Chicago Blackhawks win their season finale in OT to finish 25-46-11 as Connor Bedard scores 2 goals

OTTAWA, Ontario — Connor Bedard put a stamp on his second season — and the Chicago Blackhawks’ last game of 2024-25 — with two goals in a 4-3 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday at Canadian Tire Centre.Bedard also set up Frank Nazar to put away the game 48 seconds into overtime.While it capped off an otherwise miserable season for the Hawks, who finished with the NHL’s second-worst record at 25-46-11, it teased a promise of the future.Still, everyone’s a critic.“Honestly, we weren’t great,” Bedard said. “(Goalie Spencer Knight) was unbelievable, kept us in it. We were opportunistic and that’s good, but there were a lot of areas that weren’t great. But it’s nice to get the two points.”Interim coach Anders Sörensen also downplayed the win.“Throw away this game, I guess, because it wasn’t really …” he trailed off, perhaps alluding to the Senators resting some of their stars for the playoffs.Sörensen, who went 16-30-9 after taking over from Luke Richardson in December, guided...