PREVIEW: Blackhawks Head to Arizona for Coyotes Matchup

TIME: 9:30 p.m.
TV: NBCSCH+ | RADIO: WGN-720-AM | STREAM: NBC Sports App (In Market) & ESPN+ (Out of Market)
Coming off of two strong wins against Boston and Nashville, the Blackhawks will go for their third win to wrap up the season series against Arizona.

RECAP

A 35-save performance from Alex Stalock propelled the Blackhawks to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday evening ... Joey Anderson buried his second career game-winning goal ... Lukas Reichel scored his third goal of the season ... Boris Katchouk and Andreas Athanasiou each registered an assist ... A former Predator, Jarred Tinordi led all skaters with five blocked shots ... Nikita Zaitsev posted a team-best six hits ... It's Chicago's first regulation victory over the Predators since Nov. 16, 2019.

VS. ARIZONA

The Blackhawks are 16-6-3 in their last 25 games against the Coyotes since 2014-15 ... Connor Murphy (20th overall in 2011) and MacKenzie Entwistle (69th overall in 2017) were each drafted by the Coyotes ... During their last meeting on Feb. 28, Andreas Athanasiou found the back of the net, while Philipp Kurashev notched an assist during a 4-1 loss to the Coyotes in Arizona.

STALOCKED

Blackhawks goaltender Alex Stalock made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 SV%) against Nashville for his ninth win of the season ... He also stopped Matt Duchene on a penalty shot and became the first goaltender since 1934-35 (when penalty shots were officially tracked) to make a save on a penalty shot in three consecutive appearances ... Over his last four games, Stalock holds a 3-1-0 record, 9.42 save percentage and a 2.30 goals-against average.

BO BREAKOUT

With his assist on Thursday evening, Blackhawks forward Boris Katchouk now has five points (2G, 3A) over his last four games, the best four-game stretch of his career ... During the 2022-23 campaign, Katchouk has set career highs in games played (44), goals (4), assists (7) and points (11).

ANDY ANSWERS

Blackhawks forward Joey Anderson scored on Thursday and now has goals (2G) in back-to-back games for the third time in his career ... He did so as a member of the New Jersey Devils from Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2019 and Feb. 14-16, 2020 ... He also has five points (3G, 2A) over his last five games ... He's currently one goal shy of tying his singleseason career best (4G in 2018-19 and 2019-20).