Fans reacted as the Chicago Blackhawks lost 4-3 in OT to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday at the United Center.

The Chicago Blackhawks are continuing their difficult rebuilding process, and find themselves in last place in the standings.

During a power play, Connor Bedard tried to split defenders at the blue line ... s feed from below the goal line with 29 seconds left in the second period, but Jordan Staal tied it again on an oddball goal with 6:23 left in regulation.

CHICAGO (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored 59 seconds into overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Monday night. Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored for Carolina in its second straight win. Staal picked up his 700th career point in game No. 1,300.

The Carolina Hurricanes acquired forwards Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall in a blockbuster three-team trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

The Carolina Hurricanes took to the road for a midweek road trip, taking on the Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars in a central division back-to-back affair.

Sebastian Aho scored 59 seconds into overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Monday night.

Nathan MacKinnon, the NHL leader in points, had tied the game with 1:08 left in the second with his 18th goal of the season. Blackwood came off for an extra skater for the last 3:27 but the Avs couldn't score.

Michigan State is no longer the No. 1-ranked NCAA men's hockey team in the country. The Spartans (19-3-2) dropped to No. 2 in the USCHO.com rankings, released on Monday. Boston College (16-4-1) moved ahead of Michigan State with a 3-1 win over Harvard and a series sweep over Providence by scores of 3-0 and 4-1.

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to earn points in a sixth consecutive game as they host the Chicago Blackhawks (16-29-5). The Canes are coming off of a 4-0 shutout victory over the New York Rangers and tonight will also be the first home games for Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall with their new club.

The trade is one of the biggest blockbusters of the NHL's Salary Cap Era, sending a perennial 90-100 point scorer to Carolina. Lost in the shuffle of this is that the Hurricanes acquired two top-six wingers in this deal.

Warning: What you are about to read has no factual basis and is not rooted in journalism, it's purely from my own mind and came to me in a kind of fever dream. What can I say, these brutal seasons are doing serious damage to my psyche, and liver..