PREVIEW: Blackhawks Continue Season-Opening Road Trip Against Mammoth

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QUICK HITS

• Chicago continues its season-opening road trip with a battle against the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night at Delta Center.
• Patrick Kane is just two assists shy of matching Phil Housley's NHL record (894A) for the most assists among American-born players.
• The Blackhawks have the youngest team in the NHL, with an average age of 26.4.
• Forward Roman Kantserov shared the team-lead in hits (3) in his NHL debut on Sept. 29 against the Vegas Golden Knights.

AGAINST THE MAMMOTH

• Chicago has won four straight and five of its last six games against the Mammoth.
• The Blackhawks won all four meetings in 2025-26, outscoring Utah by a total of 13-5.
• This is the earliest regular-season meeting between the two franchises (previously Oct. 8, 2024).
• Teuvo Teravainen enters Thursday's tilt riding a four-game road point streak against Utah (3G, 2A), having recorded at least one point in all four career trips to Delta Center. The Finnish forward has eight points (3G, 5A) in eight career regular-season games against Utah, which includes a current four-game point streak (2G, 3A).
• Ryan Donato has produced points (1G, 4A) in five of his last seven games against the Mammoth.
• Forward Frank Nazar has scored a goal in each of his last two outings against Utah.
• Tyler Bertuzzi has secured a goal and two assists in his last two games at Delta Center, both wins for the Blackhawks.
• Defenseman Alex Vlasic has registered an assist in three of his last four games at Delta Center (3A).
• Patrick Kane has notched an assist in two of his last three games against the Mammoth.
• Goaltender Spencer Knight boasts a 3-0-0 record to go along with a 1.93 goals-against average and.935 save percentage in three career starts versus Utah.
• Arvid Soderblom picked up his first career shutout on March 1, 2026 at the Delta Center. He stopped 22 shots for the Blackhawks to earn the victory.

IT'S SHOWTIME

Forward Patrick Kane lit the lamp in Chicago's season opener against Vegas, his first game back with the club in 1,316 days. The Buffalo, N.Y. native has logged points (1G, 1A) in back-to-back season-opening games. All-time, Kane has collected 21 points (8G, 13A) in 19 season openers. The 5-foot-10 forward ranks second in franchise history in assists (779) and points (1,226) and ranks third in goals (447) and games played (1,162). He sits just two assists away from matching Phil Housley's career record (894A) among American-born players, while he's just eight assists shy of reaching 900 in his career.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

The Blackhawks enter Thursday's game as the youngest team in the NHL, with the roster having an average age of 26.4. Ryan Greene (22) and Wyatt Kaiser (24) both collected assists in Tuesday's contest at VGK. Forward Anton Frondell (19) went 3-for-6 (50%) in the faceoff dot versus the Golden Knights. Last season, Chicago rookies led the NHL in assists (82) and points (122). Frondell led all Blackhawk rookies in points per game (0.75) in 2025-26, scoring nine points (3G, 6A) in 12 regular-season games. Defenseman Artyom Levshunov (20) finished fourth among all rookie NHL blueliners with 24 points (2G, 22A) last season.

A KNIGHT OUT

Goaltender Spencer Knight stopped 32 shots at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night, marking the fifth time in his last 10 regular-season games that he's reached the 30-save plateau. The Connecticut native made 25 of his 32 saves between the first and second periods. Knight has stopped 66 shots over his last two season openers with the Blackhawks (34 in 2025-26, 32 in 2026-27). In 71 career starts with Chicago, the 6-foot-3 netminder has reached the 30-save mark 23 times.