Blackhawks Announce Roster Move Amid Nick Foligno’s Return

In addition to Nazar’s absence, the Blackhawks are still without leading scorer and franchise player Connor Bedard, who remains out until at least early January. Forward Ilya Mikheyev also missed his second straight game due to the birth of his child.

The roster move cleared space for the return of the 38-year-old Foligno, who had missed 19 games due to a left-hand injury.

Foligno made an impact in his first game back, scoring his first goal of the season in the second period of the game against the Penguins on Sunday, after redirecting a shot from Colton Dach.

The goal, however, was one of the few highlights in a lopsided 7–3 loss as Pittsburgh scored four times on its first seven shots and was already up 4-0 at the 12:03 mark of the first period.

Chicago entered the night coming off a shootout win over the Dallas Stars in the first game back after the holiday break, snapping a six-game skid. Sunday’s defeat brought the Blackhawks back to the losing column and marked their 10th loss in 12 games played this month.

The Blackhawks fell to 2–10-0 in that span and will wrap up the 2025 calendar year with a game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday.