Alec Martinez knows the secret sauce behind Chicago Blackhawks teammate Tyler Bertuzzi’s expertise with scoring tip-ins, snappers and other net-front goals. “Probably his long hair,” Martinez told the Tribune. “It just gets in your face too much. No, I’m kidding.

Bertuzzi produced a pair of assists, five shots on goal, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Predators. Bertuzzi helped out on second-period tallies by Connor Bedard and Alec Martinez.

Tomas Hertl scored twice and had an assist, and Shea Theodore had two assists for the Golden Knights (29-14-3), who have lost three in a row and five of six (1-5-0). Ilya Samsonov made 18 saves and had an assist. It was the second of back-to-back games for Vegas, which lost 3-2 at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.

Seth Jones scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and also had two assists and Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored two power-play goals and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the slumping Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak. Seth Jones had a