PREVIEW: Blackhawks Face Ducks on Tuesday Night

TIME: 7:30 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks and Ducks square off on Tuesday night in the first of two meetings in just over two weeks to wrap their season series. Chicago kicks off a three-game West Coast trip in Anaheim on March 23.

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 20-29-8, 48 PTS
• ANA: 27-22-9, 63 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Catch all the action with Pat Foley, Nick Olczyk and Colby Cohen on NBC Sports Chicago with pregame coverage beginning at 7 p.m. John Wiedeman, Troy Murray and Paul Caponigri have the call on WGN Radio as well.

VS. ANAHEIM

Chicago shutout Anaheim 3-0 on Jan. 15 at the United Center to extend their win streak against the Ducks to five games. With a marker in the victory, Patrick Kane has a point (5G, 4A) in seven consecutive games against the Ducks. Jonathan Toews has points in five of his last six skates against the Ducks after notching an assist. Toews also won 60 percent of his draws and paced the club with six shots on goal that evening.
Marc-Andre Fleury improved to 20-5-0 with a .931 SV% and 1.88 GAA against Anaheim after posting his third career shutout against the club. Chicago won 58.7% of their draws which was their fourth highest single-game percentage of the year. Brandon Hagel and Dominik Kubalik also scored in the victory. Alex DeBrincat had two helpers.

CAT STREAK

Alex DeBrincat matched a team-long three-game goal streak with his 32nd marker of the season on Sunday.
The scored scored his 150th career NHL goal on Saturday. He required the seventh-fewest games (342) in franchise history to score 150 career goals with Chicago (NHL debut or otherwise). The only players to do it in fewer games were: Jeremy Roenick (302 GP), Al Secord (308 GP), Steve Larmer (315 GP), Doug Bentley (325 GP), Bill Mosienko (328 GP) and Denis Savard (339 GP).
DeBrincat matched the league lead with his third overtime goal of the 2021-22 campaign on Thursday night. The marker was his 30th of the season and to date, DeBrincat is one of 10 players with at least three 30-goal campaigns since he made his debut during the 2017-18 season. He is one of five players in team history to notch three or more seasons of at least 30 goals before their 25th birthday (Savard, B. Hull, Larmer and Roenick).

KANE DOUBLE

Patrick Kane contributed an assist on the game-opening goal on Sunday to mark his seventh straight season with 40-plus helpers. Only three other players in Blackhawks history have recorded 40 or more helpers in at least seven consecutive campaigns: Steve Larmer (10x:1982-83 - 1991-92), Denis Savard (10x: 1980-81 - 1989-90) and Stan Mikita (10x: 1961-62 - 1970-71).
Kane also scored a goal against the Lightning and has 304 career multi-point games. He is one of four players in Blackhawks history with at least 300 such outings, the others: Stan Mikita (403), Denis Savard (326) and Bobby Hull (312).
Kane has points, including four multi-point efforts, in five of his last six games. His 1.47 points per game since Jan. 25 share seventh in the league (min. 10 games). He has points (9G, 13A) in 12 of his last 15 games.

BLOCK CITY

Calvin de Haan's 84 blocks since Jan. 1 are the most in the league, one more than teammate Connor Murphy who is second in that category over that span. de Haan leads the league averaging 8.10 blocks per 60 minutes this season (min. 40 games). That total is the highest single-season average for de Haan in his career (7.90 blocks per 60 during the 2015-16 season with NYI was previous best).
Chicago is the only team in the league with three players in the top-10 in blocked shots per 60 minutes as de Haan is first, Murphy is third and Jake McCabe is fifth (min. 40 games). Murphy, a native of Dublin, Ohio native leads the league with 146 blocked shots this year.