Chicago Blackhawks (30 pts, 13-3-4) vs San Jose Sharks (31 pts, 13-2-5)
6 pm CDT, United Center – Chicago, IL
TV : WGN
Radio : 720 AM WGN
Blackhawks last game : 2-7 L @ Predators
Sharks last game : 3-1 W @ Oilers
Enemy Territory : Fear The Fin
Season Series/Schedule
DATE | SCORE | W. GOAL |
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Feb 01 ’14 | ||
Jan 05 ’14 | ||
Nov 17 ’13 |
3 : The number of consecutive road wins by the Sharks.
9 : The number of points (5 G, 4 A) Patrick Kane has scored in his last six games.
11 : The over/under on how many times Pat and Eddie will mention Tommy Wingels is from Wilmette, IL.
12 : The number of goals by rookie Thomas Hertl.
28 : The number of 1st period goals the Sharks have scored, they have only given up 11.
44 : The number of points (13 G, 31 A) scored by Joe Thornton in 41 career games versus the Blackhawks.
49 : The number of career power play goals scored by Patrick Sharp.
239 : The number of consecutive sellouts at the United Center.
19-8-0-4 : The Sharks record versus the Blackhawks in their last 31 games.
Probable Blackhawks Lineup
Forwards
Patrick Sharp – Jonathan Toews – Marian Hossa
Brandon Saad – Brandon Pirri – Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell – Andrew Shaw – Kris Versteeg
Brandon Bollig – Marcus Kruger – Ben Smith
Defensive Pairings
Duncan Keith – Brent Seabrook
Johnny Oduya – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Nick Leddy – Michal Rozsival
Goaltender
Corey Crawford (12-3-3, 2.50 GAA, .907 save %, 0 SO)
Injuries
Michael Kostka (broken foot) out, Michal Handzus (upper body) out, Nikolai Khabibulin (lower body)out
Leading Scorers
PLAYER | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
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P. Kane | 20 | 11 | 9 | 20 | -3 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
J. Toews | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +4 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
P. Sharp | 20 | 5 | 12 | 17 | +7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
M. Hossa | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
D. Keith | 20 | 1 | 14 | 15 | +3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Probable Sharks Lineup
Forwards
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Tyler Kennedy
Tomas Hertl – Joe Thornton – Tommy Wingels
Matthew Nieto – Joe Pavelski – Martin Havlat
James Sheppard – Andrew Desjardins – John McCarthy
Defensive Pairings
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Dan Boyle
Brad Stuart – Justin Braun
Scott Hannan – Jason Demers
Goaltender
Annti Niemi (10-2-5, 2.13 GAA, .918 save %, 2 SO)
Injuries
Brent Burns (face) out, Adam Burish (back surgery) out, Raffi Torres (knee) out
Leading Scorers
PLAYERGPGAP+/-PIMPPGW J. Thornton 20 2 20 22 +10 2 0 0 J. Pavelski 20 7 14 21 +5 14 4 0 P. Marleau 20 10 10 20 +6 2 5 1 L. Couture 20 8 12 20 +7 0 3 1 T. Hertl 20 12 6 18 +9 0 2 2