OCTOBER 11, 2018 · 7:00PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT WILD · · GAME 4 (AWAY GAME 3) TV: WGN (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES 3 PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: The Blackhawks dropped their home opener 7-6 in overtime against the on Sunday. Chicago became the first team in NHL history to ERIC STAAL #12 start a season with three consecutive overtime games. Patrick Kane and Jonathan AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Toews each notched a for the third straight game, their longest such streak in 33 C 2 0 0 2 -2 19:06 their careers to start a season. Staal paced Minnesota with 76 points (42G, 34A) during the 2017- • VS. WILD: In 71 all-time contests against Minnesota, the Blackhawks hold a record 18 campaign. His goal total was the of 29-32-1-9. Last season, Chicago won two of the five matchups with the Wild, second most he has registered in including a 2-0 victory on November 4, 2017. Corey Crawford recorded his second a single season during his 14-year consecutive shutout in the contest. (14G, 25A) and Patrick career. The forward has notched Kane (18G, 21A) share a tie for the most points in franchise history against the Wild 16 points (4G, 12A) in 22 career with 39. regular-season games against the Blackhawks. • KANE YOU DIG IT: Patrick Kane became the first player in NHL history to have two game-tying goals in the final 90 seconds of regulation on Sunday. The 2016 Hart Trophy winner has six points (4G, 2A) through the first three games of the campaign. #24 Kane has recorded 20 shots on goal this year, the second-most among all skaters in the league. AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 24 D 2 1 0 2 0 24:14 • FAST-TRACK CAT: Forward Alex DeBrincat tallied his 30th career National Hockey The seventh overall pick in the League goal Sunday against Toronto. DeBrincat is the fastest active Blackhawk 2012 draft, and the 11th-fastest in franchise history to reach the milestone (85 games). The Dumba led all Wild defensemen last Farmington Hills, Michigan native paced the club with 28 goals during his rookie season with 14 goals. He tallied a campaign in 2017-18. goal in Minnesota's matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights on Sat- • ONE-TIMERS: Henri Jokiharju recorded three assists in Sunday's contest. He urday. Dumba was one of four Wild became the youngest Blackhawks defenseman ever and the fifth-youngest Black- skaters and the only defenseman hawk in franchise history to tally three helpers in a single game. Jonathan Toews on the club to skate in all 82 games now has six points (5G, 1A) in the 2018-19 campaign, his most ever through the first last season. three games of a season. Dominik Kahun notched his first points with two assists on Sunday, becoming only the 27th German in NHL history to record a . He is RYAN SUTER #20 the second Blackhawk from Germany to tally a point for the club, joining Christian AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Erhoff. 33 D 2 0 0 2 -1 25:42 2017-18 TEAM COMPARISON Suter paced all Minnesota defense- men during the 2017-18 campaign with 51 points (6G, 45A). The club's alternate captain has the most RECORD: 2-0-1 (5 PTS) RECORD: 0-1-1 (1 PT) points in Minnesota Wild franchise OVERALL: 4TH OVERALL: T-27TH history with 255 (37G, 218A) . Suter CONFERENCE: 2ND WESTERN CONFERENCE: T-13TH WESTERN leads all Wild defensemen this DIVISION: 1ST CENTRAL DIVISION: T-6TH CENTRAL season with an average time on ice of 25:42. GOALS FOR: 5.0 (3RD) GOALS FOR: 1.0 (T-28TH) GOALS AGAINST: 4.67 (T-25TH) GOALS AGAINST: 2.5 (12TH) POWER PLAY: 0.0% (T-24TH) POWER PLAY: 0.0% (T-24TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. MIN TH TH KILL: 63.6% (T-29 ) PENALTY KILL: 83.3% (T-10 ) GAME 1: BLACKHAWKS at MINNESOTA - 10/11/18 TEAM FO%: 47.0% (25TH) TEAM FO%: 52.7% (8TH) GAME 2: BLACKHAWKS vs. MINNESOTA - 11/18/18 2018 PLAYOFFS: DNQ 2018 PLAYOFFS: 1ST ROUND (DEF. 4-1 BY WPG) GAME 3: BLACKHAWKS vs. MINNESOTA - 12/27/18 LEADING SCORERS: LEADING SCORERS: GAME 4: BLACKHAWKS at MINNESOTA - 2/2/19 19 - J. TOEWS (5G, 1A) 24 - M. DUMBA (1G, 0A) ALL TIME vs. MINNESOTA: 29-32-1-9 88 - P. KANE (4G, 2A) 11 - Z. PARISE (1G, 0A) 28 - H. JOKIHARJU (0G, 5A) 22 - N. NIEDERREITER (0G, 1A) Please visit the Media Relations page on the Blackhawks website for additional game notes, NOTABLE ABSENCES: NOTABLE ABSENCES: news clips, press releases and more: 5 - C. MURPHY (BACK) 19 - L. KUNIN (KNEE) 42 - G. FORSLING (WRIST) http://blackhawks.nhl.com/team/media 50 - C. CRAWFORD (CONCUSSION) login: [email protected] PROBABLE GOALIE: PROBABLE GOALIE: password: media 30 - C. WARD · 2-0-1 (4.63 GAA) 40 - D. DUBNYK · 0-1-1 (1.45 GAA)