MARCH 5, 2021 · 7:00PM CT · BLACKHAWKS VS. LIGHTNING · UNITED CENTER · GAME 25 (HOME GAME 12) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY) · UNIVISION 1200 AM (ESPARZA/MORENO)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: Chicago lost to the Lightning 3-2 in overtime last night at the United Center ... Tampa Bay’s VICTOR HEDMAN #77 came with just .1 seconds remaining in the extra session ... Ryan Carpenter scored a shorthanded marker in the AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI second period ... Alex DeBrincat also recorded a goal in regulation for the Blackhawks ... Kevin Lankinen made 31 30 D 21 4 17 16 +10 25:25 saves ... Chicago’s 37 shots on goal matched a season high (Jan. 15 at TBL). The 2018 Norris Trophy winner shares second among league blueliners with 21 points during • VS. TAMPA BAY: The Blackhawks have dropped all three contests against the Lightning during the 2020-21 the 2020-21 campaign. Hedman was named the campaign ... The clubs split their season series last year with both teams winning on the road ... Forward Dominik Conn Smythe Trophy winner of last season’s Kubalik notched his first career hat trick in the Blackhawks’ victory on Feb. 27, 2020 vs. the Lightning. Playoffs. He scored 10 goals during the playoffs, the most by a defenseman since Brian Leetch tallied 11 during the 1994 • SHOWTIME: Patrick Kane netted the 400th goal of his NHL career on Sunday night ... He is the ninth U.S.-born postseason. The Ornskoldsvik, Sweden native has scored at least 10 skater, 10th active and 100th player overall in league history to score 400 career goals ... Kane is the fifth youngest goals in each of the past seven seasons. U.S.-born player to reach 400 career markers (32 years, 101 days) ... He joins Steve Larmer (406), Stan Mikita (541) and Bobby Hull (604) as the only players in franchise history to notch 400 markers with the Blackhawks. YANNI GOURDE #37 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI • RED HOT: Alex DeBrincat extended his season-long point streak (4G, 6A) to seven games with a marker on 29 C 21 6 5 18 +5 17:05 Thursday night … His 12 goals this season lead the Blackhawks and share fifth in the ... Gourde posted a multi-point effort (1G, 1A) on He now has 99 career markers and is set to become the 14th player in Blackhawks history to debut with the team Jan. 15 vs. the Blackhawks. He was named to the and need 300 or fewer career games to hit 100 goals. 2017 All-Star Game and finished that postseason with the most assists • ONE-TIMERS: Brandon Hagel stretched his career-long point streak (3A) to three games with a helper vs. Tampa (18) of any player. A native of Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, Gourde was Bay last evening … His six assists this season share fifth among league rookies ... Calvin de Haan paced the club named the Most Valuable Player of the QMJHL in 2012 after leading with five blocked shots against the Lightning … He shares third in the league 55 blocks this year ... David Kampf the league with 124 points (37G, 87A). He posted career highs in goals won 11 of 17 draws (65 percent) yesterday … He paces the club winning 53.7 percent of his faceoffs this season. (25), assists (39) and points (64) during the 2020-21 campaign. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON ANTHONY CIRELLI #71 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 23 C 15 6 7 4 +8 17:05 Record: 12-7-5 (29 PTS) Record: 16-4-1 (33 PTS) A third-round pick (72nd overall) of the Overall: T-8TH Overall: T-2ND Lightning in the 2015 National Hockey League Division: 4TH (Central) Division: T-1ST (Central) Draft, Cirelli finished fourth in last season’s Selke Trophy voting. He notched a career-high 20 Goals For: 3.08 (13TH) Goals For: 3.52 (2ND) goals and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the conclusion Goals Against: 2.88 (15TH) Goals Against: 1.95 (1ST) of the 2018-19 season. He helped Canada win a silver medal at the Power Play: 32.4 (2ND) Power Play: 26.1 (7TH) 2019 IIHF World Championship. Cirelli has two seperate three-game Penalty Kill: 75.4 (23RD) Penalty Kill: 88.9 (T-1ST) point streaks this season. Team FO%: 46.7 (28TH) Team FO%: 49.6 (18TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. TAMPA Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (11G, 24A) Steven Stamkos (11G, 10A) Alex DeBrincat (12G, 14A) Victor Hedman (4G, 17A) Wed., Jan. 13 at TBL 7:00 PM CT (L, 5-1) Dominik Kubalik (8G, 10A) Brayden Point (7G, 12A) Fri., Jan. 15 at TBL 6:00 PM CT (L, 5-2) Thu., March 4 vs. TBL 7:00 PM CT (L-OT, 3-2) Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Fri., March 5 vs. TBL 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN RADIO/TUDN 1200 Kevin Lankinen • 9-3-4 (2.57 GAA) Andrei Vasilevskiy • 14-3-1 (1.66 GAA) Sun., March 7 vs. TBL 1:30 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN RADIO/TUDN 1200 Malcolm Subban • 3-2-1 (2.60 GAA) Curtis McElhinney • 2-1-0 (2.70 GAA) Thu., March 18 at TBL 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN RADIO Sat., March 20 at TBL 3:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN RADIO *Stats as of March 4 11:00 p.m. Tue. April 27 vs. TBL 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN RADIO/TUDN 1200 Season Results vs. TBL: 0-2-1