JANUARY 26, 2021 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT PREDATORS · BRIDGESTONE ARENA · GAME 7 (AWAY GAME 5) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/OLCZYK) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY) · UNIVISION 1200 AM (RAMOS/MORENO) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: The Blackhawks scored a season-high six goals in their second straight win over the Red Wings on MATTIAS EKHOLM #14 Sunday ... They logged 20 or more hits in a game for the fourth straight contest ... Pius Suter recorded a hat trick AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI in the victory ... Kevin Lankinen stopped 25 shots for his second consecutive win. 30 D 5 0 1 0 +1 22:10 A native of Borlange, Sweden, Ekholm has • VS. NASHVILLE: Chicago hits the road to take on Nashville for a two-game back-to-back set starting tonight ... blocked 100 or more shots in six consecutive The Blackhawks and Predators split their four-game season series during the 2019-20 campaign ... Chicago netted seasons. His 36 helpers and 44 points during the seven goals on Nov. 16, 2019 at NSH; their second highest single-game goal total last season ... Patrick Kane has 61 2018-19 season were career highs. Ekholm made points (24G, 37A) in 65 career regular-season games vs. NSH. his Stanley Cup Playoff debut during the 2015 postseason against the Blackhawks. He helped Sweden capture a gold medal at the 2018 IIHF • THE PIUS IS LOOSE: Suter became the 29th player in National Hockey League history to score his first three or World Championship. more career goals in the same game ... Suter is the first Blackhawk to accomplish the feat since Bill Kendall did so in 1933 ... He also became the second Chicago skater (Art Somers on Nov. 21, 1929) to register a hat trick within their first six career NHL games. ROMAN JOSI #59 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI • TIC-TAC-TOE: With a power-play goal against DET, the Blackhawks matched their second-longest streak to begin 30 D 5 0 1 0 -2 24:07 a season with a PPG in their sixth consecutive game ... Chicago also recorded a power-play marker in exactly six Josi posted career highs in goals (16), assists (49) games to begin the season during the 1965-66 campaign ... The longest run to begin a season with a goal on the and points (65) last season en route to being man advantage is 11 games during the 1990-91 season ... The Blackhawks share third in the league with eight voted winner of the Norris Trophy. His 25:47 of PPGS this season. total ice time per game last season was third in the league. The Predators’ captain participated in his first National • ONE-TIMERS: Connor Murphy reached 100 career National Hockey League points (27G, 73A) after tallying a goal Hockey League All-Star in Nashille during the 2015-16 season. Josi has and an assist on Sunday ... In the process, he also extended his point streak (2G, 3A) to a career-high four games five goals and 12 helpers in 39 career games vs. Chicago. ... Carl Soderberg made his team debut against the Red Wings ... He skated in 13:48 of TOI and had two hits. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON VIKTOR ARVIDSSON #33 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NASHVILLE PREDATORS 27 F 5 1 4 2 +1 18:12 Record: 2-3-1 (5 PTS) Record: 2-3-0 (4 PTS) Arvidsson has posted a multi-point effort in Overall: T-20TH Overall: T-24TH two of his last three games played. He netted a Division: 3RD (Central) Division: T-4TH (Central) career-high 34 goals in just 58 regular-season games during the 2018-19 campaign. Helped Goals For: 3.17 (T-1OTH) Goals For: 2.40 (27TH) Sweden win a gold medal at the 2018 IIHF World Championship; Goals Against: 3.83 (T-28TH) Goals Against: 3.40 (24TH) scoring three goals in five games. Arvidsson has seven markers and Power Play%: 42.1 (2ND) Power Play%: 10.0 (T-26TH) two assists in 18 career games against the Blackhawks. Penalty Kill%: 72.0 (25TH) Penalty Kill%: 55.0 (30TH) Team FO%: 49.1 (19TH) Team FO%: 54.2 (5TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. NASHVILLE Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (3G, 4A) Viktor Arvidsson (1G, 4A) Alex DeBrincat (2G, 4A) Filip Forsberg (4G) Game 1: Tues. Jan. 26 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Connor Murphy (2G, 3A) Luke Kunin (2G) Game 2: Wed. Jan. 27 6:30 PM CT NBCSN/WGN/TUDN 1200 Game 3: Sat. March 27 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Game 4: Sun. March 28 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Kevin Lankinen • 2-0-1 (2.63 GAA) Juuse Saros • 2-2-0 (3.02 GAA) Game 5: Sat. April 3 2:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Malcolm Subban • 0-1-0 (5.03 GAA) Pekka Rinne • 0-1-0 (3.78 GAA) Game 6: Sun. April 4 4:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Game 7: Wed. April 21 6:00 PM CT NBCSN/WGN/TUDN 1200 *Stats as of Jan. 25 9:00 p.m. Game 8: Fri. April 23 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Season Results vs. NSH: 0-0-0.