The Latest Breaking News from Lukas Reichel

Hall’s attempt to play through his left shoulder injury hasn’t worked; he’ll now miss at least a few games. But Kurashev is set to take his place in the Hawks’ lineup Tuesday (albeit not on the same line) after recovering from a wrist injury.

The Hawks changed all but one forward line and defensive pairing entering Saturday’s loss to the Golden Knights. With Philipp Kurashev nearing a return from injury, they also surprisingly sent Guttman down to Rockford.

The Hawks’ ugly loss Thursday ended their opening road trip on a sour note, but they still exceeded expectations by winning two games on it. Here’s what we learned from the the team’s mixed bag of results.

Connor Bedard, Lukas Reichel and Cole Guttman have each won less than 35% of their draws so far this season. But that’s not surprising, given the faceoff learning curve is often one of the toughest for players adjusting to the NHL.

The Hawks failed to score on seven power-play opportunities and allowed a critical shorthanded goal in a 3-2 defeat Saturday. The unit is now 0-for-14 in three games this season.

Athanasiou has been bumped up to Lukas Reichel’s line after slowly recovering from an illness. Plus, other notes on Cole Guttman and Connor Bedard.

Taylor Hall’s injury seems less significant than originally feared. But Hall won’t play Saturday against the Canadiens, allowing Raddysh to be promoted into his first-line spot next to Bedard and Ryan Donato.

After two years of bouncing between the NHL and AHL, Reichel is set to be a full-time center with the Hawks this season. He’ll need to continue improving his defensive and faceoff abilities, but his production late last season — 15 points in 23 games — set an encouraging pace.

Kyle Davidson has argued that Kane and Toews’ presences were so enormous that they inadvertently prevented any young Hawks players from growing into leaders themselves.

The Hawks are “very close” to being done, with defensive depth being the only box left to check — and they might wait until training camp to add it. RFA Philipp Kurashev filed for salary arbitration Wednesday, but that was expected.

Reichel will head back to Rockford — a bit earlier than planned — after the Blackhawks’ game Saturday against the Kraken. Taylor Raddysh, meanwhile, will miss the season’s final week with a groin injury.