Colton Dach fought Farabee shortly after the incident, stepping in for his teammate before the end of the first. After the game, head coach Jeff Blashill addressed Nazar’s status and provided a brief update on his injury, urging patience.

Frank Nazar was the headline for a while. When he crumpled to the ice after a cross-check to the knee from Calgary’s Joel Farabee in the first period, the Blackhawks’ second-line center grabbed his left leg and struggled to get up, skating off very slowly on mostly one leg.

Connor Bedard had a goal and three assists, Spencer Knight stopped 33 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-0

Former Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville has the Ducks flying atop the Pacific while onetime Windy City legend Jonathan Toews is back skating for Winnipeg.

The Vancouver Canucks (7-7-0) return home after a successful road trip to take on the Chicago Blackhawks (5-5-3). This will be the second meeting between these two teams, with Vancouver winning 3-2 in a shootout last month. A win would bring the Canucks home record back to .500, as they are currently 2-3-0 at Rogers Arena this season.

The Blackhawks were widely expected to be one of the two worst teams in the league. Eight games in, they look much better than that.

The Lukas Reichel trade to Vancouver was just the tip of the iceberg, because the Hawks will inevitably need to — and want to — ship out some homegrown prospects in the coming years.

The Detroit Red Wings received some encouraging news this week. Former Chicago Blackhawks veteran forward Patrick Kane was back on the ice for a whole team practice.