Game 46 Preview And Open Thread: Blackhawks vs. Blues

by SCH on Jan 16, 2008 6:58 PM CST

Puck Drop: Jan. 16, 7:30 PM CST

Chicago Blackhawks
Record: 20-21-4
Points: 44
Place: 5th in Central, 14th in Western Conference
Power Play Percentage/Rank: 17.2%, 17th in NHL
Penalty Kill Percentage/Rank: 80.9%, 20th in NHL
Blackhawks Team Statistics

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St. Louis Blues
Record: 22-15-6
Points: 50
Place: t-2nd in Central, t-9th in Western Conference
Power Play Percentage/Rank: 12.4%, 30th in NHL
Penalty Kill Percentage/Rank: 85.5%, 5th in NHL
Blues Team Statistics

Hawks Lineup:

Offense
1st line: LW Kane - C Lang - RW Havlat
2nd line: LW Versteeg - C Sharp - RW Ruutu
3rd line: LW Bourque - C Burish - RW Skille
4th line: LW Perreault - C Dowell - RW Lapointe

Defense
1st pairing: Keith/Seabrook
2nd pairing: Hendry/Sopel
3rd pairing: Barker/Byfuglien

Goalie
Lalime
Scratches: Zyuzin (healthy), Koci (healthy)
Injured Reserve: Adam, Toews, Williams, Bolland, Wisniewski, Eager

After a nice shootout win on the road in Nashville on Sunday (in which I'd give the SCH Hawks Player Of The Game award to Patrick Sharp) to snap the Hawks' eight game losing streak, Chicago will look to make it two in a row tonight against the Blues. I think this would be a big win for the Hawks, to be able to knock off someone in front of them in the standings and get their confidence back. Nice to see Patrick Lalime getting the start tonight, a reward for his very strong effort against the Predators.

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whew

Man did we need that. Strong game all around, goaltending looked good, our D looked exceptional, our forwards (especially the young guys) looked really comfortable out there which is saying a lot against a physical team like St. Louis. Kane seems to have settled down a bit and was making some insane passes out there (the one for Yanic's goal..wow). Nice to see Buff back also. Great, great game; two in a row :D

GO HAWKS!!!!

p.s. we really need to start cheering during the national anthem again, that was amazing to see back in the day

by Mrsfeatherbottom on Jan 16, 2008 9:59 PM CST reply actions

yeah they definitely needed this

Putting the puck in the net with some regularity, good effort all around. Byfuglien, Kane, Bourque all had strong nights. Lalime played well too, looks like he will be playing Friday in Colorado.

by SCH on Jan 16, 2008 10:07 PM CST reply actions