Greg Boysen’s latest column finds a silver lining in Saturday’s 4-0 loss to Dallas: after allowing five goals on its first 13 times shorthanded, Chicago’s penalty kill has given up just one in its last nine chances, climbing to 73.9%.
Boysen notes the unit was second in the league last season at 83.6% but lost several regulars, including Connor Murphy, Nick Foligno and Jason Dickinson, so this year will test whether that success was about the personnel or Jeff Blashill’s system. The rest of his takeaways are for All CHGO Diehard members.