The Chicago Blackhawks look to extend their consecutive point streak to begin a season on Friday as they face the Colorado Avalanche on NHL Network. Cisco NHL Live with Steve Mears and EJ Hradek, at 5 p.m. ET, will get you ready for that game and your hockey weekend. We'll get a preview of tonight's matchup from Eddie Olczyk and EJ gives us his favorite moments of this historic streak in his EJ5. We'll also break down the Anaheim Ducks' signing of Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year contract extension.
Two teams trending upwards square off in the Big Apple tonight. We'll get a live preview of the Senators-Rangers matchup from Dave Maloney on our Cisco NHL Arena Cam in MSG, and with the official mid-season on Saturday Barry Melrose will make his trophy tracker picks. Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert, fresh off Thursday night's overtime heroics, will also join the show.
Don't forget to submit your #AskEJ questions through Twitter via @NHLNetwork or @EJHradek_NHL, and stick around for the shootout as EJ picks a winner for Friday's games.
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