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Teravainen disappointed in his play in Hawks' opener

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Viktor Svedberg will make his NHL debut Friday.

Before Wednesday's season opener against the Rangers, I asked Jonathan Toews if he and Marian Hossa give pointers and tips to a new linemate in order to help him feel more comfortable.

Toews said he definitely does, but that maybe that's not always best.

“I think that's my problem sometimes, that I talk too much to a guy that comes on my line,” Toews said. “For a guy like Turbo, I just want him to play with confidence and don't have to worry about getting the puck to either myself or Hoss.”

So he was quiet and didn't say much to Teuvo Teravainen during the Hawks' 3-2 loss, right?

Well, not exactly.

“When you do a bad thing on the ice and he's yelling or something, it's not (a good) feeling,” Teravainen said. “But he's trying to make us better.”

Teravainen scored the Hawks' second goal against the Rangers and had numerous other scoring opportunities, but the 21-year-old Finn was nonetheless disappointed in his play.

Here are the three biggest moments Teravainen would love to have back:

• With 8:15 left in the second period, Toews left the puck to a trailing Teravainen, but instead of shooting with Toews now in front of him, Teravainen tried a little touch pass to Hossa.

From there, nothing developed and the Rangers regained control.

• With 3:40 left in the second period, Teravainen brought the puck over the blue line with Toews and Hossa charging hard to the net. If he acted quickly, it was a 3-on-2 opportunity.

But Teravainen momentarily lost control of the puck and dumped it off to Duncan Keith, which killed the momentum.

• The worst gaffe came with 1:57 left in the game when Rick Nash stole Teravainen's attempted pass to Trevor van Riemsdyk.

Nash nearly made it 4-2, but only a brilliant save by Corey Crawford kept the Hawks in the game.

“Of course when you see those things again, you want to do something different,” said Teravainen, who admitted that he may have been a bit nervous during the season opener.

“I'm not happy (with) how I played. There's a lot of things I want to do differently.”

Coach Joel Quenneville doesn't think his young forward should be so hard on himself.

“I think everybody has high standards and (had we won) everybody would have been a little bit more comfortable,” Quenneville said.

Svedberg's chance:

The Blackhawks called defenseman Viktor Svedberg up from Rockford on Thursday. Quenneville said the 6-foot-8 Swede will make his NHL debut Friday against the New York Islanders. The Hawks reassigned Ville Pokka to the IceHogs.

“I saw big progression in his game,” Quenneville said of Svedberg. “A lot of poise with the puck, positioning improved, that long reach. … His effectiveness with the puck is where he really made big strides. … Certainly deserves a chance to play.”

Svedberg spent the last two seasons playing for Rockford, scoring 5 goals in 84 games. Quenneville wouldn't say which defenseman would be sitting out in favor of Svedberg.

He said it:

“(Artemi) Panarin today, I think he's getting better with his English. I asked him if he's married and he goes, ‘No. Single.' And a smile, so that was progress.”

— Quenneville on the Russian forward who is still trying to learn the language

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