A Look at the Chicago Blackhawks

Jeremy Colliton head coach (courtesy Chicago Blackhawks)

Chicago Blackhawks
Team Game: 21
Road Game: 13
10 – 6 – 4 (24 pts)
5 – 2 – 1 (Home)
5 – 4 – 3 (Road)

Chicago Blackhawks: Media Notes

TODAY’S BROADCAST INFORMATION:
TV: NBCSCH – Pat Foley (play-by-play); Eddie Olczyk (analyst)
RADIO: WGN Radio – John Wiedeman (play-by-play); Troy Murray (analyst); TUDN Radio – Miguel Esparza (play-by-play); Jorge Moreno (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sat., Feb. 27 vs. DET, 7:00 p.m., NBCSCH, WGN Radio, TUDN Radio-1200 AM (Spanish)
Sun., Feb. 28 vs. DET, 6:00 p.m., NBCSN, WGN Radio, TUDN Radio-1200 AM (Spanish)
Thurs., March 4 vs. TBL, 7:00 p.m., NBCSCH, WGN Radio, TUDN Radio-1200 AM (Spanish)
Fri., March 5 vs. TBL, 7:00 p.m., NBCSCH, WGN Radio, TUDN Radio-1200 AM (Spanish)
Sun., March 7 vs. TBL, 1:30 p.m., NBCSCH, WGN Radio, TUDN Radio-1200 AM (Spanish)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Feb. 22 – Activated Connor Murphy off injured reserve and placed Lucas Carlsson on injured reserve … Feb. 15 – Lucas
Wallmark was moved to the active roster … Feb. 13 – Ryan Carpenter was removed from COVID-19 Protocol and Connor Murphy was placed on Injured Reserve … Feb. 11 – Andrew Shaw was placed on injured reserve … Feb. 11 – Wyatt Kalynuk was re-assigned to the taxi squad and Anton Lindholm was re-assigned to Rockford … Feb. 10 – Lucas Wallmark was removed from COVID-19 Protocol … Feb. 8 – Adam Boqvist was removed from COVID19 Protocol and added to the active roster … Feb. 3 – Re-assigned Madison Bowey to the taxi squad … Feb. 3 – Re-assigned Michal Teply Wyatt
Kalynuk to Rockford … Feb. 2 – Alex DeBrincat and Nicolas Beaudin were removed from COVID-19 Protocol … Jan. 30 – Ryan Carpenter and Nicolas
Beaudin were placed in COVID-19 Protocol … Jan. 29 – Assigned Madison Bowey to Rockford.

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago 6, Columbus 5 (SO) – Tues., Feb. 23, Nationwide Arena
CHI Goals: Soderberg (3), Kane (9), Hagel (1), Kubalik (6), Boqvist (1)
CBJ Goals: Atkinson (8), Laine (7), Laine (8), Bjorkstrand (5), Bjorkstrand (6)
Goalies: CHI – Lankinen (25/30, 64:56); CBJ – Korpisalo (29/34, 65:00)
CHI PP:2/4; PK:1/4 CBJ PP:3/4; PK: 2/4

Recap: Chicago began the scoring with two consecutive goals by Carl Soderberg and Patrick Kane in the first period, while outshooting the Blue
Jackets 17-5 in the opening frame … Patrik Laine evened the score at two with his seventh tally of the 2020-21 campaign in the second … Brandon
Hagel put the Blackhawks back on top with his first career National Hockey League goal … Another power-play marker from Laine tied the score at three
… Dominik Kubalik sent the Blackhawks into the second intermission with a one-goal lead, his sixth marker of the season … Adam Boqvist’s first goal
of the season extended Chicago’s lead to two for the second time in the game … Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two unanswered in the third period to send the game to overtime … Kevin Lankinen stopped five shots in overtime to force a shootout … Alex DeBrincat tallied the lone marker by either team in the shootout to give the Blackhawks their 10th victory of the year.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – COLUMBUS
The Blackhawks and Blue Jackets close out their latest two-game set tonight in Columbus … Patrick Kane paces the club with 12 points (3G, 9A)
against Columbus this season and he has points (10G, 23A) in 17 of his last 19 games vs. the Blue Jackets … His 67 career points (22G, 45A) vs. the
Blue Jackets are his most against any National Hockey League opponent … Carl Soderberg registered his first multi-point game as a Blackhawk with a
goal and two assists on Tues. … It was his first three-point outing since Dec. 3, 2019 at CBJ while he was a member of the Coyotes … He also won
double-digit faceoffs (11) for the second time this season … Both instances have come against CBJ … Dating back to the 2010-11 season, The
Blackhawks are 25-8-2 over their last 35 games against the Blue Jackets.

2020-21 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 29 (L, 2-1), Jan. 31 (W, 3-1), Feb. 11 (L, 6-5), Feb. 13 (W-OT, 3-2) AWAY: Feb. 23 (W-SO, 6-5), Feb. 25,
April 10, April 12
2019-20 Schedule/Results: Oct. 18 vs. CBJ (W-OT, 3-2); Dec. 29 at CBJ (W-SO, 3-2)
All-Time Record: 54-29-2-7 Home: 29-15-1-2 Road: 25-14-1-5
Last Home Win: Feb. 13, 2021 (3-2 OT) Last Road Win: Feb. 23, 2021 (6-5 SO) Last Home Loss: Feb. 11, 2021 (6-5) Last Road Loss: Feb. 24,
2018 (3-2)

CHICAGO ACTIVE LEADERS VS. CBJ

GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
Kane, 22 Kane, 45 Kane, 67

Toews, 19 Keith, 33 Toews, 43
Seabrook, 9 Seabrook, 29 Seabrook, 38

TEAM NOTES
MILESTONE MAN: With his second four-point game (1G, 3A) of the season on Tues., night, Patrick Kane eclipsed the 30-point mark (9G, 21A) within
20 or fewer team games for the second time in his career (2015-16) … He is the first player in franchise history to accomplish that feat since Denis
Savard did it four times between 1981-82 and 1988-89 … He is two goals away from becoming the fourth Blackhawks player in franchise history to
record 400 goals with the club … Additionally, he can become the 10th active NHL player, ninth US-born player and the 100th NHLer to hit the 400-goal mark … Kane is also seven games away from the 1,000th of his National Hockey League career … Kane shares fourth in the league with 30 points and shares third with 21 helpers during the 2020-21 campaign.

YOUNG GUNS: Brandon Hagel became the fifth Blackhawks rookie to notch their first career National Hockey League marker this season on Tues.,
night … Pius Suter and Philipp Kurashev are first and second among rookie goal scoring leaders during the 2020-21 campaign … Suter is third with 11
points and Kurashev shares fifth with nine points … Chicago leads the NHL with 16 goals and 32 points from rookies this season.

CAT ATTACK: Alex DeBrincat shares 10th in the league with nine goals during the 2020-21 campaign … He is four goals away from tallying the 100th of his NHL career … He could become the 14th player in team history to debut with the team and need 300 or fewer career games to register 100 goals
… DeBrincat has four goals and six assists in nine career games vs. CBJ.

POWER-PLAY PROWESS: The Blackhawks share the National Hockey League lead with a 33.3 percent power play percentage this season … They
have scored a PPG in 16 of 20 games this year … Chicago has scored two or more PPGs in four games during the 2020-21 campaign … Last season
they accomplished that feat only three times in 70 regular-season games … Kubalik’s 11 power-play points share fourth in the NHL … Kubalik had eight
PPPs (4G, 4A) during his rookie season … The club’s 21 PPGs share the league lead.

UPCOMING MILESTONES

  • DeBrincat needs 4 goals for 100 career, 5 assists for 100 career and 9 points for 200 career
  • Kane needs 2 goals for 400 career and 7 games for 1000 career
  • Kampf needs 1 games for 200 career
  • Keith needs one assists to tie Steve Larmer for 6th in franchise history
  • Strome needs 3 points for 100 career with Chicago

BLACKHAWKS FRANCHISE LEADERS
BLACKHAWKS RECORD VS. DISCOVER NHL CENTRAL DIVISION
BLACKHAWKS RECORD WHEN…
MAX BENTLEY 217
DOUG BENTLEY 220
DENIS SAVARD 241
JONATHAN TOEWS 267
GAMES POINTS GOALS ASSISTS

  1. Mikita, 1396 1. Mikita, 1467 1. B. Hull, 604 1. Mikita, 926
  2. Keith, 1158 2. B. Hull, 1153 2. Mikita, 541 2. Savard, 719
  3. Seabrook, 1114 3. Savard, 1096 3. Larmer, 406 3. Kane, 654
  4. B. Hull, 1,036 4. Kane, 1062 4. Kane, 398 4. Wilson, 554
  5. Nesterenko, 1013 5. Larmer, 923 5. Savard, 377 5. B. Hull, 549
  6. B. Murray, 1008 6. Toews, 815 6. Toews, 345 6. Larmer, 517
  7. Kane, 993 7. Wilson, 779 7. D. Hull, 298 7. Keith, 516
  8. Toews, 943 8. D. Hull, 640 8. Amonte, 268 8. Toews, 470
  9. Wilson, 938 9. Martin, 627 9. Roenick, 267 9. Pilote, 400
  10. D. Hull, 904 10. Keith, 616 10. Mosienko, 258 10. Chelios, 395

BLACKHAWKS RECORD VS. DISCOVER NHL CENTRAL DIVISION

TEAM RECORD
CAROLINA 1-1-1
COLUMBUS 3-1-1
DALLAS 2-0-0
DETROIT 4-0-0
FLORIDA 0-1-1
NASHVILLE 0-0-2
TAMPA BAY 0-2-0

2020-21 PLAYER HIGHS

MOST GOALS, GAME 3, Suter, 1/14, vs. DET
MOST ASSISTS, GAME 3, 2x, last: Kane, 2/23 at CBJ
MOST POINTS, GAME 4, 2x, last: Kane, 2/23 at CBJ
MOST SHOTS, GAME 8, Kubalik, 1/19 at FLA
MOST TOI, GAME 27:49, Murphy, 1/26 at NSH
BEST +/-, GAME +4, Murphy, 1/24 vs. DET
MOST SAVES, GAME 41, Lankinen, 1/27 at NSH
LONGEST GOAL STREAK 3 games, 2x, last: Kane, 1/31-2/7
LONGEST POINT STREAK 5 games, 2x, last: Kane, 1/29-2/7

2020-21 TEAM STREAKS

STREAK LENGTH
WIN STREAK 3 games, 2x, last: 2/13-2/17
POINT STREAK 5 games, 2x, last: 1/31-2/9
WINLESS STREAK 4 games, 1/13-1/19
POINTLESS STREAK 3 games, 1/13-1/17

BLACKHAWKS UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

  • Feb. 27 – Matthew Highmore

COURTESY CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS MEDIA RELATIONS

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