{"id":345659,"date":"2025-12-13T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345659\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:04:08","slug":"blackhawks-bedard-injured-on-last-second-faceoff-out-for-upcoming-game-against-red-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345659\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawks\u2019 Bedard injured on last-second faceoff, out for upcoming game against Red Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS \u2014 Chicago star Connor Bedard was injured on a last-second faceoff in a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues<\/a> on Friday night and will miss the Blackhawks\u2019 game the following day.<\/p>\n

With 0.8 seconds left, Bedard attempted to win the draw to give Chicago one last chance, but he was knocked down by Blues center Brayden Schenn. He grasped at his right shoulder and immediately headed to the locker room, accompanied by a trainer, while his teammates remained on the ice and the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe won\u2019t play tomorrow,\u201d Chicago coach Jeff Blashill said of the team\u2019s game at home against Detroit on Saturday night. \u201cI won\u2019t know more info tomorrow, so don\u2019t ask me tomorrow. At some point through the weekend, I\u2019ll know more, so I\u2019d probably have more info come Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether Bedard\u2019s injury would only be short-term, Blashill offered few details.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d hate to say that without knowing the information,\u201d he said. \u201cUntil we get the information, again, he\u2019s not going to play tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bedard ranked fifth in the NHL in points heading into the game, and he assisted on both of Chicago\u2019s goals in the loss. He now has 12 goals and 25 assists.<\/p>\n

He was pushed into desperation mode when the Blues iced the puck and a half-second was put back on the clock. Blashill said he\u2019d have to see the play again, but his initial impression was that nothing dirty occurred on the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I think it\u2019s a freak accident,\u201d Blashill said, \u201cto be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS \u2014 Chicago star Connor Bedard was injured on a last-second faceoff in a 3-2 loss to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-345659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}