OCTOBER 4, 2019 · 1:00PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT FLYERS · O2 ARENA · GAME 1 (AWAY GAME 1) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/KONROYD) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST SEASON: The Blackhawks finished the 2018-19 regular season with a 36-34-12 record. From Jan. 20 JAKUB VORACEK #93 through the end of the season, Chicago went 20-10-3, a 107-point pace over the course of a full season. Jere- AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI my Colliton begins his second season behind the bench after being hired as the franchise's 38th head coach 30 RW 78 20 46 25 -16 18:40 in team history on Nov. 6, 2018. Patrick Kane paced the club with a career-high 110 points (44G, 66A) during the 2018-19 campaign. A native of Kladno, Czech Republic, Voracek set career highs in assists (65) and points (85) • VS. FLYERS: In 140 all-time contests against Philadelphia, the Blackhawks hold a mark of 47-62-30-1 vs. the during the 2017-18 season. He has captained Flyers. Philadelphia defeated Chicago in both matchups a season ago. The Blackhawks have lost 14 straight the Czech national team at the last three regular-season games in Philadelphia, with their last win there coming on Nov. 9, 1996 (4-1). World Championships.

• CZECH MATES: The Blackhawks have two Czech Republic natives on their roster, David Kampf and Dominik Kubalík. Kampf is entering his third season with the club and hails from Chomutov, which is about two hours outside of Prague. Kampf posted season bests with 15 helpers and 19 points, while matching a single-sea- CLAUDE GIROUX #28 son best four goals during the 2018-19 season. Kubalík is set to make his debut on AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Friday, just 94 kilometers from his hometown of Pilsen. He paced the National League in Switzerland with 31 C 82 22 63 24 9 21:27 57 points, was second with 32 assists and third with 25 goals en route to being named the league's most valuable player last season. Giroux has led the Flyers in points in each of the last two seasons. His 63 helpers shared • BLACKHAWKS ABROAD: Over the Blackhawks 10-day trip to Berlin, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic, ninth in the National Hockey League during they will have traveled 9,113 total air miles upon touching back down in Chicago over the weekend. Chicago is the 2018-19 campaign. 10th among NHL for- 1-0-1 all-time in regular-season games played outside of North America. Those two games took place on Oct. wards in average total ice time last season. 2 and 3, 2008 vs. FLA in Helsinki, Finland.

• ONE-TIMERS: Forward Alex DeBrincat signed a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2022-23 season ($6,400,000 AAV) on Thursday. Chicago will have eight new players on the opening-night roster from #9 their season-ending roster a year ago. AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 22 D 82 7 19 32 -16 25:07 Drafted seventh overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, 2018-19 TEAM COMPARISON Provorov has played in 82 regular-season games in each of the last three seasons. Reg- istered career bests with 17 goals, 24 assists RECORD: 36-34-12 (84 PTS) RECORD: 37-37-8 (82 PTS) and 41 points during the 2017-18 campaign. OVERALL: 20TH OVERALL: 22ND CONFERENCE: 10TH CONFERENCE: 11TH DIVISION: 6TH DIVISION: 6TH

GOALS FOR: 3.26 (8TH) GOALS FOR: 2.94 (18TH) GOALS AGAINST: 3.55 (30TH) GOALS AGAINST: 3.41 (29TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. OPPONENT POWER PLAY: 20.2 (15TH) POWER PLAY: 17.1 (T-22ND) KILL: 72.7 (31ST) PENALTY KILL: 78.5 (26TH) GAME 1: Blackhawks @ Flyers · O2 Arena · NHL Global Series TEAM FO%: 49.5 (T-19TH) TEAM FO%: 54.7 (1ST) GAME 2: Blackhawks vs. Flyers · United Center 2019 PLAYOFFS: DNQ 2019 PLAYOFFS: DNQ All time vs. Flyers: 47-62-30-1

LEADING SCORERS: LEADING SCORERS: Patrick Kane (44G, 66A) Claude Giroux (22G, 63A) (35G, 46A) (33G, 43A) Alex DeBrincat (41G, 35A) Jakub Voracek (20G, 46A)

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