from Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times,

Already down their No. 1 goaltender, the Blackhawks lost their No. 2 center. Then they suffered their No. 3 defeat in a row, 5-2 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Artem Anisimov left the game midway through the first period and “might miss some time” with an upper-body injury, according to Joel Quenneville. He said the Hawks will have a better idea on a timetable on Friday.

Anisimov’s absence loomed large on a team that was already painfully thin down the middle, but it was another poor night on the power play that doomed the Hawks in this one. The Hawks went 1-of-5 with the man-advantage — actually an improvement after going six straight games without a power-play goal, and carrying a 2-of-42 stretch out of the Christmas break — including some putrid efforts marked by poor passing, botched entries, and a complete lack of a net-front presence (which is often Anisimov’s job).

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