"So what do the Blackhawks do now?

Marian Hossa -- arguably the Hawks' best player this season -- is expected to miss two weeks with an upper-body injury suffered Wednesday in the 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

That doesn't bode well for a team that has struggled to play a full 60 minutes and maintain its puck-possession game, but it could have been worse. Hossa's injury -- which coach Joel Quenneville wouldn't go into great detail about -- won't require surgery, and defenseman Brian Campbell (sprained right knee) is due back soon.

''It's not of a serious nature, but [Hossa is] likely out up to a couple weeks,'' Quenneville said Thursday after practice at the United Center. ''He'll be able to do some things to keep him kind of going.''"