Arvid Soderblom recorded the first shutout as the Blackhawks beat Mammoth.


NHL: Chicago Blackhawks at Utah MammothMarch 1, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Mammoth right winger JJ Peterka (77) shoots wide of Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Avid Soderblom (40) during the second quarter at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Image

Arvid Soderblom made 22 saves for his first career shutout and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Utah Mammoth 4-0 on Sunday in Salt Lake City.

It was Soderblom’s 104th career game.

Teuvo Teravainen had a power-play goal and a deficit, while Nick Foligno and Landon Slaggert also scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

They have also lost five of their previous six.

It was the second game of the back-to-back and the third of Chicago’s four-game road trip.

Karel Beymelka stopped 24 shots for the Mammoths, who lost for the second time in their last five games.

The contest was also the first of three contests between the two teams in 12 days.

The Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead on Teravainen’s power play goal with 55 seconds left in the first half.

Tyler Bertuzzi stole the puck in front of the net from Mammoth defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and Teravainen had Bertuzzi’s shot blocked after it rebounded between Vejmelka and the post from down the right circle.

This was Chicago’s third power play opportunity at the time.

Foligno and Slaggert scored 1:29 apart in the second period to make it 3-0.

Foligno picked up a loose puck in front of the Utah net and fired a backhand shot around Vejmalka for the 250th goal of the Blackhawks captain’s 19-season career with 8:22 left in the second.

Slaggert entered territory on the right wing, made a lunge, cut to the middle and placed an innocuous-looking screen shot in the high slot area that missed Vejmelka’s glove with 6:53 left in the middle period.

Teravainen’s second goal came just 1:25 into the third period. He beat Vejmelka in the high slot after receiving a pass from defender Alex Vlasic. It was the first shorthanded goal allowed by Mammoth this season.

Blackhawks defenseman Sam Rinzel missed his second straight game due to illness.

–Field level media

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