FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
– D Aaron Ekblad | Games Missed: 9
– D Brandon Montour | Games Missed: 9
– F Jonah Gadjovich | Games Missed: 7
– F Sam Bennett | Games Missed: 1
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 33 Games
PANTHERS vs. BLACKHAWKS
ALL-TIME vs. CHI: 22-21-3-7
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. CHI: 10-12-2-3
2022-23 vs. CHI: 1-1-0
CATS STATS
– Following games played Nov. 2, Florida’s 2.56 goals against per game ranked tied for sixth fewest among NHL teams
KILLER CATS
The Panthers have not surrendered a power-play goal against in their past three games, successfully killing off all seven penalties they have been assessed since Oct. 28 vs. Seattle. Sam Reinhart tallied Florida’s first shorthanded goal of the season Oct. 19 vs. Toronto.
CATS AND HAWKS
The Panthers face off against the Blackhawks tonight for the first of two meetings in 2023-24. The two clubs split their two-game season series in 2023-24, with each team winning on home ice. In their most recent matchup in South Florida on March 10, Brandon Montour scored in overtime to secure a 4-3 win for the Panthers. Florida has earned the win in five of its past six matchups with Chicago since April 29, 2021 (5-1-0). Aleksander Barkov (8-18-26 in 24GP), Matthew Tkachuk (6-11-17 in 16GP) and Carter Verhaeghe (4-7-11 in 11GP) have all averaged at least a point per game in their careers against the Blackhawks, while Sergei Bobrovsky owns a 15-6-2 career mark against Chicago.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (1) at Arizona (8) – Mon., Oct. 30 – Mullett Arena CHI Goals: Bedard (4) ARI Goals: Carcone (2), Brown (1), Carcone (3; PP), Carcone (4), McBain (3), Durzi (4), O’Brien (1), McBain (4) Goalies: CHI – Soderblom (15/ 22, 35:26); Mrazek (10/11, 24:34) ARI – Ingram (29/30, 59:48) CHI PP: 0/2; PK: 3/4 ARI PP: 1/4; PK: 2/2
Recap: The Blackhawks scored first but fell to the Coyotes 8-1 on Monday in Arizona … Connor Bedard scored 28 seconds into the game, his fourth of the season … Kevin Korchinski earned his third career assist on the tally and Seth Jones registered his fourth helper of the year … Jones posted five shots on goal for the second-straight game … MacKenzie Entwistle paced all players with six hits, tied for the second most in a single game in his career
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – FLORIDA PANTHERS
The Blackhawks match up against the Florida Panthers for the first time this season on Saturday in Chicago … Last season, Chicago defeated the club 4-2 at the United Center on Oct. 25, 2022 … Philipp Kurashev and Taylor Raddysh each scored while Andreas Athanasiou, Jason Dickinson, MacKenzie Entwistle and Tyler Johnson each picked up an assist … The Blackhawks are 3-3-2 in their last eight games against the Panthers, including a 3-2-1 record on home ice … Tyler Johnson has six points (4G, 2A) over his last nine games against the Panthers, including assists in consecutive contests … Johnson has scored 12 goals in 34 career games against Florida, tied for the second-most he’s scored against any NHL team in his career.
TEAM NOTES
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON.
One-Day Rest: 1-1-0
Two-Days Rest: 1-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 0-0-0
First Game of a B2B: 1-0-0
Second Game of a B2B: 0-1-0
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 1-1-0
Tuesday: 1-1-0
Wednesday: 0-1-0
Thursday: 0-1-0
Friday: 1-0-0
Saturday: 0-2-0 Sunday: 0-0-0
