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APRIL 17, 2021 · 6:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT RED WINGS · · GAME 45 (AWAY GAME 24) TV: NBCSCH+ (FOLEY/COHEN) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: Chicago dropped a 4-1 decision to the Red Wings on Thursday night in Detroit ... Duncan Keith DYLAN LARKIN #71 scored the lone marker for the Blackhawks ... Kevin Lankinen stopped 24 of 27 shots and lost his first game to the AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Red Wings this season. 24 C 41 8 14 27 -13 20:25 A first-round pick (15th overall) of the Red Wings • VS. DETROIT: The Blackhawks and Red Wings close out their season series tonight ... Chicago’s seven markers in the 2014 Draft, Larkin against Detroit on Feb. 28 were a season high ... Alex DeBrincat recorded a season-high four points (1G, 3A) in the has points (1G, 1A) in two of his last three games. victory ... The Farmington Hills, Michigan native has a point in 10 of 13 career games against the Red Wings and The Waterford, Michigan native has participated his 19 points (7G, 12A) are his most against any National Hockey League opponent ... Kevin Lankinen posted his in the last five IIHF World Championships. He was named a Top Three first career National Hockey League shutout on Feb. 17 at DET ... He is 4-1-0 with a .950 save percentage and a 1.60 Player on Team USA after the 2017 and 2019 tournaments. Larkin was goals-against average vs. the Red Wings this year. the Big Ten Rookie of the Year and named to the Big Ten First All-Star Team after the 2014-15 campaign at the . • CHICAGO RUNS ON DUNCAN: Duncan Keith recorded the 104th of his career on Thursday to pass for third on the Blackhawks all-time goals list among blueliners ... He now trails only Bob Murray (132) FILIP HRONEK #17 and Doug Wilson (225) on the franchise list ... Thursday’s game was the second straight that Keith has scored a AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI goal in ... It was the first time he has tallied markers in consecutive games since Jan. 24 and 26, 2017 ... His three 23 D 45 2 20 14 -14 23:37 tallies this season match his total from a year ago when he skated in 61 games. The Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic native skated in a season-high 27:01 of total ice time • QUICK LEARNERS: The Blackhawks crop of first-year talent is first with 30 goals and is second with 63 points on April 10 against the Hurricanes. He is two among National Hockey League rookies ... Pius Suter leads the charge with 11 goals and 19 points among first-year helpers away from matching his career high Chicago skaters. of 22 that he set last season. A second-round pick (53rd overall) of Detroit in the 2016 National Hockey League Draft, Hronek was named • ONE-TIMERS: David Kampf led the Blackhawks with five faceoff wins and a 63 percent faceoff win percentage the best defenseman of the 2019 IIHF World Championship. He paced on Thursday night … He has won 60% or more of his draws in three straight games. tournament blueliners in assists (8) and points (11). 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON JAKUB VRANA #15 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 25 F 1 1 0 0 +1 16:57 Record: 20-19-5 (45 PTS) Record: 16-23-6 (38 PTS) Acquired by the Red Wings on April 12, Vrana Overall: T-17TH Overall: T-25TH skated in his first game with the club on Thurs- Division: 5TH (Central) Division: 8TH (Central) day and scored a goal against the Blackhawks. He has points (2G, 1A) in his last three games. Goals For: 2.75 (18TH) Goals For: 2.27 (T-30TH) Vrana had eight points (3G, 5A) in 23 postseason games en route Goals Against: 3.11 (T-22ND) Goals Against: 3.11 (T-22ND) to helping the Capitals capture their first in franchise Power Play%: 24.1 (7TH) Power Play%: 11.9 (30TH) history. He set career highs in goals (25), assists (27) and points (52) Kill%: 73.5 (30TH) Penalty Kill%: 76.7 (24TH) during the 2019-20 season with Washington. Team FO%: 46.8 (28TH) Team FO%: 50.1 (T-15TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. DETROIT Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION (14G, 40A) Dylan Larkin (8G, 14A) Alex DeBrincat (21G, 21A) Filip Hronek (2G, 20A) Fri. Jan. 22 vs. DET 7:00 PM CT (W, 4-1) Dominik Kubalik (14G, 15A) Adam Erne (11G, 7A) Sun. Jan. 24 vs. DET 11:30 AM CT (W, 6-2) Mon. Feb. 15 at DET 6:30 PM CT (W-OT, 3-2) : Goaltenders: Mon. Feb 17 at DET 6:30 PM CT (W, 2-0) Kevin Lankinen • 16-12-4 (2.79 GAA) • 9-7-0 (2.92 GAA) Sat. Feb 27 vs. DET 7:00 PM CT (L, 5-3) Malcolm Subban • 4-5-1 (3.14 GAA) Thomas Greiss • 5-15-6 (3.07 GAA) Sun. Feb. 28 vs. DET 6:00 PM CT (W, 7-2) Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Thu. April 15 at DET 6:30 PM CT (L, 4-1) *Stats as of April 16 10:00 p.m. Sat. April 17 at DET 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH+/WGN Season Results vs. DET: 5-2-0