FEBRUARY 2, 2021 · 7:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS VS. HURRICANES · UNITED CENTER · GAME 11 (HOME 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: Chicago defeated Columbus 3-1 on Sunday evening at the United Center ... The Blackhawks 30 hits JACCOB SLAVIN #74 were a season high ... Chicago has allowed two goals or fewer in five of their last six games ... Philipp Kurashev, AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI Pius Suter and Patrick Kane were the goal scorers for the Blackhawks. 26 D 3 0 1 0 +3 22:40 A native of Denver, Colorado, Slavin was a • VS. CAROLINA: The Blackhawks begin the month of February with a clash against the Hurricanes ... Chicago is first-time All-Star during the 2019-20 campaign, 2-7-1 against Carolina over their last 10 matchups ... Calvin de Haan notched 14 points (1G, 13A) in 74 regular-sea- posting a career-high 36 points (6G, 30A) in 68 son games for the Hurricanes during the 2018-19 campaign ... David Kampf has one goal and two helpers in five games. He posted 11 helpers in 15 Stanley Cup career games vs. CAR. Playoff games to help Carolina reach the 2019 Eastern Conference Final. Slavin has paced the Hurricanes in time on ice per game • HI KEVIN: Kevin Lankinen has allowed two goals or fewer in five straight outings ... His .937 save percentage over the last four seasons. His brother, Josiah, was selected by the leads the league and his 1.97 goals-against average is second among goalies who have made at least five Blackhawks in the seventh round of the 2018 NHL Draft. appearances ... He stopped a career-high 41 shots vs. NSH on Wednesday. RYAN DZINGEL #18 • REESE’S PIECES: Reese Johnson made his National Hockey League debut and matched a game high with seven AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI hits on Sunday night ... That total is the most by a Blackhawk in their first NHL game in franchise history (hit data 28 C 6 2 0 2 -2 13:43 dates back to the 2005-06 season) ... The last player to notch seven hits in their league debut was Sam Morin Between stints with the Senators and Blue Jack- (PHI) on April 4, 2017. ets, Dzingel recorded career highs in goals (26), assists (30) and points (56) during the 2018-19 • ONE-TIMERS: Pius Suter’s team-leading four goals is also the most among NHL rookies ... Philipp Kurashev season. The Wheaton, Illinois native has three recorded his first career multi-point effort with a goal and an assist on Sunday ... Kurashev also won six of 10 markers and an assist in 28 career Stanley Cup Playoff games ... He faceoffs ... It was the most draws he has taken in a game this year ... Mattias Janmark picked up his second multi- has two helpers in eight games against the Blackhawks in his career. point game of the season with two helpers against the Blue Jackets ... Nikita Zadorov paces league blueliners and As a junior at Ohio State Univeristy during the 2013-14 campaign, is third among all skaters with 41 hits during the 2020-21 campaign. Dzingel led the Big Ten Conference in goals (22) and points (46). 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON SEBASTIAN AHO #20 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS CAROLINA HURRICANES 23 C 6 1 5 4 +1 19:25 Record: 3-4-3 (9 PTS) Record: 5-1-0 (10 PTS) Aho led the National Hockey League with four Overall: T-19TH Overall: T-14TH shorthanded markers last season. He also had Division: T-4TH (Central) Division: 3RD (Central) four SHGS and set career highs in assists (53) and points (83) during the 2018-19 campaign. Goals For: 2.60 (22ND) Goals For: 2.83 (19TH) Aho was named to his first career All-Star Game that season. His 38 Goals Against: 3.00 (T-17TH) Goals Against: 1.67 (1ST) goals last season were a career high. The Hurricanes second-round Power Play%: 33.3 (6TH) Power Play%: 26.9 (11TH) selection in the 2015 NHL Draft scored the most goals (9) of any Penalty Kill%: 78.4 (17TH) Penalty Kill%: 91.3 (2ND) skater at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. Team FO%: 48.6 (23RD) Team FO%: 49.9 (T-18TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. CAROLINA Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (4G, 6A) Vincent Trocheck (4G, 2A) Dylan Strome (3G, 3A) Andrei Svechnikov (4G, 2A) Game 1: Tues. Feb. 2 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Mattias Janmark (3G, 3A) Sebastian Aho (1G, 5A) Game 2: Thurs. Feb. 4 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Game 3: Fri. Feb 19 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Game 4: Sat. Feb. 20 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH+/WGN/TUDN 1200 Kevin Lankinen • 3-1-2 (1.97 GAA) Petr Mrazek • 2-1-0 (0.99 GAA) Game 5: Tues. March 30 6:30 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Malcolm Subban • 0-1-1 (3.95 GAA) James Reimer • 3-0-0 (1.99 GAA) Game 6: Thurs. April 1 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Game 7: Mon. May 3 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 *Stats as of Feb. 1 9:00 p.m. Game 8: Tues. May 4 6:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Season Results vs. CAR: 0-0-0.