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Kris Versteeg scored 2:38 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday night.

Dan Ellis stopped 34 shots and Dan Hamhuis, Martin Erat and Jordin Tootoo each had a goal and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 win over Chicago on Friday night.

Toews can now afford better suits Kane, Keith, and Toews are not only three really good players, they are all still relatively young.

Somewhere early in the second period Wednesday night of their dismantling of the Sharks, the Blackhawks went from being good to scary good.

When the Blackhawks hit the road on their annual Circus Trip, they took along with them coach Joel Quenneville's goal of accumulating at least seven points during the six-game swing.

The Blackhawks don't need Marian Hossa to be great right away. But he was pretty great anyway in his long-awaited debut Wednesday night against the Sharks at HP Pavilion.

When Chicago signed Marian Hossa over the summer, the joke was that the move made the Blackhawks odds-on favorites to finish as the runner-up for the Stanley Cup in 2010.

Edmonton Oilers' Liam Reddox, 85, looks on as Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, rear, watches his shot enter the net of Oilers goalie Jeff Deslauriers during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Saturday, Nov.

It's what the Chicago Blackhawks are dealing with now that they are on the verge of signing Pat Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith to long-term contract extensions.

That first matchup between Nikolai Khabibulin and Cristobal Huet -- the Blackhawks' well-paid goaltending tandem of last season -- still hasn't materialized.

Jonathan Toews scored two goals and added an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.

The re-signing of NHL stars can be like an earthquake. The aftershocks can have as much impact as the initial event.

While Chicago fans will be thrilled that Kane, Toews and Keith are all locked up long-term, the fact of the matter is that these kids are RFA's and were never a real threat to be going anywhere.

There are lots of rumors flying around the Chicago Blackhawks right now, and most of them have to do with potential player movement.

Written by: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter For those of you that remember, a Toronto Maple Leafs/Chicago Blackhawks matchup used to be a regular occurrence, a tremendous "Norris Division" battle that brought fans to their feet.

After a scorching start to the season, points have been few and far between for Brian Campbell .

The man of the hour, Troy Brouwer, celbrates his goal. The Blackhawks entered Monday night's game against the upstart Los Angeles Kings with many questions: Would Ben Eager or Jonathan Toews play? How about Dave Bolland? Is Cristobal Huet for real? And ultimately, What the hell is the matter with the powerplay? Two of those questions were answered ...

First the Blackhawks welcomed Jonathan Toews and Ben Eager back to the lineup, and then they welcomed their power play back from whatever abyss it had sunk into.

2. Ilya Bryzgalov, Coyotes: Was better in goal than counterpart Cristobal Huet. 3. Kris Versteeg, Hawks: His short-handed goal was the lone bright spot.

Something that has been pretty well established by any number of NHL analysts is that, once the ChicagoA Blackhawks are healthy, they have more talented forwards than there is ice time to satisfy.