CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
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))
Friday, Jan. 6 vs. ARI, 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 (5) vs. Columbus (2) – Fri., Dec. 23 – United Center
CHI Goals: Kane (5), Domi (11), Athanasiou (7), Raddysh (10), Toews (11; PP)
CBJ Goals: Marchenko (4; PP), Bjork (3)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (27/29, 60:00) CBJ – Tarasov (16/20, 23:24), Korpisalo (17/18, 36:22)
CHI PP: 1/5; PK: 3/4
CBJ PP: 1/4; PK: 4/5
Recap: The Blackhawks defeated the Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday night at the United Center, outshooting the club 38-29 … Patrick Kane (1G, 2A) and Jonathan Toews (1G, 2A) each registered three-point nights in the victory … Max Domi posted two points (1G, 1A) … Kane posted a game-high seven shots … Seth Jones skated in a game-high 25:13 of ice time … Alex Stalock saved 27 of 29 shots he faced in his first game back since Nov. 1.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CAROLINA HURRICANES
The Blackhawks play host to the Carolina Hurricanes in the final of two matchups scheduled between the two teams in 2022-23 … Chicago fell to the Hurricanes 3-0 in their first meeting on Nov. 14 … Patrick Kane enters Tuesday’s contest having notched points (1G, 3A) in two of his last four games against Carolina, while he’s logged 15 points (4G, 11A) over his last 11 games against them … Kane has also registered points (1G, 4A) in two of his last four games at PNC Arena … Philipp Kurashev comes into Monday’s tilt having earned assists (2A) in two of his last three games against the Hurricanes … Seth Jones has 10 points (3G, 7A) over his last 10 games against Carolina, including points in the last two straight (2A).
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Nov. 14 (0-3) | AWAY: Dec. 27
All-Time Record: 39-41-10 | Home: 23-17-5 | Road: 16-24-5
Last Home Win: March 30, 2021 (2-1) | Last Road Win: May 6, 2021 (2-1 OT) | Last Home Loss: Nov. 14,
2022 (0-3)| Last Road Loss: Oct. 29, 2021 (3-6)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. CAR ALL-TIME
GOALS: Tyler Johnson, 14; Jonathan Toews, 6; Patrick Kane, 6
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 16; Seth Jones, 14; Tyler Johnson, 9
POINTS: Tyler Johnson, 23; Patrick Kane, 22; Seth Jones, 17
TEAM NOTES
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane recorded his third three-point game (1G, 2A) and sixth multi-point effort of the season on Friday against Columbus … It was his 103rd career game with three-plus points and tied Mike Modano for the second most by a U.S.-born player (Pat LaFontaine, 116) … It was the 320th multi-point game of his career, the third most in franchise history behind Stan Mikita (403) and Denis Savard (326) … Kane enters Friday’s contest having registered nine points (2G, 7A) over his last 11 games and 12 points (3G, 9A) in his last 15 … The forward paces the Blackhawks with 20 assists and 25 points 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).
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews registered three points (1G, 2A) on Friday against Columbus, his first multi-point effort of the season … The captain currently paces the NHL with a 65.6% faceoff win percentage this season … He is tied for first on the Blackhawks with 11 goals and shares 11th in the League and first on the team with seven power-play goals in 2022-23 … Toews also ranks third on the team with 20 points (11G, 9A) … 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 504 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.
STAY STRONG: Alex Stalock turned away 27 of the 29 shots he faced on Friday against Columbus, earning his fourth win of the season … It was his first game since Nov. 1 vs. NYI … Stalock is 4-2-1 this season with a 2.78 goals-against average and .917 save percentage through eight games.
TWO FOR THE SHOW: Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane played in their 1,000th career regular-season game together on Dec. 18 vs. NYR … 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 1,002 games Toews and Kane have played in together, the Blackhawks own a record of 531-348-123 … The two have also both combined to factor into 300 total goals in their careers, with Toews having scored 117 goals that Kane has assisted on, Kane having scored 102 goals that Toews has assisted on and both earning an assist on 81 goals.
MR. JONES AND ME: Seth Jones played in his 100th career game with the Blackhawks on Friday against his former club and has compiled 60 points (6G, 54A) in that span … Only four defensemen have more points through their milestone contest with the franchise: Chris Chelios (15G,66A), Gary Suter (24G, 45A), Dick Redmond (19G, 47A) and Brian Campbell (8G, 53A) … The defenseman currently ranks 13th in the NHL and paces the Blackhawks with 24:40 TOI/G … Jones is now tied for fifth 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.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi posted two points (1G, 1A) on Friday … Domi has now logged five goals and nine points (5G, 4A) in his last 11 games … He notched three points (2G, 1A) against the Rangers on Dec. 3 for his second three-point outing of the campaign … The Winnipeg, Man. native is tied for first on the team with 11 goals, while he ranks second in assists (12) and points (23) so far this season … He also shares 22nd in the NHL and second 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.
MURPH’S UP: Connor Murphy matched a career high with two points (1G, 1A) on Dec. 21 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 third on the team with 62 hits on the season … He also leads club blueliners with three goals and is tied for fourth among team defensemen with five points (3G, 2A).
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Raddysh scored his 10th goal of the season on Friday … The forward has now recorded seven points (6G, 1A) in his last 13 games … Raddysh ranks third on Chicago with 10 goals and four power play goals this season … The native of Caledon, Ont. also shares fourth on the team with 14 points (10G, 4A) in 31 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).
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 fourth 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).
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 6-8-1
Two-Days Rest: 0-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-1-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-3-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-4-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-3-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 1-3-1
Friday: 2-2-1
Saturday: 3-2-1
Sunday: 1-4-1
CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes earned a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at PNC Arena on Friday, extending their point streak to a franchise-record 14 games and extending their win streak to eight games. Jordan Martinook (1g, 2a) and Jordan Staal (3a) each posted three points, while Jesper Fast (2g), Martin Necas (2a), Brett Pesce (2a) and Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 1a) added multi-point games of their own. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Stefan Noesen both scored on the power play, as Kotkaniemi played his 100th game with Carolina. Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net to improve to 4-0-0 in his last four decisions.
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed 22 games (11/9-12/23)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 34 games (10/12-12/23)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 33 games (10/14-12/23)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 34 games (10/12-12/23)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 142
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 19 Recalled Dylan Coghlan from conditioning stint with Chicago (AHL)
STREAKS
Jesper Fast has tallied a point in four straight games (12/18-12/23: 2g, 3a)
Jordan Staal has registered a point in four consecutive games (12/18-12/23: 3g, 4a)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi has posted a point in three straight games (12/20-12/23: 2g, 1a)
Martin Necas has earned a point in back-to-back games (12/22-12/23: 1g, 2a)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Dec. 27 Chicago 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Dec. 30 Florida 7:30 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN
Jan. 1 at New Jersey 3 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 3 at NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 5 Nashville 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Dec. 27 Tuesday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
Dec. 28 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
Dec. 29 Thursday PNC Arena 11 a.m.
Dec. 30 Friday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
Dec. 31 Saturday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
HURRICANES vs. BLACKHAWKS SERIES NOTES
— The Hurricanes are facing the Blackhawks in the second and final meeting between the teams during the 2022-23 season.
— Carolina and Chicago are meeting for the 91st time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 44-35-7-4 overall record, including a 25-13-4-3 home record and a 26-9-1-4 record since relocation.
— The Hurricanes lead the season series 1-0-0 in 2022-23 (Blackhawks: 0-1-0), and they are now 13-2-1 in the teams’ last 16 matchups dating back to 3/8/18.
— Carolina earned a 3-0 win over Chicago at United Center on 11/14. Brent Burns (2a), Jordan Martinook (1g, 1a) and Jordan Staal (1g, 1a) each tallied two points, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 27 faced in net for his first career shutout.
— Sebastian Aho has posted 18 points (8g, 10a) in 19 career regular-season games against Chicago.
— Martin Necas has registered nine points (6g, 3a) in 13 career regular-season games against the Blackhawks.
— Paul Stastny has recorded 35 points (13g, 22a) in 50 career regular-season games against Chicago.
— Andrei Svechnikov has earned 18 points (11g, 7a) in 15 career regular-season games against the Blackhawks.
— Calvin de Haan spent the past three seasons (2019-22) with Chicago, posting 24 points (6g, 18a) in 142 games with the Blachawks. He was traded to Chicago by Carolina along with Aleksi Saarela in exchange for Anton Forsberg and Gustav Forsling on 6/24/19.
— Jack Drury was raised in Winnetka, Ill., about 20 miles north of Chicago, and played youth hockey with Chicago Mission.
— Antti Raanta signed with the Blackhawks as an undrafted free agent on 6/3/13 and registered a 20-9-5 record, 2.41 goals-against average, .912 save percentage and three shutouts in 39 games with Chicago from 2013-15.
— Jaccob Slavin played three USHL seasons with the Chicago Steel from 2010-13, earning 64 points (9g, 55a) in 139 games.
His younger brother, Josiah, is also a prospect in the Blackhawks organization.
— Max Domi was acquired by Carolina as part of a three-team deal with CBJ and FLA on 3/21/22 and registered seven points (2g, 5a) in 19 games with the Hurricanes in 2021-22. He also posted six points (3g, 3a) in 14 games during the playoffs, including three points (2g, 1a) in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round vs. BOS.
— Jack Johnson was selected third overall by Carolina in the 2005 NHL Draft, but he was traded to LAK along with Oleg Tverdovsky in exchange for Eric Belanger and Tim Gleason on 9/29/06 before playing a game with the Hurricanes.
— Petr Mrazek played 92 games with Carolina from 2018-21, registering a 50-32-8 record, 2.48 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and 10 shutouts.
— The Chicago Wolves are the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate.
WE’RE GOING STREAKING
With a win vs. PHI (12/23), the Hurricanes earned a point in a franchise-record 14 consecutive games (11/25-12/23: 12-0-2), marking the second-longest point streak by any NHL team this season (TOR, 11/12-12/13: 12-0-3 in 15 GP). Carolina has now also won each of its last eight games (12/10-12/23), the league’s longest active win streak, and the Hurricanes are now just one win shy of tying the franchise record. Carolina leads all Metropolitan Division teams with 50 points (22-6-6) through 34 games, tied for the fewest contests needed to reach the 50-point mark in any season in franchise history (24-8-2, 50 points).
HOME COOKIN’
Carolina has won each of its last six games at PNC Arena (11/26-12/23), tied for the seventh-longest home win streak in franchise history (11/26/17-12/29/17, 4/15/21-5/4/21: 6 GP). With a win over the Blackhawks on Tuesday, the Hurricanes would tie for fourth on that list (10/7/05-11/5/05, 11/12/16-12/13/16, 2/18/22-3/12/22: 7 GP). Carolina has posted the third-highest points percentage of any NHL team both at home (10-3-1: .750) and on the road (12-3-5: .725) in 2022-23, and with a win over the Flyers on Friday, the Hurricanes became the fourth team this season to register double-digit wins both at home and on the road (also DAL, NJD and VGK).
ALL THE STAAL THINGS
After scoring a goal in three straight games (12/18-12/22), Jordan Staal registered three assists against the Flyers on Friday, marking his first multi-assist game and fourth multi-point game in 2022-23. Staal posted one three-point game last season, scoring a hat trick (3g) against ANA on 4/10. He earned an assist on both of Jesper Fast’s goals in the first period as Fast (2g, 3a) and Staal (3g, 4a) each extended their respective point streaks to four games (12/18-12/23). Staal leads the team with six goals and 10 points in 11 December games after posting just seven points (4g, 3a) in 23 games in October and November. He has now registered 380 points (148g, 232a) in his Hurricanes career, passing Jeff Skinner (2010-18: 204-175—379) for the eighth-most points in franchise history and the fourth-most points since relocation, and Friday’s game marked his 695th game with the Hurricanes, passing Rod Brind’Amour (2000-10: 694 GP) for the fifth-most games played in franchise history and the third-most games played since relocation.
DEFENSE TO OFFENSE
Brett Pesce tallied two assists vs. PHI (12/23) for his first multi-assist game and second multi-point game in 2022-23 (also 11/29 at PIT: 1g, 1a). The Hurricanes’ win over the Flyers marked the fifth straight game that Carolina’s blue line combined for multiple points, with a different defenseman posting two points in each of those contests (Brent Burns, 12/17 vs. DAL: 2a; Brady Skjei, 12/18 vs. PIT: 1g, 1a; Jaccob Slavin, 12/20 vs. NJD: 2a; Dylan Coghlan, 12/22 at PIT: 2a; Brett Pesce, 12/23 vs. PHI: 2a). Despite ranking tied for 20th in the NHL in points from defensemen this season (16-51—67 in 34 GP), the Hurricanes have now gotten 37 points from the blue line in the team’s last 14 games (11/25-12/23: 9g, 28a; 2.6 points/game), and Carolina trails only WPG (8-38—46 in 16 GP), NYR (7-34—41 in 14 GP) and EDM (8-31—39 in 15 GP) for the most points from defensemen over that span.
TRIPLE J
Jesper Fast (2g), Jordan Martinook (1g, 2a) and Jordan Staal (3a) each posted multi-point outings vs. PHI (12/23), and the trio has combined for 16 points in Carolina’s last four games (12/18-12/23: 6g, 10a) and 26 points in 11 games in December (12g, 14a). Fast scored twice in the first period against the Flyers, marking his second multi-goal game with the Hurricanes (also 2/22/21 vs. TBL: 2g) and the second multi-goal period of his NHL career (also 11/22/17 at Carolina: 2g in 3rd w/ NYR). Martinook increased his point total to 18 in 2022-23 (8g, 10a in 34 GP), topping his output from last season in 25 fewer games (6-9—15 in 59 GP).
FORCE OF NECAS
Martin Necas registered two assists against the Flyers on Friday, marking his team-high 10th multi-point game of the season. He has now also posted five multi-assist games in 2022-23, tied with Sebastian Aho for the team lead. Necas paces the Hurricanes with 33 points (14g, 19a) this season, and he also leads the team with 18 points (6g, 12a) at PNC Arena with six more assists on home ice than any other Hurricanes skater (Jordan Martinook, Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen: 6a).
FINNISH MAFIA
Jesperi Kotkaniemi skated in his 100th game with Carolina vs. PHI (12/23), scoring his fifth goal of the season. The tally came on the power play, and his two goals on the man-advantage in 2022-23 rank tied for fourth on the team and mark his new career high. Teuvo Teravainen tallied an assist on the goal and has now posted 85 power-play assists in his Hurricanes career, passing Sami Kapanen (1995-03: 84) for the eighth-most in franchise history and the most by any Finnish skater. Sebastian Aho also played his first game since missing seven consecutive games (12/10-12/22) due to a lower-body injury. Despite his time out of the lineup, he ranks third on the team with 27 points (11g, 16a) in 27 games this season. Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net to record his second win in as many nights and improve to 4-0-0 in his last four decisions (11/26-12/23).
SLAVIN’ THE DAY
Jaccob Slavin scored his third career NHL/Hurricanes overtime goal at PIT (12/22), tying Anton Babchuk (2006-10) and Dougie Hamilton (2018-21) for the most by any defenseman in franchise history. He is the third different Hurricanes defenseman to score an overtime goal in 2022-23 (Brent Burns, 10/29 at PHI; Brett Pesce, 11/29 at PIT), and Carolina is one of two NHL teams with three overtime goals from the blue line this season (WPG) but the only team with overtime winners from three different defensemen. Slavin’s goal came at 0:23 of the extra frame, tied for the fourth-earliest overtime goal in franchise history and marking Hartford/Carolina’s earliest overtime tally away from home (previously 0:25, Jeff O’Neill at PHX on 2/7/01). He also became the 13th different Hurricanes skater to score a game-winning goal this season, tied with BOS for the second-most of any NHL team (TOR: 14). Carolina is 6-6 in games going past regulation and 4-6 in games decided in overtime in 2022-23, and the team’s 10 overtime decisions lead the league.
PYOTR THE GREAT
After Antti Raanta went 2-0-0 on the Hurricanes’ recent back-to-back set (12/22-12/23), Pyotr Kochetkov could return to the crease against the Blackhawks. He is 8-0-2 in his last 10 games (11/25-12/20), and among NHL goaltenders with at least five games played since 11/25, he ranks tied for first in wins (8) and shutouts (2), third in goals-against average (1.80) and save percentage (.937). His 10-game point streak is tied for the longest by any netminder in franchise history, and he has joined Cam Ward (three times: 9-0-1 from 3/14/09-4/7/09, 6-0-4 from 1/4/16-2/19/16, 8-0-2 from 12/2/17-1/4/18) as the second Whalers/Hurricanes goaltender to earn a point in 10 straight games. According to NHL Stats, Kochetkov is just the sixth rookie goaltender in the last 20 years to record a point streak of double-digit games, joining Michael Garnett (ATL, 12/9/05-1/2/06: 7-0-3 in 10 GP), Antero Niittymaki (PHI, 12/17/05-1/6/06: 9-0-2 in 11 GP), Jimmy Howard (DET, 3/11/10-4/11/10: 13-0-2 in 15 GP), Sergei Bobrovsky (PHI, 10/26/10-11/15/10: 9-0-1 in 10 GP) and Jeremy Swayman (BOS, 2/12/22-3/12/22: 9-0-1 in 10 GP).
