News and bits from the team that, despite Philadelphia and Winnipeg’s best efforts last night, still (with Edmonton) holds the record for most goals scored in a game by two teams.
- Previews of tonight’s game against Eric “-9” Staal and the Hurricanes. [blackhawks.nhl.com] [Cheer The Anthem] [Tribune]
- Patrick Kane at center: good, but somewhat protected. [Madhouse Enforcer]
- Meanwhile, Marian Hossa’s shooting more and Daniel Carcillo has been terribly competent. [Madhouse Enforcer]
- Andrew Brunette is still trying to find his place here. [Tribune]
- Three games in the next four days. Keep the point streak going. [Tribune]
- This is the longest Carcillo has ever gone without a fight. [Sun-Times] [CSN]
- Lepisto, Scott, and Olesz don’t want to complain exactly about molding in the press box, but…[Sun-Times]
- Some scoring from the bottom six, while not necessary so far, might be nice. [CSN]
- Ray Emery’s new mask. [CSN]
- Fact of the day: Boston fell to last place in the conference last night , the first defending champs since ’67-’68 expansion to do so. [Twitter]
- ETA: Cimaglia says winning close games is how you thrive in the West. [MyFoxChicago]