2020-21 Team Comparison Season Schedule Vs
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JANUARY 29, 2021 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS VS. BLUE JACKETS · UNITED CENTER · GAME 9 (HOME GAME 3) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY) · UNIVISION 1200 AM (RAMOS/MORENO) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: Chicago picked up a point in their fifth straight game, but lost in a shootout to Nashville 2-1 on ZACH WERENSKI #8 Wednesday night ... The Blackhawks streak of scoring a power-play goal in consecutive games to begin the AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI season ended at seven games ... Chicago killed off all eight Nashville power plays they faced in the two games 23 D 8 1 1 7 -5 24:41 against the Predators. Werenski finished third in the 2017 Calder Trophy voting after finishing the season with 47 points • VS. COLUMBUS: The Blackhawks return to the United Center tonight to take on the Blue Jackets for the first of (11G, 36A) in 78 regular-season games. Prior to eight matchups this season ... Chicago defeated Columbus in both matchups last season ... Each game required last season’s pause, he had 41 points, including overtime, with one of the contests being settled in a shootout ... The Blackhawks are 22-6-2 over their last 30 a National Hockey League career-high 20 goals. The eighth-overall games against the Blue Jackets. selection in the 2015 NHL Draft was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 while playing for the University of Michigan. • HI KEVIN: Kevin Lankinen stopped a career-high 41 shots vs. NSH ... It was the most saves in a game by a Blackhawk netminder since Corey Crawford made 42 saves on Feb. 21, 2020 against the Predators ... Lankinen has made 66 saves on 69 shots (.957 save percentage) over his last two appearances ... The Blackhawks have picked SETH JONES #3 up a point in all four of his starts (2-0-2) during the 2020-21 campaign. AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 26 D 8 0 1 4 -7 25:49 • MURPH MADNESS: Connor Murphy skated in a season-high 27:49 of total ice time on Tuesday ... It was the A three-time NHL All-Star (2017, 2019, 2020), second time this season he has eclipsed 27:40 of TOI in a game (27:47 of TOI on Jan. 19 at FLA) ... He is second on Jones is eighth in the league in time on ice per the club with 16 blocks this season ... Murphy reached 100 career National Hockey League points (27G, 73A) after game. He posted career highs in goals (16), tallying a goal and an assist on Sunday. assists (41) and points (57) during the 2017-18 campaign. He has blocked at least 118 shots in each of the past five • ONE-TIMERS: Ryan Carpenter notched his first goal of the 2020-21 season ... It was the 20th marker of his career seasons. Jones has registered five helpers in 19 career games against ... Brandon Hagel picked up his first career National Hockey League point on Wednesday night ... He also skated the Blackhawks. in a career-high 15:50 of total ice time. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON NICK FOLIGNO #71 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 33 F 8 3 1 9 0 17:09 Record: 2-3-3 (6 PTS) Record: 3-2-3 (9 PTS) Foligno has tallied a point (2G, 1A) in three of his Overall: T-18TH Overall: T-9TH last four games. He was selected as a captain Division: T-3RD (Central) Division: 1ST (Central) at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game in Columbus. The Buffalo, New York native recorded career highs Goals For: 2.75 (T-18TH) Goals For: 2.50 (T-23RD) in goals (31), assists (42) and points (73) that season. Foligno finished Goals Against: 3.38 (25TH) Goals Against: 2.88 (T-18TH) seventh in the league with a career-high 212 hits during the 2019-20 Power Play%: 36.0 (5TH) Power Play%: 9.1 (27TH) campaign. It was the second time in his career that he has recorded Penalty Kill%: 78.8 (15TH) Penalty Kill%: 88.2 (7TH) 200 or more hits in a season. Team FO%: 47.9 (T-23RD) Team FO%: 47.3 (25TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. COLUMBUS Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (3G, 4A) Alexandre Texier (4G, 2A) Alex DeBrincat (2G, 4A) Oliver Bjorkstrand (2G, 4A) Game 1: Fri. Jan. 29 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Connor Murphy (2G, 3A) Boone Jenner (2G, 3A) Game 2: Sun. Jan. 31 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Game 3: Thur. Feb 11 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Game 4: Sat. Feb. 13 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Kevin Lankinen • 2-0-2 (2.18 GAA) Joonas Korpisalo • 1-1-2 (2.45 GAA) Game 5: Tues. Feb. 23 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Malcolm Subban • 0-1-1 (3.95 GAA) Elvis Merzlikins • 2-1-1 (2.94 GAA) Game 6: Thur. Feb. 25 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Game 7: Sat. April 10 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN *Stats as of Jan. 28 10:00 p.m. Game 8: Mon. April 12 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Season Results vs. CBJ: 0-0-0.