Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks suffer ‘brutal’ loss entering bye week

Petr Mrazek made 27 saves for his second shutout of the season to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday at United Center.

Chicago (22-17-6) head coach Joel Quenneville characterized the loss as “brutal” in his postgame press conference. The Hawks enter their five-day break one point behind Dallas for the Western Conference’s second wild card spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

HAWKS

**RECAP: Red Wings shut out Hawks (SCH)

**Crawford’s mysterious absence stretches to 3 weeks (SCH)

**Franson calls waivers and AHL demotion ‘extremely frustrating’ (SCH)

**Quenneville on Hawks’ loss to Red Wings: ‘Brutal’ (Chicago Tribune)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**RECAP: Sutter, Canucks top Wild in OT (Hockey Wilderness)

**A to-do list as Blues dive into 2nd half of season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Blues at the break: Armstrong addresses issues, ponders trade (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Gordo: 5 keys to a Blues turnaround (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Veteran defenseman David Warsofsky to get his chance with Avs (The Denver Post)

NHL

**Every NHL team’s 2017-18 season bye week in one list (SBN)

**RECAP: Flames defeat Hurricanes for 7th straight win (Matchsticks and Gasoline)

**RECAP: Penguins top Rangers for 4th consecutive victory (Pensburgh)

**Cogliano’s 830-game ironman streak ends with suspension (PHT)

**Challenges of fulfilling Johnson’s trade request from Blue Jackets (The Athletic)

**Time for Melnyk to apologize to Senators fans (The Athletic)

HOCKEY WORLD

**OHL roundup: Cam Hillis scores overtime winner as Storm edge 67’s (Sportsnet)

**QMJHL roundup: Mikhnin, Dove-McFalls lead Oceanic past Sea Dogs (Sportsnet)

**WHL roundup: Howden scores OT winner as Warriors edge Tigers (Sportsnet)