PREVIEW: Blackhawks, Canucks Meet in Series-Deciding Game Monday Night

TIME: 6:30 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks and Canucks meet for the third and final time this season in the deciding match of the three-game set. Vancouver took the first meeting on Oct. 21 at the United Center, 4-1, while Chicago took the most recent affair on Nov. 21 at Rogers Arena, 1-0.

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 16-21-7, 39 PTS
• VAN: 19-19-6, 44 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Cant make it to the United Center? Catch all the action with Pat Foley, Eddie Olczyk and Patrick Sharp on NBC Sports Chicago with pregame coverage beginning at 6 p.m. John Wiedeman and Paul Caponigri have the call on WGN Radio as well.

VS. VANCOUVER

The Blackhawks and Canucks square off in the rubber match of their three-game season series on Monday night. Both clubs have a victory against each other during the 2021-22 campaign. Marc-Andre Fleury posted his first shutout as a Blackhawk with 40 saves when Chicago and Vancouver met on Nov. 21.
Patrick Kane has points in 14 of his last 17 contests against the Canucks. Dylan Strome's eight career points (1G, 7A) against the Canucks matches (VGK) his second most against any team. Dating back to the 2006-07 campaign, Fleury is 13-0-2 with .920 save percentage in 15 appearances against Vancouver.

STREAKING STROME

Dylan Strome posted his second multi-point effort of the season on Friday, tallying two assists. It was the second straight game he had multiple points after he scored his first career hat trick on Wednesday night in Detroit and added an assist for his first career four-point game. Two of his goals came on the power play, the first time in his career he's scored two in a game. It's the first time Strome has posted back-to-back multi-point efforts since Nov. 10-13, 2019 (1G, 4A).

ONE TIMERS

Patrick Kane's 10 shots on Friday are the most by a Blackhawk this season.
Seth Jones' 26 assists share eighth among NHL defensemen and his 26:08 ice time per game rank fifth among all NHL players.
Connor Murphy's 109 blocked shots rank third in the league.

CANUCKS TO WATCH

Quinn Hughes (D) - The University of Michigan alum shares fourth in assists (31) among league defensemen and shares eighth in points (33) this season. His 17 power-play points (17A) also share fourth among NHL blueliners. He recorded his 100th career NHL assist on Nov. 29 in Montreal and his 100th career assist on Oct. 21 against Chicago. Last season, the he led the club with 38 assists and ranked third in points. His 38 assists tied for third among league defensemen and his 41 points tied for 11th.
J.T. Miller (C) - Miller leads the club in goals (15) and points (44) through 42 games this season. He scored his second career hat trick and added an assist on Jan. 27 against Winnipeg. He set a career-long nine-game point streak from Dec. 6-Jan. 1 (3G, 10A). Last season, the East Palestine, Ohio native ranked second on the team in assists (31) and points (46) and third in goals (15). He also led the team in game winners (4).
Elias Pettersson (C) - Pettersson shares third on the team with 11 goals and 24 points in 44 games this year. He notched his 100th career NHL assist on Jan. 23 against St. Louis and skated in his 200th career game on Jan. 11 against Florida. Pettersson has seven points over his last seven games (5G, 2A), including two multi-point efforts. Last season, the Sundsvall, Sweden native shared fifth on the team in goals (10) and sixth in points (21) in 26 contests. His 0.81 points per game was fourth on the club.