Overview
- Nick Foligno returned Sunday after a 19-game absence with a left-hand injury and scored his first of the season in a 7-3 loss to the Penguins.
- Chicago placed Frank Nazar on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 20, with an expected recovery of about three weeks.
- The team says Nazar was hit in the face by a shot from Senators defenseman Jordan Spence during the Dec. 20 game in Ottawa.
- Nazar, 21, has six goals and 15 assists in 33 games, ranking fourth on the Blackhawks with 21 points.
- Chicago entered Sunday at 14-17-6, and leading scorer Connor Bedard remains out with an upper-body injury pending a January re-evaluation.