The Blackhawks lost captain Nick Foligno late in the second period when he was hit near the left hand on a shot by Toronto defenseman Jake McCabe.
“Nick’s going to be out, I’d say, (an) extended period of time,” Blashill said. “Probably if I was to estimate, it’d be like four weeks. Might be a little less, might be a little more. I don’t love putting timelines on it, but it’s not six months, but it’s not two days. You saw the block. It’s unfortunate. He’s a tough, tough customer so when he came off like that, I knew he was in trouble.”
Joseph Woll made 29 saves in his season debut, and Nicholas Robertson and Morgan Rielly scored for the Maple Leafs (8-9-2), who have lost five in a row (0-4-1).
Woll missed Toronto’s first 18 games for personal reasons.
“It’s great getting back in,” said Woll, who came off a conditioning stint with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. “It’s a pretty cool spot to play on a Saturday night. It’s pretty awesome with the anthem and stuff. It was a good match, down to the wire. We just didn’t get it done.
“I felt like I was building off the two (games) with the Marlies and felt pretty solid in net, like I was moving well, seeing the puck well.”
Greene gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 11:05 of the first period. Defenseman Artyom Levshunov circled the offensive zone and skated into the right face-off circle before making a cross-ice pass to Greene, who scored from the bottom of the left circle.
Robertson tied it 1-1 at 19:12. John Tavares circled the net and had his attempt stopped by Knight, but the puck slid off Knight’s stick and Robertson scored from in front.
Rielly gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead at 9:37 of the second period. He retrieved the puck in front of the net after a shot by Oliver Ekman-Larsson was deflected and knocked it in high to Knight’s glove side.
“We’re having a hard time closing games out,” Rielly said. “When you’re going through a stretch like that, it’s almost self-fulfilling. It’s just little mistakes that are costing us I think overall, the game tonight, the way we played, we had some good things going on.”
Teravainen tied it at 5:12 of the third. Frank Nazar made a backhand pass from the right boards to Teravainen, who moved through the slot and scored on a backhand-to-forehand move.
“He’s one of the smartest players I’ve ever played with,” Nazar said of Teravainen. “He just knows where to go. He’s got unreal touch. His toe drag was just disgusting for that goal. I think all year and last year, just the plays -- he reads off guys super well, so he knows if I’m building speed or if I’m pushing to an area, where to lay pucks, how to put spin -- the spin on the puck, it’s crazy. He knows it all. I don’t know if he knows it or it just happens, but he’s just extremely smart and I don’t know, just been able to mesh well.”
