NASHVILLE — The Blackhawks have been talking about starting on time for a while now. It's putting them way behind the 8-ball because they're not just going down one goal. They're giving up two or three in a short amount of time, and it's snowballing.
It happened again on Saturday night in Nashville after allowing three goals in the opening 4:11, marking the sixth game in a row the Blackhawks have failed to score first. And they're running out of ways to explain why that keeps happening.
"I don’t even know how to explain," Jonathan Toews said following a 5-2 loss to the Predators.