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
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)
Tuesday, Feb. 7 vs. ANA, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
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) at Philadelphia (1) – Thurs., Jan. 19 – Wells Fargo Center
CHI Goals: Toews (13), R. Johnson (3), T. Johnson (5), Kurashev (7)
PHI Goals: Frost (10)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (37/38, 60:00) PHI – Hart (25/28, 57:39)
CHI PP: 0/0; PK: 2/2
PHI PP: 0/2; PK: 0/0
Recap: The Blackhawks kicked off a two-game road trip with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night … Chicago has now posted wins in each of the last two and five of the last six games (5-1-0) … The Blackhawks were 0-for-1 on the power play and a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, marking the fourth-straight game the team has not allowed a power play goal against … Nine separate Blackhawks skaters earned a point in Thursday’s contest … Jonathan Toews shared the team lead with two points (1G, 1A) against the Flyers … Jake McCabe notched two assists in the game for his second multi-point outing of the season … Seth Jones and Taylor Raddysh each posted an assist on Thursday to extend their respective point streaks to three and four games … Reese Johnson scored his first career game-winning goal.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ST. LOUIS BLUES
The Blackhawks travel to St. Louis for their third of four matchups against the Blues on Saturday … Chicago is 0-2-0 against the Blues in 2022-23, including a 0-1-0 mark at Enterprise Center … Andreas Athanasiou leads the team with two goals against St. Louis this season, both of which came in the first matchup against them … Patrick Kane has points (1G, 1A) in both games against the Blues in 2022-23 and has tallied points (1G, 3A) in four of his last five games against them … Kane has also logged 16 points (8G, 8A) in his last 15 games against St. Louis, while he enters Saturday’s tilt riding a six-game road point streak (6G, 3A) against them … Kane has tallied 68 points (27G, 41A) in 71 career games against St. Louis, leading all active NHLers in goals and points and sharing first in assists against the Blues … Max Domi has recorded assists in both games against the Blues this season (2A) and has logged five points (1G, 4A) over his last seven games against them … Seth Jones has posted one assist in one game against St. Louis so far in 2022-23 and has three helpers in his last four games against them.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Nov. 16 (2-5), March 30 | AWAY: Dec. 29 (1-3), Jan. 21 All-Time Record: 153-126-46 | Home: 93-47-24 | Road: 60-79-22
Last Home Win: Nov. 26, 2021 (3-2 OT) | Last Road Win: Oct. 6, 2018 (4-3) | Last Home Loss: Nov. 26,
2022 (2-5) | Last Road Loss: Dec. 29, 2022 (1-3)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. STL ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 27; Jonathan Toews, 18; Tyler Johnson/Andreas Athanasiou, 5
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 41; Jonathan Toews, 32; Max Domi, 9
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 68; Jonathan Toews, 50; Max Domi, 13
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 8-11-1
Two-Days Rest: 2-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-5-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 2-5-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 3-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 3-4-1
Sunday: 2-5-1
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
Scott Perunovich – Shoulder (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Oct. 4)
Marco Scandella – Right Hip (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Sep. 20)
Torey Krug – Lower-Body (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Dec. 27)
Vladimir Tarasenko – Hand Injury (Re-evaluated in 4 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Ryan O’Reilly – Broken Foot (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Logan Brown – Upper-Body (announced on Jan. 7)
Robert Bortuzzo – Lower-Body (announced on Jan. 9)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 197
Recent Transactions
January
20 – Assigned forward Nikita Alexandrov to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
13 – Assigned defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
9 – Placed defenseman Robert Bortuzzo on injured reserve
9 – Recalled defenseman Dmitri Samorukov from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES VS. BLACKHAWKS
- The Blues and Blackhawks will meet for the 3rd of 4 matchups this season (final matchup on Mar. 30 in Chicago)
- The Blues are 2-0-0 against Chicago this season (5-2 win on Nov. 16 in Chicago & 3-1 win Dec. 29 in St. Louis)
- The Blues went 3-0-1 against Chicago last season (2-0-0 at home; 1-0-1 away)
- The Blues have won 4 straight games against Chicago, outscoring the Blackhawks 17-4 over those 4 games
- The Blues have earned points in 11 straight games against Chicago (9-0-2) (From: Apr. 3, 2019 – present)
- The Blues’ 11-game point streak against Chicago is the longest point streak against the Blackhawks in franchise history
- The Blues have also won 6 straight games against Chicago at Enterprise Center and have earned points in 7 straight home games against Chicago (6-0-1)
- Their 6-game home win streak against Chicago (From: Oct. 27, 2018 – present), matches the longest home win streak against the Blackhawks in franchise history (Also: 6-game home win streak vs. Chicago from Oct. 20, 1988-Dec. 26, 1989)
- With his next win, Jordan Binnington will pass Grant Fuhr for 4th on the Blues all-time franchise list with 109 wins
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
1/24 – vs. Buffalo
1/26 – at Arizona
1/28 – at Colorado
1/30 – at Winnipeg
2/11 – vs. Arizona
A LOOK AHEAD
- The Blues will continue a season-long 7-game home stand on Saturday vs. Chicago (3-2-0 so far) after starting 2023 with a 4-game road trip (3-1-0 on 4-game trip)
- The Blues will play 9 of their next 14 games at Enterprise Center, including Saturday vs. Chicago, which will go through February and take them into March
- The Blues’ next 4 games will come against teams that are not currently in a playoff spot
- 5 of the Blues’ next 6 games will come against Central Division opponents
EXTRA NUGGETS
- The Blues are 11-5-3 in their last 19 games overall since Dec. 11 vs. Colorado
- The Blues’ 11 wins share 6th in the NHL (1. Boston, 15), while their 25 points share 4th in the NHL (1. Boston, 33 points) since Dec. 11
- The Blues are 20-7-0 this season when scoring first, which shares the 4th most wins in the NHL (1. Boston, 23-0-2)
- The Blues are 1 of 4 teams to record 3 multi-goal third period comeback wins this season (Kings/Islanders/Ducks)
- The Blues have 8 players who have scored at least 10 goals this season, which shares the most in the NHL with Boston
