The Hawks’ very light game schedule in the first half of November has given them plenty of time to work on things. But entering Sunday’s matinee at the Panthers, they needed that practice time to adapt to injuries to Jarred Tinordi, Taylor Hall and Andreas Athanasiou.
Hall, back for good from his shoulder injury, scored his first goal as a Hawk to cap an explosive first period. Goalie Petr Mrazek then helped the Hawks protect that lead en route to a 5-2 victory.
The Chicago Blackhawks activated forward Taylor Hall off the injured reserve on Saturday as the 31-year-old was in the lineup for their 5-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers.