{"id":904101,"date":"2026-11-03T06:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/904101\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:28:08","slug":"kane-leaves-game-for-blackhawks-with-upper-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/904101\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane leaves game for Blackhawks with upper-body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kane\u2019s last shift came at 14:53 of the second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to go see how he\u2019s doing, see if he\u2019s all right,\u201d forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/frank-nazar-8483493\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Nazar<\/a>\u00a0said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened, if it was in this game, wish I saw it and done something. Obviously hope he\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago coach Jeff Blashill said after the game that Kane is \u201cgoing to miss the next couple of games, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kane has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 15 games, second on the\u00a0Blackhawks behind captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/connor-bedard-8484144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Bedard<\/a>\u00a0with 10 points (four goals, six assists). His eight assists lead the Blackhawks. He\u2019s averaging 18:02 of ice time this season, third among Blackhawks forwards behind Bedard (20:35) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/roman-kantserov-8484390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Kantserov<\/a>\u00a0(18:24).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt goes without saying, he\u2019s one of the heartbeats of this team, the guy we lean on so much, on and off the ice,\u201d Bedard said. \u201cThe biggest thing is we just hope he\u2019s fine and hope he\u2019s ready to go as soon as possible. But it\u2019s a huge loss. He\u2019s Patrick Kane, so goes without saying and we hope he\u2019s back as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old is in his second stint with the Blackhawks after signing a two-year, $16 million contract ($8 million average annual value) with them on June 23. The No. 1 pick by the Blackhawks in the 2007 NHL Draft, Kane helped lead Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Kane has 1,409 points (509 goals, 900 assists) in 1,384 career games with the Blackhawks, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n<p>He scored his 500th goal on Jan. 8 and broke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/mike-modano-8449645\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Modano<\/a>\u2019s record for points by a United States-born player with No. 1,375 on Jan. 29. Kane reached 1,400 points on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>Kane got his 900th career assist on forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/anton-frondell-8485391\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Frondell<\/a>\u2019s first goal in the Blackhawks\u2019 5-4 overtime loss against the Boston Bruins on Saturday. Kane is the 21st player in NHL history and the first United States-born player to reach that milestone. He trails only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/sidney-crosby-8471675\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sidney Crosby<\/a>\u00a0of the Pittsburgh Penguins (1,113) in assists among active players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a loss but again, this is the NHL so you\u2019re going to lose guys and you have to find a way for other guys to step in,\u201d Blashill said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kane\u2019s last shift came at 14:53 of the second. \u201cWe have to go see how he\u2019s doing, see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-904101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}