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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS POSTGAME NOTES FEB. 21, 2020 | BLACKHAWKS 2, PREDATORS 1 (OT) | UNITED CENTER QUICK HITS PHOTO OF THE NIGHT Link to Game Summary Link to Event Summary 1 2 3 OT F NSH 0 1 0 0 1 CHI 0 0 1 1 2 SHOTS PP PK PIM NSH 43 0/5 3/4 8 CHI 38 1/4 5/5 10 Attendance: 21,878 BLACKHAWKS BIG NUMBER Goaltender Corey Crawford registered a season-high 42 saves in net in tonight’s 2-1 overtime win over the 600 Nashville Predators at the United Center ... Crawford’s career record against Nashville improves to 17-11-1. Duncan Keith (601) passed the 600 career NHL point mark with two − The Blackhawks defeated the Nashville Predators 2-1 in overtime tonight at the United Center ... Chicago assists on both of Alex DeBrincat’s improves to 2-2-0 against Nashville this year ... Tonight’s attendance of 21,878 marked a season high. − Chicago successfully killed all five of its penalties in tonight’s contest, matching a season high (Feb. 9 at WPG) goals this evening ... The 36-year-old th th ... Entering this evening’s game, the Blackhawks’ season penalty kill percentage of 81.6% was the 12 highest became the 10 skater in Blackhawks percentage in the league. history to reach the 600 point mark ... − Alex DeBrincat scored his 16th goal of the year in overtime this evening, his third game-winner of the season ... Keith recorded an assist in back-to- The Farmington Hills, Mich. native also notched his team-leading 10th power-play goal in tonight’s third period ... back games for the first time since DeBrincat paced the team with eight shots on goal, matching his season high ... The 22-year-old passed Dominik Jan. 2 at VAN and Jan. 5 vs. DET. Kubalik (39) for the third most points recorded by a Chicago skater this season. − After recording an assist on DeBrincat’s power-play tally this evening, Patrick Kane (1,014) passed Pat Lafontaine (1,013) for the eighth most points recorded by a US-born NHL skater ... The Buffalo, N.Y. native’s 49 NEXT OPPONENT: at DAL 2/23 helpers are a team high. − Defenseman Slater Koekkoek shared (Murphy, Maatta) a team-high five hits in tonight’s contest against the The Blackhawks will begin a four- Predators, also a season high for Koekkoek ... Additionally, the Winchester, Ont. native paced Chicago with a team- game road swing with a contest high four blocked shots this evening. against the Dallas Stars on Feb. 23 ... − Duncan Keith skated in a team-high 28:16 of time on ice this evening, his third highest TOI average this year ... The Blackhawks own an all-time mark Keith owned a team-high TOI average of 23:52 entering tonight’s contest ... Since 1997-98 when the NHL officially of 141-105-31-6 against the Dallas began tracking time on ice, only Chris Chelios (25:21, 26:09) has held a higher TOI average for the Blackhawks at age franchise and are 1-0-1 against the 36 or older. − Brandon Saad was awarded the Blackhawks’ second regulation penalty shot (Smith, Nov. 13, 2019 at VGK) of Stars this season ... Patrick Kane the season and the 33rd in the NHL this year in tonight’s first period ... The penalty shot attempt was the fourth of (1G, 1A) and Alex DeBrincat (2A) pace Saad’s career (0-for-4). Chicago with two points each against Dallas this year. BLACKHAWKS NEXT FIVE | ALL TIMES CENTRAL POSTGAME QUOTES Sunday, February 23.......................at Dallas 2:00 p.m. NBCSCH/WGN Radio -The Blackhawks begin a four-game road swing to close out February where they played 11 of 14 games on the road Links to postgame quotes and Tuesday, February 25.....................at St. Louis 7:00 p.m. NBCSN/WGN Radio interviews will be available on Thursday, February 27....................at Tampa Bay 6:00 p.m. NBCSCH/WGN Radio the Blackhawks Media Website: Saturday, February 29....................at Florida 5:00 p.m. NBCSCH+/WGN Radio chicagoblackhawks.com/media Tuesday, March 3.........................vs. Anaheim 7:30 p.m. NBCSCH/WGN Radio/Univision -The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive an Alternate Jersey Series: Knit Hat, presented by TransUnion.