CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Patrick Sharp (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sunday, Nov. 20 vs. PIT, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, Nov. 23 at DAL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Friday, Nov. Nov. 25 vs. MTL, 1:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Sunday, Nov. 27 vs. WPG, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, NHL Network, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, Nov. 30 vs. EDM, 8:30 p.m. CT (TNT, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 18 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford … Nov. 11 – Activated Ian Mitchell (left wrist) off IR and assigned him to Rockford (AHL) … Nov. 8 – Assigned Dylan Wells to Rockford (AHL) … Nov. 7 – Activated Petr Mrazek (groin strain) from IR and placed Alex Stalock (concussion protocol) on IR retroactive to Nov. 1 … Nov. 2 – Signed Dylan Wells to a one-year, two-way contract … Nov. 1 – Placed Seth Jones (right thumb) on IR and recalled Alec Regula from Rockford (AHL) … Oct. 28 – Activated Boris Katchouk from IR … Oct. 27 – Placed Tyler Johnson (left ankle) on IR retroactive to Oct. 25.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. St. Louis (5) – Wed., Nov. 16, United Center
CHI Goals: Athanasiou (4), Athanasiou (5, PP)
STL Goals: Rosen (2), Kyrou (6), O’Reilly (4, SH), Pitlick (1), Barbashev (3)
Goalies: CHI – Soderblom (30/35, 59:59) STL – Binnington (25/27, 60:00)
CHI PP: 1/3; PK: 2/2
STL PP: 0/2; PK: 2/3
Recap: The Blackhawks fell 5-2 to the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night … Andreas Athanasiou scored both goals for the Blackhawks, the 16th multi-goal game of his career … Max Domi, Jujhar Khaira, Philipp Kurashev and Patrick Kane each tallied assists … Jarred Tinordi registered a game-high five hits and Kane posted a game-high five shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – BOSTON BRUINS
The Blackhawks have taken points in three of their last four games against Boston, including securing a point in overtime in their last meeting on March 15 (1-2) … Petr Mrazek is 4-2-1 against the Bruins in his career … Patrick Kane has points in six of his last games against Boston (1G, 7A) … Andreas Athanasiou has points in four of his last seven against the Bruins, with three of those games being multi-point outings … Assistant Coach Kevin Dean served as an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2017-22 and with their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, from 2011-16 and head coach for the 2016-17 campaign.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: March 14 | AWAY: Nov. 19
All-Time Record: 244-267-83 | Home: 151-98-49 | Road: 93-169-34
Last Home Win: March 11, 2018 (3-1) | Last Road Win: Dec. 5, 2019 (4-3 OT) | Last Home Loss: March
15, 2022 (1-2 OT)| Last Road Loss: March 10, 2022 (3-4)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. BOS ALL-TIME
GOALS: Jonathan Toews, 9; Patrick Kane/Andreas Athanasiou, 8; Jack Johnson, 3
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 11; Jonathan Toews, 6; Jack Johnson, 6
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 19; Jonathan Toews, 15; Andreas Athanasiou, 8
TEAM NOTES
CHARGED UP: Andreas Athanasiou scored twice on Wednesday against St. Louis, scoring both Blackhawks goals on the night … It was the 16th two-goal game of his career and first since March 6, 2022 at Buffalo (with LA).
PENALTY KILLIN’ IT: The Blackhawks have killed off all of their opponent power-play opportunities in their last four-straight games, going 2-for-2 on the kill in Wednesday’s game against St. Louis … Chicago is the only team to be perfect on the penalty kill in that span (since Nov. 10 vs. LAK).
HARD HITTERS: Chicago has now posted 422 hits so far this season which is good for 15th in the NHL … Jarred Tinordi currently ranks third in the NHL with a team-leading 67 hits so far this season … Connor Murphy ranks second on the Blackhawks with 37 hits … The team notched 41 hits on Oct. 13 at Vegas with nine separate Blackhawks players registering at least three hits in the contest … This marks just the fourth time Chicago has had nine skaters post three-or-more hits in a single game since the NHL began tracking the stat in 2005-06, while the club has never had more than nine do so in a regular-season contest.
COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit on Nov. 12 en route to a 3-2 win at Anaheim … The win marked Chicago’s fourth multi-goal comeback win this season which is good for first in the League … The club recorded each of the previous three this season over a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 for the team’s first three wins of 2022-23 … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006-07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).
TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL: Jarred Tinordi set a new career high with two goals on Nov. 12 in Anaheim, including the game-winning tally … It marked Tinordi’s third career multi-point game and second of the season, having also notched two assists on Oct. 30 against Minnesota … His game-winning goal on Saturday marked just the second of his NHL career … Tinordi also logged five hits against the Ducks on Saturday night and now shares second in the NHL with a team-leading 61 hits so far this season.
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane notched an assist on Wednesday, and has now registered 12 points (2G, 10A) over his last 12 games … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … The forward logged two assists and three points (1G, 2A) against Edmonton on Oct. 27, moving him past Doug Weight (755) into fifth place on the League’s all-time assist list among U.S.-born players … Kane paces the Blackhawks with 11 helpers and 13 points (2G, 11A) in 16 games this season.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi tallied an assist on Wednesday and recorded two assists on Nov. 12 vs. ANA, giving him helpers in three of his last four games (4A) … His two-assist outing against Anaheim marks Domi’s second multi-point game of the season … Domi shared the team lead against on Oct. 27 with three points (1G, 2A) on Oct. 27 for his first three-point game since Dec. 11, 2021 at Seattle while with Columbus (2G, 1A) … He registered a four-game point streak from Oct. 21-27 (3G, 3A) … It marked his first streak of at least four games since the 2020-21 campaign when he also logged points in four-straight games (2G, 3A) from April 6 – 12 … Domi currently shares first on Chicago with three power play goals so far in 2022-23, while he ranks second on the club in assists (7) and points (11) … Domi also ranks fifth in the NHL and second on the team with a 60.7% faceoff win percentage this season.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews went 18-for-23 from the faceoff circle (78%) on Wednesday night against the Blues, marking the fourth-straight game he’s registered at least 17 faceoff wins … He paces the NHL in faceoff win percentage at 65.4% … Toews logged a seven-game point streak from Oct. 23 – Nov. 3 … His seven-game point streak is tied for the third-longest of his career while it’s the fifth time he’s logged points in at least seven games … His last seven-game streak came during the 2018-19 season, logging 10 points (4G, 6A) from Feb. 14 – 27 … Toews scored the overtime goal on Nov. 3 for the 16th of his career, which is tied for sixth in NHL history … The captain paces the Blackhawks with seven goals so far in 2022-23 while he’s third on the team with 10 points (7G, 3A).
MR. 300: Petr Mrazek appeared in his 300th career NHL game on Monday night against the Hurricanes, stopping 29 of the 32 shots he faced in the contest … Mrazek owns a 1-2-1 record with a .897 save percentage and a 3.16 goals-against average in five games this season … The 11-season NHL veteran boasts a 141-104-32 career record with a .909 save percentage and a 2.65 goals-against average with 24 career shutouts in his 300 career NHL contests with Detroit, Philadelphia, Carolina, Toronto and Chicago.
LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: The Blackhawks have scored four shorthanded goals this season, all of which came in a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 … Chicago’s four shorthanded tallies in 2022-23 are tied for first in the NHL … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a shorthanded goal tied the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).
STICKS AND MILESTONES: Jonathan Toews is just two assists from 500 in his NHL career … Jujhar Khaira is two games from his 300th career NHL game … Jason Dickinson in five games from the 300th of his NHL career.
BLACKHAWKS FRANCHISE LEADERS
GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
- Stan Mikita 1,396 1. Bobby Hull 604 1. Stan Mikita 926 1. Stan Mikita 1,467
- Duncan Keith 1,192 2. Stan Mikita 541 2. Patrick Kane 761 2. Patrick Kane 1,193
- Patrick Kane, 1,123 3. Patrick Kane 432 3. Denis Savard 719 3. Bobby Hull 1,153
- Brent Seabrook, 1,114 4. Steve Larmer 406 4. Doug Wilson 554 4. Denis Savard 1,096
- Bobby Hull 1,036 5. Denis Savard 377 5. Bobby Hull 549 5. Steve Larmer 923
- Jonathan Toews 1,030 6. Jonathan Toews 364 6. Duncan Keith 520 6. Jonathan Toews 862
- Eric Nesterenko 1,013 7. Dennis Hull 298 7. Steve Larmer 517 7. Doug Wilson 779
- Bob Murray 1,008 8. Tony Amonte 268 8. Jonathan Toews 498 8. Dennis Hull 640
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 5-5-0
Two-Days Rest: 0-0-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-0-1
First Game of a B2B: 0-1-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-1-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-1-0
Wednesday: 0-2-0
Thursday: 1-2-1
Friday: 1-0-0
Saturday: 2-1-1
Sunday: 1-0-1
BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins host the Blackhawks tonight in the 1st of 2 games between these teams this season and Chicago’s lone visit to TD Garden this season.
- They are 15-2-0 this season and are 10-0-0 on home ice so far … They are 7-0-0 vs. Western Conference opponents.
- The Bruins are concluding tonight their current stretch of 5 of 6 games at home … They opened with a 3-1 wins each vs. St. Louis on 11/7, vs. Calgary on 11/10, and in Buffalo on 11/12, a 5-2 win vs. Vancouver on 11/13 and 4-1 win vs. Philadelphia on 11/17 … They will next play in Tampa Bay on 11/21 and in Florida on 11/23.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins have won their last 5 games and 12 of their last 13 games, with a 7-game win streak from 10/20-11/3, a 2-1 loss in Toronto on 11/5 and 3-1 wins each vs. St. Louis on 11/7, vs Calgary on 11/10 and in Buffalo on 11/12, 5-2 vs. Vancouver and 4-1 vs Philadelphia.
- Their start of 30 points on a 15-2-0 record ties the best record through 17 games in club history, first set with a same 15-2-0 mark in 1929-30 … Their 10-game home win streak is their longest in team history from the start of a season and are looking to tie the NHL’s best such streak of 11, set by Chicago in 196264 and matched by Florida in 2021-22..
- Boston 3 at Buffalo 1 … The Bruins scored three times in the final 21:09 of the game on two goals by Patrice Bergeron and the GWG by Jakub Zboril, his 1st in the NHL … Brad Marchand had 2 assists … Keith Kinkaid earned his 1st win as a Bruin … SOG: Bos 30, Buf 31… PP: 1/3 … PK: 0/3
- Boston 5 vs Vancouver 2 … Hampus Lindholm had 3A, Connor Clifton (GA) and David Pastrnak (2A) had 2-pt games, and Pavel Zacha (GW), Patrice Bergeron (PP), Brad Marchand (PP) and Tomas Nosek (EN) had single tallies … Linus Ullmark earned the win in goal … SOG: Bos 33, Van 31… PP: 2/6 … PK: 2/6
- Boston 4 vs Philadelphia 1 … After a rare scoreless 1st period, goals by Tomas Nosek, Jake DeBrusk (PP/GW), and 2 from David Krejci (PP) notched the win along with 2A each from Nick Foligno (300th NHL assist) and Pavel Zacha … Linus Ullmark extended his NHL lead with his 12th of the season … SOG: Bos 32, Phi 23 … PP: 2/4 … PK: 1/4
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 25)
- Derek Forbort – Broken finger (IR)
BOSTON vs CHICAGO, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Blackhawks are meeting for the 595th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 271-239-79-5 record and 1,872-1,794 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 169-92-34-1 lifetime vs. Chicago in Boston with the a 1,065-837 scoring edge in those 296 contests … The Bruins are 5-0-1 in their last six games vs. the Blackhawks.
NUMBERS
1: Boston’s rank in both goals for per game (4.00) and fewest goals against per game (2.19).
3: Straight deciding goals Taylor Hall from 10/20-25/2022 – deciding shootout goal vs. Anaheim on 10/20, OT goal vs. Minnesota on 10/22 and GWG vs. Dallas on 10/25.
3: Player on the current roster new to the Bruins organization this season – A.J. Greer (free agent), Anton Stralman (free agent), Pavel Zacha (trade).
4: Points by David Pastrnak (1-3=4 totals) on 10/12/2022 in Washington in the 2022-23 season opener … That is the most points in a Boston opener since Brad Marchand (2-3=5) and Pastrnak (2-2=4) in 10/13/2016.
8: Straight wins by Linus Ullmark from 10/12-11/3/2022 … It was a new career-best win streak and it also tied the longest win streak by a Boston goaltender from the start of a season (Tim Thomas, also 8-0-0 in 2010-11).
10: Straight home wins to open this season … That is the longest such home streak in club history and is Boston’s longest home win streak overall since 12 in 2018-19.
9: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, AJ Greer, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith and Jeremy Swayman.
10: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha and Jakub Zboril
19: Consecutive wins by Boston over Arizona after their 6-3 win on 10/15/2022 … That are the most wins by one opponent in club history.
30: Points by Boston (15-2-0) through their 1st 17 games … That ties the best start in their history, first set with a matching 15-2-0 record in 1929-30.
90.6%: Boston’s penalty-kill- 2nd in the league, with 6 goals allowed on 64 times short. 386-25-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 252-2-6 over that span when they have led by 3 goals 547: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season & playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 23 players on their roster, including 1 on injured reserve … 10 were drafted by the team, 4 were acquired in trade and 9 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 1-0-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 3-0-0 in the 1st game of those sets and are 2-1-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 9 of a 13-game November schedule tonight (7 hm/6 rd, 7-1-0) … They will play 14 games in December (8 hm/6 rd), 14 in January (5 hm/9 rd), 10 in February (3 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Nov. 9: Mike Reilly placed on waivers for assignment to Providence/AHL (assigned Nov. 10).
Nov. 16: Keith Kinkaid returned to Providence/AHL.
