Overview
- The Blackhawks beat the Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday at UBS Arena, with 18-year-old Anton Frondell logging his first NHL point on an assist.
- Connor Bedard ceded the ceremonial opening faceoff to Frondell, a small on-ice welcome caught on video.
- Frondell skated on Chicago’s top line with Bedard and Ryan Greene in his first game.
- Goaltender Arvid Soderblom turned aside 44 of 47 shots, holding off a late Islanders push.
- Chicago’s kids drove the result as Nick Lardis posted his first three-point game, Frank Nazar added multiple points, and prospect Sacha Boisvert cleared his work visa with his debut expected on this road trip.