2020-21 Team Comparison Season Schedule Vs
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MARCH 27, 2021 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS VS. PREDATORS · UNITED CENTER · GAME 35 (HOME GAME 16) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY) · UNIVISION 1200 AM (RAMOS/ESPARZA) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: The Blackhawks defeated the Panthers 3-0 on Thursday night at the United Center ... Kevin Lank- ROCCO GRIMALDI #23 inen picked up his second career shutout, stopping all 41 shots he faced ... Patrick Kane, Pius Suter and Brandon AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Hagel were the goal scorers for Chicago ... The Blackhawks killed off a season-high six penalties vs. Florida ... It 28 F 26 7 1 4 -7 12:25 was their second straight win over the Panthers. Grimaldi scored four goals on Thursday, includ- ing three in a span of 2:34 during the first period • VS. NASHVILLE: The Predators defeated the Blackhawks in back-to-back games on Jan. 26 and 27 ... Both con- against the Red Wings. He set a franchise record tests required extra time ... Dylan Strome, Ryan Carpenter and Mattias Janmark have markers against Nashville for the fastest three goals in a game. It marked this season ... The Blackhawks and Predators split their four-game season series during the 2019-20 campaign ... the 10th-fastest hat trick from the start of a regular-season game in Chicago netted seven goals on Nov. 16, 2019 at NSH; their second highest single-game goal total last season. National Hockey League history (8:08). Grimaldi posted career highs in goals (10), assists (21) and points (31) in 66 regular-season games LANK THE TANK: Kevin Lankinen made 41 saves on Thursday against the Panthers for his second career shutout, last season. becoming the first rookie netminder in franchise history to make 40+ saves in a shutout performance ... His outing featured the second most saves in a shutout among National Hockey League goaltenders this season EELI TOLVANEN #28 (Anton Khudobin, 43 saves on Feb. 24 at FLA) ... The last Blackhawk goaltender to notch a 40+ save shutout was AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Corey Crawford on March 16, 2019 at MTL when Crawford stopped 48 shots in Chicago’s victory. 21 F 25 8 6 2 -6 14:19 A native of Vihti, Finland, Tolvanen is on a three- • HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Connor Murphy was credited with a season-high eight blocked shots against game point streak (2G, 3A), including his first the Panthers … His career high is nine, which he logged on March 7, 2016 at COL as a member of the Coyotes ... career three-point game (1G, 2A) in the NHL on Murphy shares ninth in the league with 65 blocks this year ... He was 10th in the league with 138 blocks during the March 21 at DAL. He shares fourth in the league 2019-20 campaign. among rookie goal scorers. Tolvanen represented Finland at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and had nine points (3G, 6A). He was named • ONE-TIMERS: Brandon Hagel notched the first multi-point game of his career with an empty-net goal and an to the Olympic All-Star team. He also played for Finland at the 2019 assist on Thursday ... Alex DeBrincat extended his point streak (1G, 3A) to four games with a helper on Thursday. IIHF World Junior Championship, helping them capture a goal medal. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON ROMAN JOSI #59 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NASHVILLE PREDATORS 30 D 27 2 17 12 -9 24:52 Record: 16-13-5 (37 PTS) Record: 16-17-1 (33 PTS) Nashville’s captain is currently on a five-game Overall: T-13TH Overall: T-21ST point streak (6A). He has 11 helpers over his last Division: 4TH (Central) Division: 6TH (Central) 10 games. Josi’s 24:52 of average ice time per game is 10th in the league. He was voted last Goals For: 2.91 (16TH) Goals For: 2.44 (27TH) season’s Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenseman after Goals Against: 3.12 (22ND) Goals Against: 3.06 (21ST) recording 65 points (16G, 49A) in 69 regular-season contests. He has Power Play%: 28.3 (3RD) Power Play%: 20.4 (T-15TH) been selected to the All-Star game three times (2016, 2019 and 2020) Penalty Kill%: 73.6 (27TH) Penalty Kill%: 71.9 (29TH) over the course of his career. Team FO%: 46.3 (27TH) Team FO%: 51.0 (13TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. NASHVILLE Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (13G, 33A) Filip Forsberg (11G, 18A) Alex DeBrincat (16G, 17A) Roman Josi (2G, 17A) Tues. Jan. 26 at NSH 7:00 PM CT (L-OT, 3-2) Dominik Kubalik (11G, 15A) Calle Jankrok (9G, 6A) Wed. Jan. 27 at NSH 6:30 PM CT (L-SO, 2-1) Sat. March 27 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Sun. March 28 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Kevin Lankinen • 12-7-4 (2.71 GAA) Juuse Saros • 8-6-0 (2.48 GAA) Sat. April 3 at NSH 2:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Malcolm Subban • 4-4-1 (3.14 GAA) Pekka Rinne • 8-11-1 (3.07 GAA) Mon. April 19 at NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Wed. April 21 vs. NSH 6:00 PM CT NBCSN/WGN/TUDN 1200 *Stats as of March 26 9:00 p.m. Fri. April 23 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Season Results vs. NSH: 0-0-2.