CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS POSTGAME NOTES DEC. 23, 2019 | DEVILS 7, BLACKHAWKS 1 | UNITED CENTER

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Center Zack Smith celebrates his second of the year in tonight’s first period against the New 34 Jersey Devils at the United Center ... Smith registered four hits in tonight’s contest. New Jersey (25) and Chicago’s (9) 34 com- bined minutes in tonight’s first −−The Blackhawks fell to the this evening at the United Center by a final score of period were the most combined penalty 7-1 ... Chicago moves to 15-17-6 this season with a 2-6-1 mark against the Metropolitan Division. minutes between the Blackhawks and an opponent in a single period this season ... −−Zack Smith scored his second goal of the season in the first period of tonight’s contest ... The The last time the Blackhawks and an op- 31-year-old’s goal was his fifth career marker against New Jersey and sixth point (2G, 4A) of the year ponent combined for 34+ PIM in a single ... With one more point, Smith (199) will record 200 career points. period was 12/1/18 at NSH when the teams −−Matthew Highmore tallied his first career NHL assist on Smith’s goal ... The helper was his first combined for 43 PIM in the first period. point with the Blackhawks this season. −−David Kampf recorded his fifth assist of the season on Smith’s first period goal ... The helper was the Chomutov, Czech Republic native’s first career point against the New Jersey Devils ... Kampf has NEXT OPPONENT: vs. NYI 12/27 registered 10 points (5G, 5A) this season. The Blackhawks will conclude a two- −−John Quenneville made his Blackhawks debut after skating in 8:20 of time on ice in tonight’s game homestand with a game against contest at the United Center ... Quenneville shared a team-high five hits in tonight’s game ... The the Friday night 23-year-old made his NHL debut as a member of the New Jersey Devils on 12/1/16 at CHI. ... The Blackhawks hold an all-time −−The Blackhawks went 29-for-56 (52%) from the dot this evening ... Jonathan Toews recorded a record of 51-40-20-3 against New York team-high 12 faceoff wins and has recorded 10-plus faceoff wins in each of his last nine games ... The and went 1-0-1 against the Islanders Winnipeg native’s 435 faceoff wins this season are the third most wins in the NHL this year. last season ... Patrick Kane (1G, 1A), −−Blueliner Connor Murphy shared a team-high three blocked shots in tonight’s contest ... The Jonathan Toews (1G, 1A), Dylan Strome (1G, 1A) and Alex DeBrincat (2A) paced 26-year-old has recorded 24 blocked shots in his last six games. the Blackhawks with two points each against New York last year. BLACKHAWKS NEXT FIVE | ALL TIMES CENTRAL

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