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TIME: 7 p.m. CT
TV: NBCSCH | RADIO: WGN 720-AM / TUDN 1200-AM | STREAM: NHL.TV & MyTeamsApp
The Blackhawks open up a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night, the first of a back-to-back with another meeting on Sunday afternoon. All three contests take place at the United Center.
TEAM RECORDS
CHI: 12-7-4, 28 PTS
TB: 15-4-1, 31 PTS
LAST TIME OUT
Chicago took a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night, with goals from Ryan Carpenter (2), Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, Dominik Kubalik, Pius Suter and Nikita Zadorov. Kane's tally was the 400th of his career and completed his fifth game this season with three or more points in a game. Kevin Lankinen stopped a career-high 44 shots in the win. It completed a 9-3-1 month of February for the Blackhawks.
Tampa Bay picked up their fifth straight win on Tuesday night, 2-0 in Dallas. For goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, it was a third straight shutout -- posting 10 starught periods and 200:26 of game time without allowing a goal. The Lightning have outscored their opponents 13-1 over their last four games. Steven Stamkos (10G, 10A) and Victor Hedman (4G, 16A) lead Tampa in scoring this season with 20 points apiece. Stamkos led the Lightning with five points (2G, 3A) in the first two meetings of the season with Chicago.
PROVING GROUND
The Blackhawks face the Lightning on Thursday night for the first time since the opening two contests of the season on a disappointing opeing four-game swing through Florida.
Following 5-1 and 5-2 defeats to Tampa and 5-2 and 5-4 (OT) losses to Florida, Chicago has posted a 12-4-3 record -- the third-best in the NHL based on points percentage (.711) in that span (beginning Jan. 22). The Lightning own the second-best record on points percentage (.735) with a 12-4-1 record.
Chicago has allowed five or more goals in a game just four times since the opening quartet, accounting for three of their four regulation losses since. The only time the Blackhawks have won while allowing five or more goals was a 6-5 shootout win over Columbus on Feb. 23 in Ohio.
THE ROAD AHEAD
Chicago opens an 11-game stretch on Thursday that features nine contests against the teams from Florida, currently first and second in the Central Division. The Lightning will play three games at the United Center in four days before Chicago embarks on an six-game trip with two games against the Panthers and two more against the Lightning over the final four games of the road swing. When they return home, Chicago will face the Panthers another two times at the United Center.
The trip starts with a two-game set in Dallas next Tuesday and Thursday.
TV: NBCSCH | RADIO: WGN 720-AM / TUDN 1200-AM | STREAM: NHL.TV & MyTeamsApp
The Blackhawks open up a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night, the first of a back-to-back with another meeting on Sunday afternoon. All three contests take place at the United Center.
TEAM RECORDS
CHI: 12-7-4, 28 PTS
TB: 15-4-1, 31 PTS
LAST TIME OUT
Chicago took a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night, with goals from Ryan Carpenter (2), Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, Dominik Kubalik, Pius Suter and Nikita Zadorov. Kane's tally was the 400th of his career and completed his fifth game this season with three or more points in a game. Kevin Lankinen stopped a career-high 44 shots in the win. It completed a 9-3-1 month of February for the Blackhawks.
Tampa Bay picked up their fifth straight win on Tuesday night, 2-0 in Dallas. For goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, it was a third straight shutout -- posting 10 starught periods and 200:26 of game time without allowing a goal. The Lightning have outscored their opponents 13-1 over their last four games. Steven Stamkos (10G, 10A) and Victor Hedman (4G, 16A) lead Tampa in scoring this season with 20 points apiece. Stamkos led the Lightning with five points (2G, 3A) in the first two meetings of the season with Chicago.
PROVING GROUND
The Blackhawks face the Lightning on Thursday night for the first time since the opening two contests of the season on a disappointing opeing four-game swing through Florida.
Following 5-1 and 5-2 defeats to Tampa and 5-2 and 5-4 (OT) losses to Florida, Chicago has posted a 12-4-3 record -- the third-best in the NHL based on points percentage (.711) in that span (beginning Jan. 22). The Lightning own the second-best record on points percentage (.735) with a 12-4-1 record.
Chicago has allowed five or more goals in a game just four times since the opening quartet, accounting for three of their four regulation losses since. The only time the Blackhawks have won while allowing five or more goals was a 6-5 shootout win over Columbus on Feb. 23 in Ohio.
THE ROAD AHEAD
Chicago opens an 11-game stretch on Thursday that features nine contests against the teams from Florida, currently first and second in the Central Division. The Lightning will play three games at the United Center in four days before Chicago embarks on an six-game trip with two games against the Panthers and two more against the Lightning over the final four games of the road swing. When they return home, Chicago will face the Panthers another two times at the United Center.
The trip starts with a two-game set in Dallas next Tuesday and Thursday.
