CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Jan. 21 at STL, 7:00p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. LAK, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at VAN, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Jan. 26 at CGY, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Jan. 28 at EDM, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 17 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 14 – Activated Patrick Kane off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 13 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR … 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.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (4) vs. Buffalo (3) OT – Tues., Jan. 17 – United Center
CHI Goals: Murphy (4), Kurashev (6), S. Jones (3), S. Jones (4)
BUF Goals: Olofsson (18), Thompson (32), Krebs (4, SH)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (30/33, 61:43) BUF – Anderson (22/26, 62:24)
CHI PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2
BUF PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1
Recap: The Blackhawks posted a 4-3 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night … Chicago has now posted wins in four of the last five games (4-1-0) … The Blackhawks were 0-for-1 on the power play and a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, marking the third-straight game the team has not allowed a power play goal against … Seth Jones logged three points (2G, 1A), including the gamewinning goal in overtime … Philipp Kurashev also posted three points (1G, 2A) on Tuesday, establishing a new career high … Tyler Johnson recorded two assists against the Sabres for his third multi-point game of the season … Connor Murphy lit the lamp and led all skaters with four blocked shots in Tuesday’s contest.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Chicago kicks off a two-game road trip on Thursday as the team travels to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers …The Blackhawks went 1-1-0 against the Flyers in 2021-22, including a 0-1-0 mark on the road … Jonathan Toews led the Blackhawks with three points (1G, 2A) against Philadelphia last season and comes into Thursday’s contest having earned points in each of his last two and three of his last four games (1G, 3A) against them … Patrick Kane has notched assists (2A) in back-to-back games against the Flyers and has logged 12 points (2G, 10A) in his last 11 games against them … Seth Jones has scored four goals and has six points (4G, 2A) in his last eight games against Philadelphia, while he’s logged seven points (3G, 4A) in his last eight road games against them … Tyler Johnson leads all current Blackhawks with seven goals and shares first with 19 points (7G, 12A) in 23 career games against the Flyers.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: April 13 | AWAY: Jan. 19
All-Time Record: 48-65-31 | Home: 32-20-19 | Road: 16-45-12
Last Home Win: April 25, 2022 (3-1) | Last Road Win: Nov. 9, 1996 (4-1) | Last Home Loss: Oct. 24, 2019
(1-4) | Last Road Loss: March 5, 2022 (3-4)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. PHI ALL-TIME
GOALS: Tyler Johnson, 7; Seth Jones, 6; Patrick Kane, 5
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 14; Tyler Johnson, 12; Jack Johnson, 8
POINTS: Tyler Johnson, 19; Patrick Kane, 19; Seth Jones, 13
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME BROADCAST INFO.
Sat., Jan. 21 Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 7 p.m. NBCSP, 93.3 WMMR
Sun., Jan. 22 Winnipeg Jets Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
Tue., Jan. 24 Los Angeles Kings Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 45
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 45
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 45
Tanner Laczynski IR-lower body 12/7-present 19
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 245
FLYERS VS. BLACKHAWKS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS BLACKHAWKS
66-48-30 ALL-TIME RECORD 48-65-31
46-16-11 HOME 32-20-19
20-32-19 ROAD 16-45-12
4-1-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 1-4-0
7-3-0 LAST 10 MEETINGS 3-7-0
440 GOALS SCORED 420
24.2% POWER PLAY 28.6%
71.4% PENALTY KILL 75.8%
van Riemsdyk: 9 pts (7-2=9) in 15 GP
Hayes: 8 pts (5-3=8) in 14 GP
Braun: 8 pts (2-6=8) in 24 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Kane: 19 pts (5-14=19) in 19 GP
T. Johnson: 19 pts (7-12=19) in 23 GP
Jones: 13 pts (6-7=13) in 22 GP
Hart: 2-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .944 SV% in 2 GP
Ersson: Has not faced CHI
TEAM GOALTENDERS Mrazek: 2-3-0, 3.10 GAA, .906 SV% in 8 GP
Stalock: 3-0-0, 2.20 GAA, .896 SV% in 5 GP
TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS
- Philadelphia is 8-2-0 in their last 10 games, outscoring their opponents, 37-26, and outshooting their opponents, 319-297, since Dec. 29. The Flyers rank T-1st in the NHL in wins and sixth in goals in that span.
- The Flyers have earned points in 13 of its last 20 games (11-7-2), including a season-high four-game win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 5.
- Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 29 of its 45 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-3rd in the NHL with 11 wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers have scored first in five of their last eight games, ranking T-1st in the NHL in wins when scoring first since Jan. 2.
- Philadelphia set a season-high 41 shots Dec. 11 at ARI and have outshot their opponents in 13 of the last 23 games, posting an 8-4-1 record in those 13 contests.
- The Flyers recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- Philadelphia leads the NHL with 1,313 hits and ranks second with 772 blocked shots.
VS. THE WEST
- The Flyers play a Western Conference opponent in six of its seven contests from Jan. 17-28 and eight times during the month of January.
- Philadelphia is on a five-game win streak against a Western Conference opponent, 6-1-2 in its last nine contests and 9-4-2 on the season.
- The Flyers are 4-1-2 against the West on the road and 5-3-0 against the West on home ice this season.
- Philadelphia swept the California road trip, Dec. 29-Jan. 2, for the first time in franchise history.
