Chicago Blackhawks (6-7-3) at Philadelphia Flyers (8-7-1)
12:00pm Central/1:00pm Eastern
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia
TV/Radio: NHL Network, NBCSCH/WGN
PROJECTED STARTERS
Chicago – Corey Crawford (3-5-0 W-L, .904 SV%, 3.07 GAA)
Philadelphia – Brian Elliott (5-5-0 W-L, .899 SV%, 2.93 GAA)
TEAM STATISTICS
Power Play
Chicago (13.5%, 29th)
Philadelphia (14.6%, 26th)
Penalty Kill
Chicago (75.5%, 23rd)
Philadelphia (68.4%, 30th)
Shorts for/against
Chicago (33.1, 9th/33.5, T-24th)
Philadelphia (30.8, 18th/29.8, 8th)
Shooting %
Chicago (9.0%, T-20th)
Philadelphia (10.6%, T-9th)
Faceoff %
Chicago (49.5%, 18th)
Philadelphia (55.4%, 2nd)
Avg. height/weight
Chicago 6’1”, 195lbs
Philadelphia 6’1”, 197lbs
PROJECTED LINES/PAIRINGS
Chicago Blackhawks
Alex DeBrincat–Jonathan Toews–Brandon Saad
Nick Schmaltz–Artem Anisimov–Patrick Kane
Andreas Martinsen–Luke Johnson–Alexandre Fortin
John Hayden–David Kampf–Dominik Kahun
Duncan Keith–Henri Jokiharju
Erik Gustafsson–Brent Seabrook
Jan Rutta–Brandon Manning
Philadelphia Flyers
Claude Giroux–Sean Couturier–Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom–Nolan Patrick–Jakub Voracek
Dale Weise–Jordan Weal–Wayne Simmonds
Scott Laughton–Jori Lehtera–Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Ivan Provorov–Robert Hagg
Shayne Gostisbehere–Christian Folin
Travis Sanheim–Radko Gudas
Analysis
The Blackhawks square off in Philadelphia, for a matinee game, against the Flyers. Chicago enters the game on a six-game losing streak, losing 4-3 to Carolina, while Philadelphia defeated the Coyotes 5-4 in overtime, both on Thursday.
Jeremy Colliton relied heavily on Patrick Kane, who logged 27:43 of ice time, for offensive production versus Carolina. Kane did find the back of the net for his 12th goal of the season. The crafty forward already has six multi-point games this season, which included this past game as he assisted on Nick Schmaltz 2nd goal this season.
Flyers Captain Claude Giroux leads the team with 19 points this season. The 30-year old first line center has back-to-back multi-point games coming into today’s contest. Power Forward Wayne Simmonds paces the Flyers with 7 goals.
Both teams are expected to rely on their veterans in goal. Corey Crawford, who broke his stick over the net after giving up his fourth goal on Thursday, looks to carry over his play from the last two periods. Brian Elliott will backstop the Flyers.
For the Blackhawks sake, lets all hope Eric Semborski isn’t needed for this one.
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