PREVIEW: Blackhawks Face Canucks in Friday Night Showdown

🕒 TIME: 7:30 p.m.
📺 LOCAL TV: CHSN
🌎 OUT-OF-MARKET TV: ESPN+
🎙 RADIO: WGN-720-AM | Blackhawks App

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AGAINST VANCOUVER

Andre Burakovsky is riding a five-game point streak (2G, 5A) against Vancouver and leads all team skaters with 13 assists and 16 points in his career against the Canucks. Goaltender Spencer Knight has posted a 2-0-0 record, a .967 save percentage and a 0.96 goals-against average in two career games against Vancouver. Forward Teuvo Teravainen has 11 points (1G, 10A) over his last 13 game against the Canucks and leads all team skaters with four career goals against Vancouver. Connor Bedard has two assists over two career games against Vancouver at the United Center.

LAST TIME OUT

The Blackhawks defeated the St. Louis Blues, 8-3, on Wednesday evening at Enterprise Center and have wins in back-to-back games and points in three of their last four games (2-1-1)

• Lukas Reichel posted three points (2G, 1A), including his first career NHL multi-goal game
• Connor Bedard notched three assists
• Tyler Bertuzzi (1G, 1A), Ilya Mikheyev (1G, 1A) and Alex Vlasic (2A) each recorded two points
• Ryan Greene scored his first career NHL goal
• Jason Dickinson, Ryan Donato and Frank Nazar each registered one goal
• Matt Grzelcyk posted an assist for his first point as a Blackhawk
• Arvid Soderblom made 23 saves and earned his first victory of the season
• The Blackhawks outshot the Blues, 29-26, in the game

COMIC CON

Chicago forward Connor Bedard posted three assists on Wednesday in St. Louis and now has six points (2G, 4A) in five games this season. He shares seventh in the NHL and first on the team in points and also shares second on the team in goals and assists. With three assists against the Blues, Bedard recorded the 29th multi-point game of his NHL career to pass Jonathan Toews (28) and tie Bobby Hull for the fifth most by a Blackhawks skater before age 21.

QUITE FRANKLY

On Wednesday against the Blues, forward Frank Nazar scored the third game-winning goal of his NHL career and has recorded points (2G, 4A) in four of his five games this season. He shares seventh in the NHL and first on the team in points. Nazar also shares second on the team in both goals and assists.

THROUGH THE GRAPE VAINEN

Blackhawks forward Teuvo Teravainen posted an assist against St. Louis on Wednesday and is riding a three-game assist streak (4A). He now has six points (1G, 5A) in five games this season. Teravainen shares fifth in the NHL in assists and seventh in points ... He also leads the team in assists and shares first in points.

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