The Chicago Blackhawks flew back to the Windy City on Monday after finishing their six-game road trip. Goaltender Arvid Söderblom said it after his 45-save performance in the 5-1 win against the Red Wings in Detroit — they were ready to come home.

Things looked bleak for the Hawks at first. A 6-3 drubbing in Winnipeg — with Jets’ Jonathan Toews ‘ point against the Hawks throwing salt on the wound — an overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers and 60 minutes of nothing at the Seattle Kraken left the Hawks 0-2-1 to begin the trip.

The next three road games against the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Red Wings could’ve broken their season early. Lose in those three and the Hawks find themselves back in Gavin McKenna jersey edits.

Instead, the team came back to Fifth Third Arena

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