Dave Bolland News

The Los Angeles Kings begin a five-game road trip tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center.

October went just fine for the Blackhawks. They were in first place in the Central Division at the end of the month for the first time since 1992, and they did it with Marian Hossa and Adam Burish out, Ben Eager missing 11 games, Jonathan Toews four, Brent Seabrook two and Dave Bolland one.

October went just fine for the Blackhawks. No doubt about it. They were in first place in the Central Division at the end of the first month of the season for the first time since 1992, and they did it with Marian Hossa and Adam Burish not playing at all, Ben Eager missing 11 games, Jonathan Toews missing four, Brent Seabrook two and Dave Bolland ...

A number of sources areA reporting that 36-year old center Peter Forsberg, currently playing withA Team Sweden in the Karjala Cup, is trying to make a comeback to the NHL.

For the first time since the 1991-92 season, the Chicago Blackhawks are in first place at the end of October.

Three stars: 1. Dave Bolland, Hawks. Scored a goal and was a key defensively as a penalty-killer; played 20 minutes, more than any other Chicago forward.

Before last year, then- Chicago Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon gave Dustin Byfuglien a three-year, $9 million contract that raised a few eyebrows.

Pekka Rinne made 22 saves to record his first shutout of the season, and Joel Ward's goal in the second period lifted Nashville to a 2-0 win over Chicago.Rinne recorded his eighth career shutout in only his 55th career start for the Predators, who had lost four straight to Chicago, including two this season.

With Jonathan Toews out of the lineup, John Madden has picked up some new stitching on his Blackhawks sweater.

Dave Bolland and Troy Brouwer scored firs- period goals for Chicago Monday and the Blackhawks went on to defeat the Minnesota Wild 3-1. Minnesota's goal came on a shot by Andrew Brunette early in the third period and Chicago's Patrick Kane completed the scoring later in the third.

Patrick Kane scored a spectacular third-period goal just 3:25 after Minnesota had made it a one-goal game and the Chicago Blackhawks went on to win 3-1 Monday night, dropping the Wild to 0-8 on the road.

The London Knights have long been a producer of professional grade talent in the hockey world.

Here's the moment everyone in the NHL is going to be talking about in the morning: Willie Mitchell's clean, but devastating hit on Jonathan Toews in Chicago on Wednesday night as the Blackhawks hosted the Canucks.

After rallying from a five-goal deficit earlier in the week, being down a mere two scores didn't appear to be much of an obstacle for the Blackhawks .

The United Center boo birds came after Cristobal Huet again Saturday night, and with some reason.

On Saturday night, the red-hot Chicago Blackhawks were cooled off by their own goalie.

Nikolai Khabibulin knew exactly what to expect from the talented Chicago Blackhawks, who shoot from everywhere and aggressively crash the net.

On Opening Night, the ChicagoA Blackhawks brought out some of their greatest players and then gave fans a thrilling victory after the longest shoot out in the history of the organization.

Patrick Sharp #10 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates towards the puck as Scott Hannan #22 of the Colorado Avalanche reaches from the side and Chris Stewert #25 of the Avalanche waits behind on October 10, 2009 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers at the United Center, 7:30 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet Radio: WGN 720-AM What to watch: The Hawks are expecting to face former teammate Nikolai Khabibulin for the fist time since he left as a free agent.