Starting Saturday, all NHL goalies — including the Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford and Scott Darling — will be wearing new, streamlined pants. Crawford wore the new pants for the first time in Washington on Jan. 13, and he gave up 5 goals in a 6-0 loss.
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Chicago Blackhawks’ Motte getting his confidence back
The Michigan product registered an assist in his first NHL game, scored in his fifth and showed off his speed and power with a gorgeous goal against Calgary at the United Center on Nov. 1. Three games after that win over the Flames, though, Motte suffered an injury that forced him to miss five games, and he hasn’t looked the same since. Lack of production was a big reason coach Joel Quenneville made Motte watch Hawks victories over the Islanders on Thursday and Blues on Saturday as a healthy scratch.