Blackhawks vs Canucks, Numerology
The red hot Canucks make their only visit to the United Center Friday night.
Chicago Blackhawks (55 pts, 25-7-5) vs Vancouver Canucks (46 pts, 20-11-6)
7pm CDT, United Center - Chicago, IL
TV : CSN-Chicago, NHLN-US
Rado : 720 AM WGN
Blackhawks' last game : 3-1 W @ Predators
Canucks' last game : 1-4 L @ Stars
Enemy Territory : Nucks Misconduct
Season Series/Schedule
DATE | SCORE | W. GOAL |
Jan 29 '14 | ||
Dec 20 '13 | ||
Nov 23 '13 | CHI 2 at VAN 1 |
89.8 : The Canucks' penalty kill percentage, the best in the NHL.
53-23-7-3 : The Blackhawks' all time record versus the Canucks in Chicago.
43 : The number of years the Canucks have gone without winning a Stanley Cup. It's been 177 days since the last time the Blackhawks have won a Cup.
33 : The Blackhawks' collective +/- rating, the best in the NHL.
18 : The number of the power play goals scored by the Canucks, ranked 20th in the NHL.
8-0-2 : The Blackhawks' record versus the Pacific Division this year.
6 : The number of consecutive games Jonathan Toews has at least one point in. He has one goal and seven assists during this streak.
6 : The number of Blackhawks who have at least ten goals, no other team in the NHL has more than three.
3 : The number of Canucks in the top six in TOI for forwards in the NHL (Kesler, D. Sedin, H. Sedin)
2.32 : The Canucks goals against average, the sixth best in the NHL.
Probable Blackhawks Lineup
Forwards
Patrick Sharp - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Kris Versteeg - Michal Handzus - Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell - Andrew Shaw - Brandon Saad
Brandon Bollig - Marcus Kruger - Ben Smith
Defensive Pairings
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Johnny Oduya
Goaltender
Antti Raanta (7-1-1, 2.26 GAA, .920 save %, 0 SO)
Injuries
Corey Crawford (lower body) out, Nikolai Khabibulin (lower body) out
Leading Scorers
PLAYER | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
P. Kane | 37 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +6 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
P. Sharp | 37 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +10 | 20 | 6 | 1 |
J. Toews | 37 | 13 | 20 | 33 | +9 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
D. Keith | 37 | 3 | 29 | 32 | +15 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
M. Hossa | 32 | 14 | 16 | 30 | +14 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Probable Canucks Lineup
Forwards
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Jannik Hansen
Chris Higgins - Ryan Kesler - Mike Santorelli
David Booth - Brad Richardson - Zack Kassian
Tom Sestito - Zac Dalpe - Dale Weise
Defensive Pairings
Dan Hamhuis - Chris Tanev
Yannick Weber - Jason Garrison
Goaltender
Roberto Luongo (16-9-6, 2.26 GAA, .919 save %, 3 SO)
Injuries
Ryan Stanton (ankle) out, Alexander Edler (lower body) out, Alexandre Burrows (broken jaw) out
Leading Scorers
PLAYER | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
D. Sedin | 37 | 11 | 21 | 32 | +6 | 28 | 4 | 3 |
H. Sedin | 37 | 9 | 23 | 32 | +5 | 30 | 4 | 1 |
R. Kesler | 37 | 15 | 11 | 26 | +4 | 30 | 5 | 5 |
M. Santorelli | 37 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +14 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
C. Higgins | 37 | 11 | 11 | 22 | +5 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
