PREVIEW: Blackhawks Battle Bruins at United Center
The Blackhawks return home to Chicago to face the first-place Bruins
TIME: 7:30 p.m. TV: NBCSCH | RADIO: WGN-720-AM | STREAM: NBC Sports App (In Market) & ESPN+ (Out of Market) Chicago returns to the United Center to face the Boston Bruins for a primtime matchup. ( TICKETS ).
RECAP
The Blackhawks fell 3-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday evening at Amalie Arena ... Taylor Raddysh scored Chicago's lone marker and now has three goals over his last three games ... Cole Guttman tallied an assist ... Playing against his former team, Tyler Johnson also chipped in an assist ... Blackhawks defensemen combined for 16 hits ... Petr Mrazek made 34 saves.
VS. BOSTON
The Blackhawks are 6-4-4 their last 14 games against the Bruins at the United Center ... Andreas Athanasiou has 11 points (8G, 3A) in 20 games against Boston ... During their last meeting in Chicago on Mar. 15, 2022, Caleb Jones tallied an assist during a 2-1 overtime loss to the Bruins.
TAYLOR ON A TEAR
With a goal on Saturday against Tampa, Blackhawks forward Taylor Raddysh now has points (3G, 1A) in three-straight games ... It's the fourth time this season that Raddysh has recorded points in three or more consecutive games ... He leads the Blackhawks with a career-high 17 goals on the season.
SETH SKATES
Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones led all skaters with 27:26 of time on ice against Tampa Bay on Saturday ... It's the fifth most ice time Jones has recorded in a game this season ... He currently ranks 11th among all NHL skaters with an average time on ice per game of 24:47.
TJ TIME
Tyler Johnson registered his 16th assist of the year against the Lightning ... He now has assists (2A) in back-to-back games and five points (1G, 4A) over his last eight games ... Since the NHL All-Star break on Feb. 3-4, Johnson shares first on the team with ten points (3G, 7A).
