APRIL 3, 2021 · 2:00 PM CT · BLACKHAWKS AT PREDATORS · BRIDGESTONE ARENA · GAME 39 (AWAY GAME 20) TV: NBCSCH (FOLEY/COYNE-SCHOFIELD) · RADIO: AM-720 (WIEDEMAN/MURRAY) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH • LAST GAME: The Blackhawks dropped a 4-3 decision to the Hurricanes on Thursday at the United Center ... MATTIAS EKHOLM #14 Dominik Kubalik, Brandon Hagel and Dylan Strome were the goal scorers for Chicago ... Kevin Lankinen stopped AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI 27 shots. 30 D 31 5 10 4 +9 22:32 A native of Borlange, Sweden, Ekholm has regis- • VS. NASHVILLE: Alex DeBrincat recorded two goals and Pius Suter had two helpers against the Predators on tered two assists vs. Chicago during the 2020-21 Sunday to lead the team with two points each ... Suter paces the club with three points (1G, 2A) vs. Nashville campaign. He has blocked 100 or more shots in this season ... The Blackhawks and Predators split their four-game season series during the 2019-20 campaign six consecutive seasons. His 36 helpers and 44 ... Chicago netted seven goals on Nov. 16, 2019 at NSH; their second highest single-game goal total last season ... points during the 2018-19 season were career highs. Ekholm made DeBrincat posted two goals, including the game winner in overtime on Feb. 21, 2020 vs. NSH ... The Predators are his Stanley Cup Playoff debut during the 2015 postseason against the one of four teams (Columbus, Dallas and St. Louis) Patrick Kane has more than 60 career points against. Blackhawks. He helped Sweden capture a gold medal at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. • MURPH MADNESS: Connor Murphy notched a helper on Thursday and now has assists in consecutive games … He has four assists over his last six games … He also led the team with three hits and three blocked shots against FILIP FORSBERG #9 the Hurricanes … He has three or more hits in six straight games … He shares sixth in the National Hockey League AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI with 73 blocked shots this year (Calvin de Haan) ... The Dublin, Ohio native recorded a season-high six hits 26 F 34 11 18 14 -8 18:20 and blocked five shots vs. Carolina on Tuesday. Nashville’s alternate captain finished fourth in the 2015 Calder Trophy voting after leading the • ON THE PROWL: Alex DeBrincat is second in the National Hockey League with 17 goals and shares seventh with Predators in goals (26) and points (63). Later 30 points since he returned to the lineup on Feb. 2 after being removed from COVID-19 protocol ... His 19 goals that season, Forsberg recorded a hat trick in share fourth in the National Hockey League this year … DeBrincat tallied 18 goals in 70 games last season. Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round vs. Chicago. Forsberg has netted 20 or more goals in six straight seasons. He has eight • ONE-TIMERS: Dylan Strome recorded his 100th point (36G, 64A) as a Blackhawk on Thursday… Strome has a goals and seven helpers in 26 career regular-season games against marker in back-to-back games ... Ryan Carpenter won all five of his faceoffs against Carolina. the Blackhawks. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON MATT DUCHENE #95 AGE POS GP G A PIM +/- TOI CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NASHVILLE PREDATORS 30 C 23 3 5 4 -11 16:44 Record: 17-16-5 (39 PTS) Record: 19-18-1 (39 PTS) A two-time NHL All-Star (2011 and 2016), Overall: T-15TH Overall: T-15th Duchene is in his second season with NSH. He Division: T-4TH (Central) Division: T-4TH (Central) was selected with the third-overall pick in the 2009 NHL draft by COL. He recorded 27 goals Goals For: 2.82 (16TH) Goals For: 2.45 (27TH) and 67 points during the 2010-11 campaign, becoming the youngest Goals Against: 3.08 (22ND) Goals Against: 2.97 (17th) player in franchise history to lead the team in scoring. Since entering Power Play%: 26.7 (3RD) Power Play%: 20.4 (17TH) the league during the 2009-10 campaign, Duchene shares 14th in the Penalty Kill%: 74.3 (27TH) Penalty Kill%: 72.1 (31ST) NHL in faceoff win percentage (min. 10000 faceoffs). Team FO%: 46.4 (28TH) Team FO%: 50.4 (T-15TH) SEASON SCHEDULE VS. NASHVILLE Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: DATE TIME BROADCAST INFORMATION Patrick Kane (13G, 36A) Filip Forsberg (11G, 18A) Alex DeBrincat (19G, 17A) Roman Josi (4G, 17A) Tues. Jan. 26 at NSH 7:00 PM CT (L-OT, 3-2) Dominik Kubalik (12G, 15A) Calle Jankrok (11G, 7A) Wed. Jan. 27 at NSH 6:30 PM CT (L-SO, 2-1) Sat. March 27 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT (L, 3-1) Goaltenders: Goaltenders: Sun. March 28 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT (L, 3-2) Kevin Lankinen • 13-9-4 (2.71 GAA) Juuse Saros • 10-7-0 (2.39 GAA) Sat. April 3 at NSH 2:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Malcolm Subban • 4-5-1 (3.14 GAA) Pekka Rinne • 9-11-1 (3.02 GAA) Mon. April 19 at NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN Collin Delia • 0-2-0 (5.00 GAA) Wed. April 21 vs. NSH 6:00 PM CT NBCSN/WGN/TUDN 1200 *Stats as of April 2 10:00 p.m. Fri. April 23 vs. NSH 7:00 PM CT NBCSCH/WGN/TUDN 1200 Season Results vs. NSH: 0-2-2.