Arvid Soderblom made 30 saves and Taylor Hall also had an assist for Chicago (1-1-0), who left the game with an upper-body injury in the second period. Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said Hall will play every week.
“The first two periods, there was nothing else going on. [Bedard’s] It’s a goal,” Richardson said. “We were a little sloppy and our game was choppy today. I think our scoring chances were 3-2 until the end of the second period. Neither side was making much progress offensively.”
Bedard gave Chicago a 1-0 lead 5:37 into the first period. He dropped the puck to Ryan Donato in front of the blue line, received the return pass inside the right circle, and fired a sharp shot to Ullmark. It was saved by the Bruins’ goalie, but Bedard collected the rebound, slid around the edge of the net and tucked a wraparound shot just inside the left post.
Bedard (18 years and 86 days) is the third-youngest player in Blackhawks history, behind Grant Mulvey (18 years and 32 days, October 19, 1974) and Eddie Olczyk (18 years and 56 days). Scored his first NHL goal. October 11, 1984).
Frederick tied the score at 1-1 at the 11:22 mark of the first on Brandon Carlo’s chip shot. Matthew Poitras, making his NHL debut, provided the secondary assist on this play.
“[Carlo’s] He’s always looking for chips and I think I chipped in a few last year,” Frederick said. “Not everyone goes in, but he’s definitely a good shot. … It was a good play for him.”
At 13:09 of the second period, Pastrnak put the Bruins up 2-1. Milan Lucic sent a backhand feed to Pastrnak in the left faceoff circle, and the shot ended up under Söderblom’s glove.
