NHL Scores on Mac: Track Avalanche at Blackhawks Without Tabs

As-of score: Avalanche at Blackhawks

As of Asia-morning research covering the November 2 game, period reports had the Avalanche and Blackhawks tied 2–2 after the first period at United Center. Treat the board below as a press-time snapshot and open ESPN for the live total.

NHL period games move fast. A panel you open over whatever you are doing covers that hour, then the same panel covers later nights—including a light watch on Bruins–Golden Knights if that is also on your list.

Why a pinned scoreboard page often stays blank

The obvious idea is to pin ESPN’s NHL scoreboard or the game page in a web-view widget. It often stays blank: many ESPN scoreboard and game pages tell browsers not to show them inside another app’s frame—the same limit already spelled out in the MNF and NBA guides.

Build the scores widget from the score data, and use a feed for the headlines.

Set up tonight's NHL tracker in Kepo

Kepo keeps small widgets in a floating panel you open with a global shortcut, over any app, including full-screen ones. Four widgets cover an NHL night.

1. Tonight's score (built with AI)

Kepo has no fixed NHL plugin, so describe the widget you want. Name the source, the fields, and the refresh:

• Prompt example: "Show tonight's NHL game, Avalanche at Blackhawks, from a public scoreboard source: both teams, the score, the period and clock, or the puck-drop time in my time zone if the game has not started. Put my team first. Refresh every 2 minutes while a game is live."
• Check it: compare the first result with the ESPN game page before you rely on it, and keep the widget to this one game (or swap the prompt for Bruins at Golden Knights if that is your focus).

2. NHL news feed

• Widget: RSS Reader, which reads one RSS or Atom feed.
• Feed URL: https://www.espn.com/espn/rss/nhl/news
• What it shows: the newest NHL headlines with links, such as lineup notes before puck drop and a recap after the final horn.

3. Avalanche, Blackhawks, or #NHL on X

• Widget: X Keyword Watch from the X widgets.
• Keyword: one team or tag, for example Avalanche, Blackhawks, Bedard, or #NHL.
• What it shows: the latest posts from X's Live results for that keyword. Sign in to X first for reliable results.

4. Optional: a countdown to puck drop

Add an Event Timer countdown named COL @ CHI puck drop. The countdown runs for a length of time from when you save it, so pick Hour or Minute as the unit and enter the time left. It is a display only and sends no reminder.

Score apps and tabs vs one shortcut panel

Keep the panel small. One scores widget and one news feed answer most NHL nights. Add the keyword watch and the countdown only if you check them. The same pattern already works for MNF and the NBA season guide if you follow more than one sport.

Before you install

Kepo runs on Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 12 or later. There is no Intel version. Details are in Kepo system requirements.

New to widgets on the Mac? Start with the built-in Mac desktop widgets, browse free widgets for Mac, or build custom Mac widgets for sources Apple does not cover.

FAQ

What was the Avalanche–Blackhawks score?

As of Asia-morning research on November 3 covering the November 2 game, reports had COL 2–CHI 2 after the first period. Use the ESPN game page for the current total. This page does not invent a final.

Is there an NHL scores widget for Mac?

macOS has no built-in NHL scores widget. With Kepo you can describe one to its AI builder, using a public scoreboard as the source, and keep it next to a news feed in one panel.

Can I pin ESPN's NHL scoreboard in a widget?

You can try, but ESPN's scoreboard and game pages often block being shown inside another app's frame, so a web-view widget may stay blank. A widget built from score data, plus an RSS feed for news, is more reliable.

Will the widget alert me when the game ends?

The widgets in this setup are for glancing: open the panel and see the current state. They do not send notifications by themselves.

Get set up for NHL night

Set it up once and reuse it on later hockey nights: a scores widget, the ESPN NHL feed, one keyword watch, and a puck-drop countdown if you want it, all behind one shortcut. Download Kepo for your Apple silicon Mac and add the first widget in a few minutes.