs. Blackhawks Favorite, Moneyline, Total
Favorite: Maple Leafs (-223)
Underdog: Blackhawks (+183)
Total: 5.5
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Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Time: 7 p.m. ET
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BLACKHAWKS
Connor Bedard injury update articles ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic ) ( Fels )
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Blackhawks could lean on in Connor Bedard’s absence ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun...
The news isn’t great, but it certainly could’ve been worse, too.
After practice on Monday, Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill provided an injury update on Connor Bedard, who suffered an apparent injury to his right shoulder while taking a faceoff in the closing seconds of Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues. According to Blashill, Bedard is not expected back for this calendar year and will be re-evaluated when the calendar flips to 2026.
Connor Bedard will be reevaluated after the ...
The Nashville Predators are on a clear path to rebuilding and tearing it all down, much like the Chicago Blackhawks did before getting lucky with Connor Bedard and what the San Jose Sharks did, trading or moving on from all of their old core and old regime. The Predators need this. Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg, and Juuse Saros are three great pieces to have, but the team hasn't been built well around them and they missed their shot at a Stanley Cup because the door slammed shut last offseason af...
The Blackhawks announced some roster moves before practice on Monday morning in Chicago.
Connor Bedard (upper body) was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 12.
Defenseman Ethan Del Mastro was recalled from Rockford.
Goaltender Laurent Brossoit was recalled from Rockford.
After practice, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill said Bedard “will be reevaluated after the New Year.” The Blackhawks have seven games between now and the end of the calendar year, an...
Head coach Jeff Blashill has spoken about Frank Nazar playing well and staying committed to the process… but the Blackhawks need Nazar to find the back of the net again.
Since Nazar returned from his injury on Nov. 15, he is tied with Ryan Greene for third among Blackhawks forwards in shot attempts at 5-on-5 (43) and ranks fifth o the roster in individual scoring chances (23). He has an individual expected goals of 1.88, which ranks sixth on the Blackhawks at even strength. Nazar’s six 5-...
Let’s start with where the game began last night. I made Wayne Messmer my No. 1 star in my postgame thoughts last night because the Blackhawks weren’t great ( got shutout ). But that was truly a great moment. The Blackhawks are really doing a great job with their Centennial celebration, but not everything you would love to see celebrated can be possible. One of the things I didn’t think was possible was Messmer coming back to a Blackhawks game to sing the anthem. Last night, he did — right nex...
The Blackhawks didn’t do much of anything on offense while being shut out 4-0 by the Red Wings on Saturday night at the United Center.
On a night when the giveaway was a Chris Chelios bobblehead, perhaps there was no more fitting development early on than a pair of Hawks scoring the first two goals for Detroit. Alex DeBrincat was up first, tallying just 55 seconds into the game:
Detroit goal!
Scored by Alex DeBrincat with 19:05 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Andrew Copp a...
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Game Preview
Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill talked roughly seven hours before the Blackhawks host the Red Wings on Saturday. That isn’t a normal timeline for a head coach talking on the second day of a back-to-back with travel between games and no morning skate; usually the coach will talk a couple hours before the game starts.
Obviously, the circumstances were slightly different for the Blackhawks head coach on Saturday. His best player, Connor Bedard , suffered an injury inside the final second...
After much internal discussion, we’ve finally settled on a time and place to get together with as many of the SCH commentariat is willing to venture to the South Loop on a school night.
Let’s get to the specifics:
Who?
The people reading this, hopefully.
What?
A Second City Hockey watch party! Didn’t you read the headline?
When?
Tuesday, Dec. 16 when the Blackhawks host the Maple Leafs at 6 p.m.
Where?
Flo & Santos, located at 1310 S. Wabash Avenue ...
The Blackhawks return to the United Center on Saturday night to host the Detroit Red Wings about 24 hours after a miserable night in St. Louis was made significantly worse in the game’s closing seconds.
We’ll get to Detroit in a bit because the more pressing issues deal with the home team in this game. Chicago lost 3-2 to the Blues last night but — more importantly — lost Connor Bedard to an apparent shoulder injury in the game’s closing seconds. Word on the severity of his injury won’t c...