PREVIEW: Blackhawks Continue Opening Trip in Vegas

TIME: 9:00 PM
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The Blackhawks continue their road trip to the West, facing the Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Thursday night.

LAST GAME

The Blackhawks opened the season against Colorado on Wednesday in Denver, falling to the club 5-2. Jonathan Toews scored the Blackhawks' first goal of the night on the power play to tie the game at one in the first period; Philipp Kurashev and Andreas Athanasiou provided the assist - for Athanasiou, his first assist as a Blackhawk. Max Domi scored the other goal for the team, also coming on a power play. Tyler Johnson and Patrick Kane each registered assists on the tally.

VS. VEGAS

The Blackhawks went 2-0-1 last season against the Golden Knights. In the two teams' last meeting on April 27, Taylor Raddysh scored twice on a career-best eight shots while Sam Lafferty registered a multi-point effort (2A). Patrick Kane has 10 points (2G, 8A) in last nine games against Vegas.

OPEN SEASON

Max Domi scored his first goal as a Blackhawk in Wednesday's season opener. He has scored in three career season openers and has points in six of the seven season-opening contests - having registered three points (1G. 2A) with Columbus in the team's season opener for the 2021-22 campaign. Jonathan Toews also scored on Wednesday, making it the third time he's scored in a season opener in his career. The last time Toews scored in a season opener was Oct. 4, 2018 at OTT (1G, 1A). Patrick Kane tallied an assist last night, adding to his tally of 18 points (7G. 11A) in 15 season-opening contests. Kane's 18 points in season-opening games are the third-most in Blackhawks history behind Bobby Hull (11G, 8A in 13 GP) and Stan Mikita (5G, 15A in 20 GP).

HIT HIM UP

Seth Jones posted a team-high eight hits in Wednesday's game, setting a new single-game career high. His previous record was seven hits on two occasions with the Columbus Blue Jackets (Jan. 16, 2016 vs. COL; Feb. 11, 2021 at CHI). Jarred Tinordi posted six hits on Wednesday, the third most of his career (8, 3x).