COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Dec. 23, 2022 Game No. 33 (10-20-2, 22 pts.)
at Chicago Blackhawks (7-20-4, 18 pts.), United Center Road Game No. 13 (2-9-1, 5 pts.) The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.
THE LAST GAME: DEC. 20, 2022 – CBJ 3 at PHI 5
CBJ Goal Scorers: Marchenko (3), Johnson (8), Peeke (3)
PHI Goal Scorers: SHG – Konecny (13), Frost (6), Tippett (9), Konecny (14), EN – Tippett (10)
Goalies: CBJ – Tarasov (34/38; 59:10); PHI – Hart (30/33; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/1; PK: 1/1 | Shots: CBJ: 33 / PHI: 39
3 Stars: 1. Konecny, PHI; 2. York, PHI; 3. Frost, PHI
Noteworthy: CBJ dropped a back-to-back set and lost their 5th-straight game… PHI led 1-0 after the 1st before CBJ scored goals 2:43 apart to grab a 2-1 lead… PHI answered with 3-straight goals (2 in 2nd), including the GWG 2:45 into the 3rd… Nine different CBJ players recorded points… CBJ took just one penalty… Johnson stretched goal streak to 2-straight while Nyquist and Roslovic picked up assists for 2nd consecutive contest.
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (26 games) Boqvist (broken foot); (24 games) Voracek (upper body); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (21 games) Blankenburg (ankle); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); 6-8 weeks (19 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); Expected to miss rest of regular season (19 games) Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (18 games) Korpisalo (lower body); (6 games) Jenner (thumb); Placed on IR (Dec. 19); approximately 4 weeks (2 games) Sillinger (upper body); Placed on IR (retro to Dec. 17); day-to-day (2 games) Chinakhov (ankle); Placed on IR (Dec. 20); out indefinitely (1 game) Merzlikins (illness); day-to-day (1 game)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 197
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 22 Activated Boqvist and Korpisalo off Injured Reserve, placed Sillinger on Injured Reserve retroactive to Dec. 17 and assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 20 Placed Chinakhov on Injured Reserve and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 19 Signed Richards to a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract for rest of 2022-23 season
Dec. 19 Placed Jenner on Injured Reserve and recalled Dunne from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 12 Recalled Tarasov from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 10 Placed Korpisalo on Injured Reserve and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 5 Recalled Marchenko from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Fix-Wolansky to Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
8:30pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 FM
AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS
2022-23 Series: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 at CHI)
2021-22 Series: 1-1-0 (1-0-0 at CHI)
All-Time Series: 37-45-2-13 (18-24-1-5 at CHI)
Last 10 (Overall | Road): 3-4-3 | 4-4-2
All-Time GF/GA: 266-320
All-Time SF/SA: 2,793-2,956
All-Time PP: 63-of-390
All-Time PK: 311-of-382
THE LAST GAME VS. CHI: FEB. 17, 2022 – CBJ 7 at CHI 4
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Jenner (20), Chinakhov (6), Domi (9), Laine (14), Laine (15), Bjorkstrand (15), EN – Laine (16)
CHI Goal Scorers: PP – Kurashev (4), Carpenter (1), Entwistle (5), DeBrincat (29)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (28/32; 60:00); CHI – Soderblom (30/36; 56:38)
CBJ PP: 1/3; PK: 3/4 | Shots: CBJ: 37 / CHI: 32
3 Stars: 1. Laine, CBJ; 2. Werenski, CBJ; 3. Carpenter, CHI
Noteworthy: CBJ scored 7+ goals for 3rd time in season… CBJ scored 3 goals in the 1st and 3rd periods… Laine (3-0-3) notched CBJ’s 1st hat trick of the season and extended points streak to 8-games (10-6-16); also scored fastest goal to start a period in CBJ history (9 seconds in 2nd period)… Jenner tallied his 8th multi-point game of the campaign (1-2-3)… Chinakhov (1-1-2), Domi (1-1-2), Gavrikov (0-2-2), Nyquist (0-2-2) and Werenski (0-2-2) also posted multi-point efforts.
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Dec. 31 at CBJ
NOTED (Team Highlights vs. CHI)
CBJ have collected points in 3-straight games at United Center (2-0-1) and 6 of the last 7 road games dating back to 2/16/19 (4-1-2)… Road team has won 6-straight games in the series and collected points in 13 of last 14 meetings since 10/20/18 (11-1-2)… Winning team has scored 4+ goals in 4-straight wins and 6 of the last 8… 4 of the last 6 games played at CHI have been decided by a single goal (2-OT)… CBJ have scored a PPG in 3 of their last 5 games at CHI, going 4-of-11 on the man advantage (36.4 pct.)… Most goals scored at CHI: 7 – 2x (MR: 2/17/22)… Most goals allowed at CHI: 7 (1/22/04).
NOTED (Player Highlights vs. CHI)
Boqvist skated in his 100th career NHL game on 1/11/22 vs. CHI… Gaudreau skated in his 100th career game on 11/15/15 at CHI and notched his 600th career point (1st goal) on 4/18/22 at CHI… Kuraly notched his 1st NHL career assist on 4/2/17 at CHI… Laine notched his 100th NHL career goal on 11/29/18 vs. CHI , 300th career point (1st goal) and 9th career hat trick (Soderblom) on 2/17/22 at CHI… Olivier notched his 1st career assist on 1/26/21 vs. CHI
PLAYER NOTABLES vs. CHI
• Gaudreau – 9-17-26 in 20 career GP, including goals in his last three games (4-2-6), points in four consecutive contests played (4-4-8) and points in 11 of his last 12 – with 8 multi-point efforts – against the club (8-13-21).
• Laine – 17-9-26 in 27 career GP, including points in nine of his last 11 contests overall (11-4-15) and his last four played at United Center (5-1-6) after notching a hat trick on Feb. 17, 2022.
• Nyquist – 6-11-17 in 21 career GP, including multiple points in two-straight overall (1-3-4) and three of his last five (2-5-7) as well as points in each of his last four games at United Center (1-4-5).
• Roslovic – 6-8-14 in 21 career GP including 2-1-3 in his last four contests at Chicago.
BLUE JACKETS NOTES
HIT THE ROAD, (BLUE) JACK(ETS)
The Blue Jackets dropped a back-to-back set on Monday/Tuesday, falling for the fifth-straight game and moving to 7-11-2 in the last 20 games overall following a 5-3 loss at Philadelphia on Tuesday. Columbus concludes its two-game road trip at Chicago on Friday, prior to the NHL Holiday Break. The club plays four more games before the new year with two of those contests against Chicago over a nine-day span. The Blue Jackets are in part of a stretch of six-of-eight contests away from Nationwide Arena from December 13-29.
FROM THE BLUELINE
CBJ blueliners combined for 1-1-2 on Tuesday and have collected 3-9-12 in the last 11 games and 14-35-49 in 32 games this season. Vladislav Gavrikov, who has 0-5-5 in his last 12 games, notched his second career overtime winner and fifth career game-winning goal on Nov. 15 vs. the Flyers, finishing with 1-1-2, while also skating in a career-high 28:40 TOI (previous 28:20 on Apr. 22, 2022 vs. OTT). He became the fifth different defenseman in NHL history to score each of his first two or more goals of a season in overtime and is also one off the franchise record for overtime goals by a defenseman in a single season (3; Seth Jones, 2016-17 & 2018-19). Erik Gudbranson ranks second on the Blue Jackets in blocked shots (65) and fourth in hits (61) and has collected 1-7-8 and 19 penalty minutes in his first 31 contests with Columbus this season. He set a career-high and a CBJ season high in blocked shots with eight on Monday vs. Dallas.
ROOKIE REPORT
The club currently has 10 rookies on the roster with forwards Josh Dunne, Liam Foudy, Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko and Carson Meyer along with defensemen Tim Berni, Nick Blankenburg (injured), Marcus Bjork and Jake Christiansen as well as goaltender Daniil Tarasov. They picked up 2-1-3 at Philadelphia on Tuesday and have now combined for 15-19-34 in 32 games in 2022-23. CBJ lead NHL team rookies in goals and rank fourth-T in points. Johnson, who has recorded goals in each of the last two games, ranks fourth among NHL rookies in goals, sixth in points and points-per-game (.55; min. 15 GP) with 8-8-16 in 29 games. He has registered 5-5-10 in his last 18 outings. Bjork has posted 2-5-7 in his first 19 NHL games to rank third among NHL rookie defensemen in points-per-game (.39; min. 15 GP). The blueliner tallied points in his first two NHL games after scoring his first career goal in his NHL debut on Nov. 12 at NY Islanders and picking up his first career assist on Nov. 15 vs. Philadelphia. He is the first blueliner and seventh player overall in franchise history to score in his debut.
HERE’S JOHNNY!
Left wing Johnny Gaudreau picked up an assist at Philadelphia on Tuesday and has posted points in nine of his last 13 outings (3-13-16). He ranks fifth in the NHL in assists and 15th-T in points since November 10 with 5-20-25 in 20 contests. He is three assists shy of tying the franchise record for most assists in the month of December (Panarin, 13 in Dec. 2017). The six-time NHL All-Star ranks third in the League in assists and points (tied) for the 2022 calendar year with 38-78-116 in 85 contests with Calgary and Columbus. He also leads the club in assists and points and ranks second in goals with 10-24-34 in 32 games while recording points in 21 of his contests. He played in his 326th consecutive game on Tuesday, the third-longest active iron man streak in the NHL and trailing only Phil Kessel (1,017) and Brent Burns (712).
LAINE IT UP
Winger Patrik Laine recorded an assist on Tuesday at Philadelphia to give him 1-2-3 in the last three games. The forward, who has missed two separate stretches due to elbow and ankle injuries, ranks eighth-T in the NHL in goals in the month of December, and is two goals from tying the franchise record for the most goals in the month (Cam Atkinson, 9 in Dec. 2016), with 7-5-12 in 11 outings. A season after finishing at a point-per-game pace for the first time in his career at 26-30-56 in 56 contests, the 24-year-old has registered 9-7-16 in his first 19 contests of the 2022-23 campaign.
CAPTAIN BOONE JENNER
Boone Jenner, who scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season on Saturday, will undergo thumb surgery today and will miss approximately four weeks. He 3-5-8 in his last 10 contests and 10-8-18 in his past 20 contests since Nov. 4. He finished the month of November with 8-3-11 in 11 contests, which was the third-most goals in the month in franchise history (tied). The forward ranks fifth in the NHL in faceoff wins (355-of-635 faceoffs; 55.9 pct.). The 29-year-old, who was selected 37th overall at the 2011 NHL Draft, is the longest-tenured Blue Jacket in his 10th season with the club, including his second as the team’s captain. The forward skated in his 600th career game on Nov. 4 vs. Colorado, becoming just the third player to reach the milestone with the franchise. With his second goal on Nov.15 vs. Philadelphia, Jenner notched his 150th career goal with the Blue Jackets and became the third player to reach the milestone with the franchise, joining Rick Nash (289) and Cam Atkinson (213). He also ranks fifth on the franchise’s all-time list in points (306).
RK PLAYER TOTAL GP SEASONS WITH CBJ
- Rick Nash 674 2002-12 (9 seasons)
- Cam Atkinson 627 2011-21 (10 seasons)
- Boone Jenner 619 2013-current (10 seasons)
- Nick Foligno 599 2012-21 (9 seasons)
- David Savard 597 2011-21 (10 seasons)
THINGS ARE LOOKING ROSIE
Jack Roslovic picked up an assist for his second consecutive game on Tuesday (0-2-2) and is now one assist from notching 100 for his NHL career. He has collected 2-8-10 in his last 11 games, including recording his third career four-point game on Dec. 11 vs. Los Angeles (2-2-4). He tallied 2-1-3 in the second period, matching the franchise record for most points in a period (47th time; MR: Sean Kuraly with 2-1-3 on 11/17/22 vs. MTL). The forward also recorded both a power play goal and shorthanded goal in the second frame, which is the ninth time in franchise history a player has scored a PPG/SHG in the same game (MR: Kristian Huselius, 11/19/09 at DAL) and fourth time it has been accomplished in a single period (MR: Rick Nash: second period on 1/27/09 vs. DET). He is also the first Blue Jacket since Artemi Panerin (3, 2018) with multiple four-point games in a calendar year (3-1-4 at Detroit on Apr. 9).
TOUGH TO REPLACE Z
Defenseman Zach Werenski recorded his first multi-point game of the season with 1-1-2 in a win over Philadelphia on Nov. 10 to extend his points-streak to three-straight games (1-3-4) before leaving the with an upper body injury. Unfortunately, that was the last CBJ will likely see the club’s top defenseman this regular season as it was announced Friday that he suffered a separated shoulder and torn labrum and likely to miss six months. He led the club’s blueliners in goals, assists and points at the time of the injury with 3-5-8 in 13 games. The two-time NHL All-Star blueliner set single-season career highs in assists, points and time on ice and posted the third-most assists (tied) and points by a defenseman in a single season in franchise history with 11-37-48 and 25:40 TOI in 68 games in 2021-22.
2022-23 TEAM QUICK HITS
• CBJ have won each of their Friday games in December, 4-1 at Winnipeg (Dec. 2) and 3-1 vs. Calgary (Dec. 9)
• CBJ have won their last 5 games played – and 3 on the road – played on December 23, most recently winning at New Jersey (3-0 in 2018) and the NY Islanders (3-2 in 2019)
• CBJ have averaged 29.5 hits in the last 4 games, including a season-high 37 on Dec. 15 at TBL
• CBJ are 12-of-54 on the power play since Nov. 5 (22.2 pct.) after scoring on just one of their first 32 power play chances through the first 11 games (3.1 pct.).
• CBJ finished with a season-high 12 skaters recording a point on Nov. 17 vs. MTL
• CBJ’s 22 different players with a goal this season is tied for the League lead with Detroit and Florida
• CBJ have had 35 different players play in a game this season (32 skaters, 3 goaltenders), the 2nd-highest total in the NHL and trailing COL by one (34 skaters, 2 goaltenders)
• CBJ have recorded 24 multi-goal periods this season, including scoring 2 goals in the 2nd period on Tue.
• CBJ were tied for third-youngest team in the NHL (ARI and NJD) to start the season at 25.9, trailing only BUF (25.0) and OTT (25.7) 2022-23
PLAYER QUICK HITS
•Dunne made his CBJ season debut on Mon. vs. DAL
•Kuraly registered 6 (5-1-6) of his 9 points (6-3-9) in the month of November and finished 2nd on the club in goals in the month
•Marchenko has recorded goals in 3 of his last 6 games (3-0-3)
•Nyquist has registered assists in each of the last 2 contests and has totaled 3-2-5 in 11 December games
•Peeke, who scored his 3rd goal of the season on Tue., leads the club in blocked shots (65, tied) and has registered at least one in 29 of his 32 contests this season
•Tarasov has turned aside 30+ shots in each of the last 3 games and owns a 2.69 GAA and .926 SV% in his last 7 games since Oct. 28
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH+ – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst) 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 27 at CAR, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Dec. 29 at STL, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Dec. 31 at CBJ, 12:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Jan. 1 vs. SJS, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 3 vs. TBL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred
Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and
assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned
Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas
Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred
Tinordi on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. Nashville (4) – Wed., Dec. 21 – United Center
CHI Goals: Murphy (3), Entwistle (2)
NSH Goals: Niederreiter (11), Duchene (9), Josi (7), Novak (1; PP)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (33/37, 58:28) NSH – Saros (37/39, 60:00) 
CHI PP: 0/4; PK: 1/2
NSH PP: 1/2; PK: 4/4
Recap: The Blackhawks dropped a 4-2 decision to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday at the United Center … Connor Murphy notched his first multi-point game of the season, scoring the first goal for the Blackhawks and adding an assist on the second … MacKenzie Entwistle scored just 37 seconds after Murphy, his second goal of the season … Patrick Kane posted a season-best nine shots on goal … Murphy also registered a season-high six blocked shots … Isaak Phillips posted a career-high five hits in his first game of the season.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
The Blackhawks will play the Blue Jackets twice before closing out the year, tonight at the United Center and again on New Years’ Eve in Columbus … Chicago is 6-4-0 in their last 10 home games against the Blue Jackets … Chicago is 9-3-0 in their last 12 games against the club, including six straight from Feb. 21, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022 … Philipp Kurashev registered two points (1G, 1A) in Chicago’s last game against the Blue Jackets on Feb. 17, 2022 and has points in three straight against them (2G, 2A) … Patrick Kane notched an assist in that game and has points in 10-straight games against Columbus (4G, 14) … Seth Jones played for the Blue Jackets from 2015-21, notching 223 points (50G, 173A) in 381 games … Max Domi played two seasons in Columbus, posting 56 points (18G, 38A) in 107 games.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Dec. 23 | AWAY: Dec. 31
All-Time Record: 58-30-9 | Home: 29-16-3 | Road: 29-14-6
Last Home Win: Feb. 13, 2021 (3-2 OT) | Last Road Win: Jan. 11, 2022 (4-2) | Last Home Loss: Feb. 17,
2022 (4-7) | Last Road Loss: Feb. 24, 2018 (2-3)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. CBJ ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 23; Jonathan Toews, 19; Tyler Johnson, 4
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 50; Jonathan Toews, 25; Tyler Johnson, 10
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 73; Jonathan Toews, 44; Tyler Johnson, 14
TEAM NOTES
TWO FOR THE SHOW: Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane played in their 1,000th career regular-season game together on Sunday … They became the 11th pair of teammates in NHL history to have skated in at least 1,000 regular-season games together and the second pair of Blackhawks players to have done so, joining defensemen Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith who skated in 1,069 career games together … In the 1,001 games Toews and Kane have played in together, the Blackhawks own a record of 530-348- 123 … The two have also both combined to factor into 298 total goals in their careers, with Toews having scored 116 goals that Kane has assisted on, Kane having scored 101 goals that Toews has assisted on and both earning an assist on 81 goals.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews was held off the scoresheet on Sunday, snapping his three-game point streak (2G, 1A) … It was the third time this season he’s registered points in at least three-straight games … The captain currently paces the NHL with a 65.3% faceoff win percentage this season … He is tied for first on the Blackhawks with 10 goals and shares 20th in the League and first on the team with six power-play goals in 2022-23 … Toews also ranks third on the team with 17 points (10G, 7A) … Toews skated in his 1,037th career game on Dec. 3, moving him past Bobby Hull and into sole possession of fifth place in franchise history … The 34-year-old recorded an assist on Nov. 23 at Dallas for the 500th of his career … His 502 career assists are good for eighth in franchise history … Toews logged a seven-game point streak (5G, 2A) from Oct. 23 – Nov. 3 … His seven-game point streak is tied for the third-longest of his career while it marks his longest point streak since the 2018-19 season when he also tallied points (4G, 6A) in seven-straight games 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.
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane led all skaters on Wednesday night with nine shots on goal … That’s tied for the sixth-most in his career, while it’s the 13th time he’s posted at least nine shots and the first since April 20, 2022 at Arizona … Kane enters Friday’s contest having registered six points (1G, 5A) over his last 10 games and nine points (2G, 7A) in his last 14 … The forward paces the Blackhawks with 18 assists and 22 points (4G, 18A) this season … Kane posted three points (1G, 2A), including the 1,200th point of his career, on Dec. 3 … He is the third active player to reach the mark, joining Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, while he’s just the second Blackhawks player to accomplish the feat (Stan Mikita – 1,467 points) … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … The 34-year-old 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.
MURPH’S UP: Connor Murphy matched a career high with two points (1G, 1A) in Wednesday’s contest against Nashville … It marked the 12th time in his career that Murphy has registered multiple points in a game and the first time since Dec. 11 at Toronto (1G, 1A) … The native of Dublin, Ohio also posted a team-high six blocked shots and shared the team lead with five hits on Wednesday … Murphy ranks second on Chicago with 65 blocked shots in 2022-23 and is tied for second on the team with 62 hits on the season … He also leads club blueliners with three goals and is tied for fifth among team defensemen with five points (3G, 2A).
MR. JONES AND ME: Seth Jones posted two hits, two blocked shots and a game-high 27:25 of ice time on Wednesday against the Predators … It marked his second-highest TOI total of the campaign, having logged 28:08 of ice time on Nov. 30 vs. Edmonton … Jones has now earned helpers in two of his last four games (2A) and has four assists over his last nine games … The defenseman currently ranks 14th in the NHL and paces the Blackhawks with 24:39 TOI/G … Jones is now tied for fourth on Chicago and shares first among club blueliners with eight assists this season … He also shares first among Blackhawks defensemen with nine points (1G, 8A) in 2022-23 … Friday’s contest will mark Jones’ 100th as a member of the Blackhawks … The 28-year-old has recorded 60 points (6G, 54A) in his 99-game Blackhawks career.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi tallied an assist against the Predators on Wednesday for his second point (1G, 1A) over the last five games … Domi has now logged five goals and seven points (5G, 2A) in his last 10 games … He notched three points (2G, 1A) against the Rangers on Dec. 3 for his second three-point outing of the campaign … Domi comes into Friday’s matchup having earned six goals and nine points (6G, 2A) over his last 11 games … The Winnipeg, Man. native is tied for first on the team with 10 goals, while he ranks second in assists (11) and points (21) so far this season … He also shares 20th in the NHL and first the Blackhawks with six power play goals in 2022-23 … The forward scored two power play goals on Nov. 30, marking the second time he’s notched two power play goals in a game … Domi 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.
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Raddysh was held off the scoresheet on Friday, snapping his three-game point streak (2G, 1A) … It was the second time this season and the third time in his career Raddysh has earned points in at least three-straight games … The forward has now recorded six points (5G, 1A) in his last 12 games … Raddysh ranks third on Chicago with nine goals and four power play goals this season … The native of Caledon, Ont. also ranks fourth on the team with 13 points (9G, 4A) in 30 games … Raddysh skated in his 100th career NHL game and scored a goal on Dec. 9 … He also scored goals in back-to-back games from Nov. 25 – 27 (2G) … It’s the fourth time in Raddysh’s career that he’s scored goals in consecutive games and the first since April 12 – 14, 2022 (2G, 1A).
TYLER, THE CREATOR: Tyler Johnson lit the lamp against Washington on Tuesday night in his return to the lineup … Johnson missed the previous 20 games due to a right ankle injury … The 32-year-old has recorded seven points (3G, 4A) in 2022-23, having notched at least one point in five of his nine games played on the season.
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).
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 third 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).
