PREVIEW: Blackhawks at Blue Jackets - April 12, 2021

TIME: 6 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks play their eighth and final meeting against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night, looking for a fourth straight win in Ohio on the year.

TEAM RECORDS

CHI: 19-18-5, 43 PTS
CBJ: 15-20-8, 38 PTS

LAST TIME OUT

Chicago took a come-from-behind victory on Saturday night, winning 4-3 over Columbus after trailing 2-0 just 3:13 into the contest. Alex DeBrincat, Carl Soderberg, Wyatt Kalynuk and Dylan Strome all scored in the win, while Kevin Lankinen made 23 stops.

VS. COLUMBUS

The Blackhawks close out their season slate with the Blue Jackets on Monday night, the first team they'll reach eight games played against in the division. Chicago has posted a 5-2-0 record against Columbus this season, including all three contests at Nationwide Arena.
DeBrincat has a point (3G, 5A) in all five games he has played against the Blue Jackets this year.
Soderberg has six points (4G, 2A) vs. Columbus this season and his 10 career goals against the Blue Jackets are his most against any NHL opponent. Soderberg registered his first multi-point game as a Blackhawk with a goal and two assists on March 23 in Columbus, his first three-point outing since Dec. 3, 2019 in Columbus while he was a member of the Coyotes
Patrick Kane's 46 assists and 69 points against Columbus are his most against any NHL opponent. He has 14 points (4G, 10A) - including a season-high four-point performance on Feb. 23 - in seven games against the Blue Jackets this year.
Dating back to the 2010-11 season, The Blackhawks are 27-8-2 over their last 37 games against the Blue Jackets.

RISING ROOKIES

On Saturday, Wyatt Kalynuk became the sixth Blackhawk rookie overall this season to register their first career NHL tally and the fourth to do it against the Blue Jackets (Nicolas Beaudin, Ian Mitchell and Brandon Hagel).
Pius Suter shares second in the league among rookies this year (Kirill Kaprizov) with 11 markers and shares seventh among NHL rookies with 19 points. Philipp Kurashev shares eighth among rookie goal scoring leaders during the 2020-21 campaign. Hagel's nine helpers share eighth among first-year skaters.
Chicago leads the NHL with 28 goals and is second with 60 points from rookies this season.

CONSISTENT CAT

Alex DeBrincat netted the first goal of the evening for the Blackhawks and added an assist on Saturday. His tally was his team-leading seventh power-play marker and 21st goal overall this year, tied for fifth in the NHL.
Since he returned to the lineup on Feb. 2 after being removed from COVID-19 protocol, DeBrincat shares second in the National Hockey League with 19 goals and is 14th with 34 points. He tallied 18 goals in 70 games last season.

ON THE DRAW

Strome has won 50 percent or more of his faceoffs in eight of his last nine games and David Kampf matched a season high with 13 victories at the faceoff dot on Tuesday night vs. Dallas.