TIME: 6 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks get another crack at the Florida Panthers on Monday night, looking to avenge a dropped result on Saturday night in South Florida.
TEAM RECORDS
CHI: 14-10-5, 33 PTS
FLA: 18-5-4, 40 PTS
LAST TIME OUT
Chicago bookended the scoring with Brandon Hagel‘s opening goal in the second period and Adam Boqvist‘s late tally in the third, but fell to Florida on Saturday evening, 4-2, on the back of four straight goals from the home side. Aleksander Barkov (2G, 1A) led the Panthers in scoring and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots in the team’s second straight come-from-behind win.
SECOND TIME AROUND
Under the NHL’s scheduling format this season, the Blackhawks have played the same opponent in consecutive games 13 times. In the second game against the same opponent this season, Chicago is 10-1-2 and have victories in nine straight, including Thursday’s win in Dallas.
TWO-GETHER
Hagel and Boqvist each scored their second goals of the season on Saturday night against Florida, the second time this season they found the scoresheet in the same game. Each scored his first tally on Feb. 23 in Columbus, with Hagel’s coming as his first NHL strike.
BACK-TO-BACK
Six Blackhawks opened two-game point streaks on Saturday night against the Panthers. Boqvist, (1G, 2A), Hagel (1G, 1A), David Kampf (2A), Patrick Kane (3A), Duncan Keith (1G, 1A) and Dominik Kubalik (1G, 1A) now all have points in two straight contests.
YOUNG GUNS
Five Blackhawks rookies have notched their first career NHL markers this season. Pius Suter is second among rookies and Philipp Kurashev shares third among rookie goal scoring leaders during the 2020-21 campaign. Suter shares fourth with 13 points and Kurashev shares ninth with 10 points. Hagel’s seven assists this season share seventh among league rookies.
Chicago leads the NHL with 20 goals and 44 points from rookies this season.