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What to know about Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group

Wagner forces have played a key role in the fight for Bakhmut, in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

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Blackhawks’ captaincy conundrum: Seth Jones, Connor Murphy or no one?

Jonathan Toews’ exit opens the Hawks’ captain position for the first time in 15 years. Jones and Murphy are respectable candidates, but it’s also possible the Hawks leave the position vacant — as many other teams are doing.

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Andreas Athanasiou’s late-season surge with Blackhawks sets him up nicely for free agency

Athanasiou finished the season on a tear after moving to center. He will get a bigger contract as a pending UFA again this summer — and that raise could come with the Hawks, who will need to spend money.

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Blackhawks turnovers feed Kraken offense in high-scoring loss

The Hawks lost for the 10th time in their last 11 games Saturday as the Kraken pulled away, 7-3. The Hawks now sit in a two-way tie for last place in the NHL thanks to the Ducks earning a point.

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Kraken show no backing off with playoff berth clinched, batter Blackhawks

SEATTLE — Already playoff-bound, the Seattle Kraken let the Chicago Blackhawks have it anyway, 7-3 on Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena.

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Analyzing most encouraging, discouraging aspects of Blackhawks’ season

From Lukas Reichel to Luke Richardson, this loss-laden Hawks season has still produced plenty of pleasant surprises. But other areas — like the overall offense — haven’t been so pretty.

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Blackhawks shut out by Canucks as own-goal epidemic continues

The Canucks slipped past the Hawks 3-0 on Thursday, scoring once off Seth Jones’ stick. Goals like that have been extremely common this year against the Hawks, who remained tied for last place.

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Blackhawks juggling overcrowded defensive corps as they begin final road trip

The last-place Hawks are bringing nine defensemen to face the Flames, Canucks and Kraken. Alex Vlasic and Wyatt Kaiser have begun spending time alongside Seth Jones, while Nikita Zaitsev has somehow cemented a role above Andreas Englund.

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Alex Vlasic, Wyatt Kaiser gaining valuable NHL experience during Blackhawks’ final stretch

With both prospects in the lineup Tuesday — plus Seth Jones, of course — the Hawks’ defense now actually bears a slight resemblance to its post-rebuild form. Vlasic is expected to make roughly five more appearances before returning to Rockford for their playoff run.

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Blackhawks’ Connor Murphy focusing on ‘big message’ for Pride Night, despite lack of jerseys

Murphy, Seth Jones and Hawks coach Luke Richardson commented Thursday on the Hawks’ organizational decision not to wear Pride jerseys on Pride Night on Sunday.

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Blackhawks hope power play’s improvement against Coyotes sparks better stretch run

Caleb Jones scored and the Hawks’ power-play units produced a season-high 21 shots Saturday. Considering their 11.6% conversion rate since Dec. 4 ranks last in the NHL, they need that to build momentum.

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Blackhawks’ Seth, Caleb Jones building even more chemistry as first-pairing partners

The brothers have been paired together since late February and have played well. A play Thursday against the Predators exemplified how they use their skating abilities to their advantage.

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Blackhawks notes: Jarred Tinordi fills in as alternate captain in Connor Murphy’s absence

Receiving the “A” — albeit temporarily — indicates how much of an impact Tinordi’s leadership has made in a short time on the Hawks.

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Blackhawks lose to Predators while starting to integrate new players

The Hawks failed to score in the last 59 minutes Saturday and suffered their fourth consecutive loss. Their struggles were hardly surprising, given the substantial changes in the roster coach Luke Richardson is working with.

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Tyler Johnson hasn’t let parade of injuries affect positive attitude

Johnson played just his 50th Hawks game in two seasons Friday, having missed 82 due to a variety of ailments. He has remained positive and mentally engaged through it all, though.

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Blackhawks edge Coyotes in overtime as Jaxson Stauber makes history

The Hawks’ 4-3 victory Friday made Stauber the first Hawks goalie ever to win his first three starts. Caleb Jones, Andreas Athanasiou and Boris Katchouk all enjoyed big nights, as well.

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Blackhawks rep Seth Jones scores, but Central Division again falls short of All-Star title

This year’s All-Star weekend in Florida lacked energy and pizzazz. But Jones still looked like one of the more eager participants Saturday, tallying three points.

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Seth Jones powering Blackhawks’ offense but struggling with zone-entry defense

Jones enjoyed his most productive stretch this month since spring 2018 with the Blue Jackets. However, his tendency to “back up” on opponents’ offensive zone entries remains an issue.

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Blackhawks tanking update: Winning surge did surprisingly little damage

The Hawks’ streak of six wins in seven games — now firmly in the past after consecutive lethargic losses — did move them out of last place in the NHL, but only barely. With 36 games left, there’s plenty of time to slide back down again.

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Seth Jones’ late heroics lift Blackhawks past Sabres in overtime

Jones scored both the game-tying and game-winning goals, doubling his season goal total in a four-minute span, as the Hawks rallied for a 4-3 victory.

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The story of Petr Mrazek’s unlikely friendship with Petr Cech

Cech joined Hawks practice on the ice Tuesday after some soccer antics with Mrazek and teammates Monday. The 40-year-old former Chelsea and Arsenal star now plays third-division professional hockey in England.

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Frogs vs. ’Dawgs: Can TCU give Georgia hell? After the best semis ever, don’t doubt it

But the Horned Frogs are 12½-point underdogs, the largest spread for the season finale in nine years of the College Football Playoff.

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Jake McCabe’s quietly strong season driven by gap control, shot-blocking

McCabe played one of his best games Friday and has been arguably the Hawks’ best defenseman all season. But he has become the right player at the wrong time.

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Seth Jones has no disillusions about hollow All-Star selection

Someone from the last-place Hawks had to be chosen, and Jones was the lucky — or unlucky — man. He’s now headed to Florida on Feb. 3-4, but he remains dissatisfied with his actual performance this season.

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Lightning strike late to open road trip with win in Chicago

CHICAGO — Opening their three-game road trip Tuesday night against the league’s worst team, the Lightning had plenty of opportunities to pull away from the Blackhawks at the United Center, but found themselves going into the final period of regulation still deadlocked at 1.

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