Chicago Blackhawks (17 pts, 7-2-3) vs Ottawa Senators (10 pts, 4-5-2)
7pm CDT United Center – Chicago, IL
TV : CSN Chicago
Radio : 720 AM WGN
Blackhawks’ last game : 5-1 W @ Wild
Senators’ last game : 2-5 L vs Sharks
Enemy Territory : Silver Seven
Season Series/Schedule
| DATE | SCORE | GWG |
| Mar 27 ’14 | ||
| Oct 28 ’13 | ||
85.5 : Senators penalty kill percentage, which is 4th best in league but they have only killed off 79.4% of their penalties on the road.
36.7 : Average amount of shots of goal given up, per game, by the Senators this year.
35.3 : Percentage of the Blackhawks’ faceoffs take by Jonathan Toews.
24 : All time meetings between the Blackhawks and the Senators, the Blackhawks have 15 wins.
20 : Takeaways by Marian Hossa in 12 games this year.
6 : Road goals scored by Jason Spezza this year.
4 : Consecutive games in which both Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have scored at least one point.
3 : Points earned by the Senators in seven games versus the Western Conference this year.
2 : Assists by Brandon Pirri Monday night against Minnesota, a new career high for assists in a game.
0 : Games in which the Blackhawks have had a player score more than one goal.
Probable Blackhawks Lineup
Forwards
Patrick Sharp – Jonathan Toews – Marian Hossa
Brandon Saad – Brandon Pirri – Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell – Andrew Shaw – Jeremy Morin
Brandon Bollig – Marcus Kruger – Brad Mills
Defensive Pairings
Duncan Keith – Brent Seabrook
Johnny Oduya – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Nick Leddy – Michal Rozsival
Goaltender
Corey Crawford (6-2-2, 2.24 GAA, .915 save %, 0 SO)
Injuries
Michael Kostka (broken foot) out, Michal Handzus (upper body) out
Leading Scorers
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
| P. Kane | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Toews | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Saad | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Hossa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Keith | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Probable Senators Lineup
Forwards
Milan Michalek – Jason Spezza –Bobby Ryan
Clarke MacArthur – Kyle Turris – Mika Zibanejad
Cory Conacher – Zack Smith – Chris Neil
Colin Greening – Derek Grant – Erik Condra
Defensive Pairings
Marc Methot – Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen – Joe Corvo
Chris Phillips – Patrick Wiercioch
Goaltender
Craig Anderson (4-3-2, 2.81 GAA, .920 save %, 1 SO)
Injuries
Clarke MacArthur (undisclosed) day to day, Jean-Gabriel Pageau (undisclosed) day to day
Leading Scorers
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
| J. Spezza | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| E. Karlsson | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Ryan | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Turris | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Michalek | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Team Stats
| GP | RECORD | HOME | AWAY | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP% | PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO% | |
| OTT | 11 | 4-5-2 | 1-3-0 | 3-2-2 | 3-5-2 | 2.73 | 2.82 | 17.6 | 85.4 | 11.2 | 31.5 | 36.7 | 46.6 |
| CHI | 12 | 7-2-3 | 4-1-2 | 3-1-1 | 6-2-2 | 3.08 | 2.58 | 20.8 | 74.4 | 10.3 | 34.2 | 26.2 | 50.5 |