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The Chicago Blackhawks have seen the number nine a few times in the past few days. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been too lucky.

The Buffalo Sabres hosted a Hawks team that was tired from both being on a back-to-back and blowing a 2-0 lead to the Seattle Kraken the day before. The Sabres dealt the Hawks nine goals in their 9-3 win on Friday.

The Hawks returned home to kick off their second four-game homestand. Maybe they could rest a little and get things going again?

Not with the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche coming to town. It still was a huge opportunity for the Hawks to bounce back in the best way possible.

The home team did make the Avalanche look human. They didn’t make them look beatable, though, as Colorado left the United Center as

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