OCTOBER 6, 2018 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT BLUES · ENTERPRISE CENTER · GAME 2 (AWAY GAME 2) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY)
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES 3 PLAYERS TO WATCH The Blackhawks defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in overtime in • LAST GAME: BRAYDEN SCHENN #10 their season opener on Thursday. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane each recorded AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI a goal and an assist in the contest. Chicago is 43-0-0 in their last 43 regular season 27 C 82 28 42 56 10 19:44 games when both Toews and Kane score a goal. Luke Johnson, Henri Jokiharju, and Schenn was one of two Blues players Dominik Kahun all made their NHL debuts Thursday night. to skate in all 82 games during the 2017-18 campaign. His 70 points • VS. BLUES: Chicago has a record of 127-135-35-13 in 310 all-time regular season (28G, 42A) marked his career high games vs. St. Louis. Last season, the Blackhawks were 1-2-1 vs. the Blues. Alex De- in his eight National Hockey League Brincat paced all skaters in the season series with six points (4G, 2A) The forward seasons. That point total led his club also recorded his third hat trick of the 2017-18 campaign against the Blues on March last year. 18, 2018. Patrick Kane paces all active Blackhawks with 53 points (19G, 34A) in 57 career games against the division rival.
• THE GREAT 88: Patrick Kane registered two points (1G, 1A) in the season opener VLADIMIR TARASENK0 #91 on Thursday. The forward notched 20 multi-point games last season. The marker AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI was Kane's sixth career game-winning overtime goal. His game-winning tally was 26 RW 80 33 33 17 15 19:03 the first opening night overtime game-winner in franchise history. Kane led Chicago during the 2017-18 campaign with 76 points (27G, 49A). It was the forward’s sixth Vladimir Tarasenko's 33 goals marked time pacing Chicago in points. During the 2015-16 season, Kane had a career-high the team high for St. Louis in 2017- 106 points (46G, 60A). The total led the entire National Hockey League that season 18. The Yaroslavl, Russia native has and helped Kane earn Hart Trophy honors. paced his club in goals in each of the past four seasons. Since com- • HOT START JONNY: Jonathan Toews continued his point streak in season openers ing to the NHL from the Kontinental Thursday evening. The captain has now notched a point (1G, 4A) in four straight Hockey League in 2013, the forward openers dating back to 2015. Toews registered a +3 rating in Thursday's contest in has notched 178 career goals in 421 Ottawa, and also won 69 percent (20-for-29) of his face offs. It was the tenth time in games played. Toews' career he collected 20 or more face off wins.
• ONE-TIMERS: Goaltender Cam Ward turned away 22 shots and earned the win in the season opener. Ward is the first goaltender to win in his Blackhawks ALEX PIETRANGELO #27 Alex DeBrincat paced all Black- debut on opening night since Glenn Hall in 1957. AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI hawks in the 2017-18 campaign with 28 goals. The forward collected the club's first 26 D 78 15 39 22 8 25:44 goal of the 2018-19 season Thursday night in Ottawa. Brent Seabrook notched the The Blues captain is in his ninth full game-tying goal in the third period against the Senators. The defenseman added 5 NHL season. Since his NHL debut on blocked shots in the game. He paced the club with 170 blocked shots in the 2017-18 October 10, 2008, Pietrangelo has season. Erik Gustafsson and David Kampf each tallied an assist in the first game of 357 career points (80G, 277A). He the 2018-19 campaign. leads all Blues defensemen in each 2017-18 TEAM COMPARISON scoring category since he joined St. Louis. His 39 assists paced the club's CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS ST. LOUIS BLUES defensive unit in the 2017-18 cam- RECORD: 33-39-10 (76 PTS) RECORD: 44-32-6 (94 PTS) paign, and were second-most among TH TH OVERALL: 25 OVERALL: 18 all Blues skaters. CONFERENCE: 13TH Western CONFERENCE: 9TH Western DIVISION: 7TH Central DIVISION: 5TH Central
GOALS FOR: 2.78 (21ST) GOALS FOR: 2.72 (24TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. STL RD TH GOALS AGAINST: 3.10 (23 ) GOALS AGAINST: 2.71 (T-6 ) GAME 1: BLACKHAWKS @ ST. LOUIS-10/6/18 TH TH POWER PLAY: 16.0% (28 ) POWER PLAY: 15.4% (30 ) GAME 2: BLACKHAWKS VS. ST. LOUIS-10/13/18 TH TH PENALTY KILL: 79.1% (20 ) PENALTY KILL: 79.7% (18 ) GAME 3: BLACKHAWKS @ ST. LOUIS-10/27/18 ST TH TEAM FO%: 49.3% (21 ) TEAM FO%: 50.6% (12 ) GAME 4: BLACKHAWKS VS. ST. LOUIS-11/14/18 2018 PLAYOFFS: DNQ 2018 PLAYOFFS: DNQ GAME 5: BLACKHAWKS VS. ST. LOUIS-4/3/19 LEADING SCORERS: LEADING SCORERS: P. KANE (27G, 49A) B. SCHENN (28G, 42A) A. DEBRINCAT (28G, 24A) V. TARASENKO (33G, 33A) Please visit the Media Relations page on the N. SCHMALTZ (21G, 31A) J. SCHWARTZ (24G, 35A) Blackhawks website for additional game notes, news clips, press releases and more: NOTABLE ABSENCES: NOTABLE ABSENCES: 5 - C. MURPHY (BACK) 4 - C. GUNNARSSON (KNEE, HIP) http://blackhawks.nhl.com/team/media 42 - G. FORSLING (WRIST) 70 - O. SUNDQVIST (UPPER BODY) 50 - C. CRAWFORD (CONCUSSION) 28 - J. JERABEK (AWAITING VISA) login: [email protected] password: media PROBABLE GOALIE: PROBABLE GOALIE: C. WARD · 23-14-4 (2.73 GAA) J. ALLEN · 27-25-3 (2.75 GAA)