APRIL 27, 2021 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS VS. LIGHTNING · UNITED CENTER · GAME 49 (HOME GAME 24) TV: NBCSCH+ (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES TREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: Chicago lost to Nashville 3-1 on Friday night at the United Center ... Vinnie Hinostroza recorded the ONDREJ PALAT #18 lone tally for the Blackhawks ... Chicago killed off both Nashville power plays and recorded a season-high 36 hits AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI ... Their previous season high came on Feb. 27 vs. DET when they were credited with 34 hits ... Malcolm Subban 30 F 48 14 28 24 +3 17:28 made 25 saves in the loss. Palat is on a season-high tying five-game streak (2G, 5A). His three points (1G, • VS. TAMPA BAY: Alex DeBrincat paces the team with five goals and seven points this year against the Lightning 2A) on Sunday night matched a season high. ... DeBrincat matched a season high with two goals on March 5 in the Blackhawks win over Tampa Bay ... Patrick The Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic native’s 42 Kane and Adam Boqvist share the team lead with four helpers against the Lightning this year ... Forward Dominik points this season are his most since the 2016-17 campaign when he Kubalik notched his first career hat trick in the Blackhawks victory on Feb. 27, 2020 vs. Tampa Bay. recorded 52 (17G, 35A). A seventh-round pick (208th overall) of the Lightning in the 2011 Draft, Palat scored four • BASH BRO: Vinnie Hinostroza scored a for the second straight game on Friday ... He matched a career high goals for the Czech Republic at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. with three assists and points (3A) on April 17 vs. Detroit ... It was his seventh career three-point game and his first since Dec. 12, 2019 as a member of the ... He has two goals and six assists in nine games with the BRAYDEN POINT #21 Blackhawks since being acquired for his second stint with the club on April 2. AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 25 C 48 20 22 11 +5 18:30 • QUICK LEARNERS: The Blackhawks received three goals from rookies on Wednesday (Pius Suter, Wyatt Kalynuk A native of , Alberta, Point matched a and Brandon Hagel) ... It was the second time three rookies have scored in a game for the Blackhawks this year season high with three points (3A) on Sunday and the ninth instance that Chicago has collected a goal from two or more rookies in a game ... Chicago leads the night against the Blue Jackets. He has nine NHL with 35 goals and is second with 75 points from rookies this season. points (4G, 5A) over his last eight games. Point has two markers and four helpers in seven games against the Black- • ONE-TIMERS: Dating back to April 10 against the Blue Jackets, the Blackhawks are 17-for-17 on the kill ... hawks during the 2020-21 campaign. He tallied career bests in goals Since March 25, their 90.6 percent penalty kill percentage leads the league ... Wyatt Kalynuk has points (1G, 1A) in (41), assists (51) and points (92) during the 2018-19 season. He paced back-to-back games. the league with 14 markers during last year’s playoffs. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON #77 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 30 D 48 9 35 26 +4 25:12 Record: 22-21-5 (49 PTS) Record: 32-14-2 (66 PTS) Hedman is second among league blueliners Overall: T-18TH Overall: T-5TH with 44 points (9G, 35A) this season. He shares Division: 6TH (Central) Division: 3RD (Central) the team lead with 11 points (2G, 9A) vs. Chicago this year. Hedman was voted last year’s Conn Goals For: 2.77 (T-17TH) Goals For: 3.31 (6TH) Smythe Trophy winner after scoring 10 goals during the postseason. Goals Against: 3.10 (21ST) Goals Against: 2.58 (7TH) It was the most by a defenseman since Brian Leetch of the Rangers Power Play%: 22.8 (9TH) Power Play%: 24.7 (5TH) scored 11 in 1994. He has recorded 10 or more goals in each of the Penalty Kill%: 76.5 (27TH) Penalty Kill%: 82.4 (T-9TH) past seven seasons. Team FO%: 46.7 (28TH) Team FO%: 50.1 (T-16TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. TAMPA BAY Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (15G, 43A) Victor Hedman (9G, 35A) Alex DeBrincat (23G, 21A) Brayden Point (20G, 22A) Wed., Jan. 13 at TBL 7:00 PM CT (L, 5-1) Dominik Kubalik (15G, 15A) Ondrej Palat (14G, 28A) 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 (W-SO, 4-3) Kevin Lankinen • 16-13-4 (2.89 GAA) Andrei Vasilevskiy • 28-8-1 (2.10 GAA) Sun., March 7 vs. TBL 1:30 PM CT (L, 6-3) Malcolm Subban • 6-6-1 (2.88 GAA) Curtis McElhinney • 4-5-1 (3.23 GAA) Thu., March 18 at TBL 6:00 PM CT (L, 4-2) Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Sat., March 20 at TBL 3:00 PM CT (L, 4-1) *Stats as of April 26 10:00 p.m. Tue. April 27 vs. TBL 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH+/WGN RADIO Season Results vs. TBL: 1-5-1