@marklazerus.bsky.social
Senior NHL Writer, The Athletic Co-host, The Athletic Hockey Show Co-host, Powers & Laz Old enough to feel ways about stuff
The gap between the Colorado Avalanche and second place in the NHL standings is the same between second place and 25th.
24.11.2025 03:16 — 👍 39 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1Y'all are watching this field hockey national championship game, too, right? #GoCats
23.11.2025 20:02 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0WICKED FOR GOOD: Act II was always going to be a challenge to turn into a crowd pleaser, but it's a big, loud spectacle, which is what you want from this. Ariana Grande was genuinely terrific. And "For Good" remains one of the best emotional-climax songs in musical history.
23.11.2025 04:13 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Oh, and Medicare. Because it works. Nobody should ever have to decide between their health and their livelihood.
22.11.2025 18:35 — 👍 91 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I've been off the grid this week, dealing with a family emergency. Just want to say I'm grateful for skilled, compassionate nurses; bold, expert doctors; and brilliant, dedicated scientists creating the machines and meds those doctors need to save and improve people's lives.
22.11.2025 18:34 — 👍 212 🔁 8 💬 13 📌 0
From playoff hopes to Teuvo Teräväinen music videos, @scottpowers.bsky.social has 21 Blackhawks thoughts through 21 Blackhawks games:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
21 thoughts on the Blackhawks after 21 games: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
22.11.2025 15:05 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Connor Bedard's unsportsmanlike conduct led to the Blackhawks' late loss to the Kraken tonight. He accepted the blame, but Jeff Blashill thought it wasn't that simple.
My story from the United Center: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
What I'm hearing and seeing early in the Blackhawks season: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
20.11.2025 14:06 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
“Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain” episode 33
Guest: @marklazerus.bsky.social
Laz’s origin story is a fun one, and it includes the time he got an angry call from a reader on Christmas morning!
Connor Bedard’s maturity in his third NHL season continued to show up in an assortment of ways for the Blackhawks last night.
My story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Get to know Blackhawks defenseman Wyatt Kaiser on and off the ice.
Hope to make this a regular thing with all the young players coming in: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
The latest Blackhawks powers rankings from @marklazerus.bsky.social and me. From best to worst, we found 13 things to rank this time around: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
17.11.2025 13:59 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
On today's The Athletic Hockey Show with @mbultman.bsky.social and me:
– Is free agency dead?
– Eric Stephens on Adrian Kempe and the California surge
– @shaynagoldman.bsky.social on Jack Hughes, the Devils, and the teams we're most worried about (coughLEAFScough)
podfollow.com/the-athletic...
It's heady times in Chicago, and the latest Blackhawks power rankings are here.
From rising stars to returning legends and everything and everyone in between, @scottpowers.bsky.social and I survey the scene:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Sam Rinzel sits, but the Blackhawks stand tall in a comeback win over the Maple Leafs. A jam-packed postgame piece from @scottpowers.bsky.social and me:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
16.11.2025 15:17 — 👍 841 🔁 428 💬 10 📌 39
Sam Rinzel sits, Artyom Levshunov has one of his best NHL games, depth scoring comes through again and the Blackhawks defeat the Maple Leafs before the biggest crowd of the season.
Observations with @marklazerus.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Sam Rinzel sits, but the Blackhawks stand tall in a comeback win over the Maple Leafs. A jam-packed postgame piece from @scottpowers.bsky.social and me:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Jeff Blashill danced to "Come On, Eileen" during his morning-skate scrum, and did a full-blown "6-7" with hand motions during his postgame presser.
The vibes are high in Chicago.
Nick Foligno likely out four weeks or so, though that's a rough estimate, Jeff Blashill said. Sounds like he broke his hand on that shot block.
16.11.2025 03:28 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 1FINAL: Blackhawks rally for a 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs, with Teuvo Teräväinen and Colton Dach scoring in the third period.
The Blackhawks are 4-0-1 in their last five games, and 9-3-3 in their last 15.
GOAL: Dach redirects a Crevier shot from up top and it's 3-2 Hawks.
16.11.2025 02:45 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Terrific play by Nazar to win a puck battle and leave a sneaky little backhand pass for Teräväinen.
16.11.2025 02:27 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0GOAL: Teräväinen ties it up 2-2.
16.11.2025 02:26 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Nick Foligno not here for the third period after taking a shot off the hand late in the second. Blackhawks announce he's out for the rest of the game.
16.11.2025 02:18 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Foligno went to the dressing room after blocking a shot.
16.11.2025 01:58 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Not For You
The Fixer
Alive
Dark Matter
We need the Blackhawks to hire Patrick Sharp so we can get back to normal here.
Levshunov continues to be hilariously bad at the power-play drop pass. It's so unnatural to him.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
END OF PERIOD 1: It's tied 1-1. Hawks dominated the first half of the period and got a goal from Greene, Leafs dominated the second half of the period and got a goal from Robertson. Shots are 14-10 Toronto.
16.11.2025 01:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
