PREVIEW: Blackhawks Host Canadiens for Friday Night Hockey

🕒 TIME: 7:00 p.m.
📺 IN-MARKET TV: CHSN
🌎 OUT-OF-MARKET TV: NHL Network
🎙 RADIO: WGN-720-AM | Blackhawks App

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QUICK HITS

• Chicago continues its homestand with a matchup against the Canadiens on Friday night at United Center.
• The Blackhawks are 15-7-3, including seven wins at United Center, over the last 25 meetings against Montreal. 
• Tyler Bertuzzi (1G, 3A), Anton Frondell (1G, 3A) and Teuvo Teravainen (2G, 2A) pace the team in home points (4) so far this season.
• Goaltender Spencer Knight has won two of his last three starts and has made 25 or more saves in four of his last five appearances.

AGAINST THE CANADIENS

• Chicago continues its homestand with a Friday-night tilt against Montreal at United Center. This is the first of two meetings between the two clubs, with the other matchup coming on Jan. 4 at Bell Centre.
• The Blackhawks have posted 164 wins all-time against the Canadiens, with 102 coming on home ice.
• Over the last 25 meetings between the two teams, the Blackhawks own a 15-7-3 record, with seven of those wins coming at United Center.
• Captain Connor Bedard has recorded a point (1G, 4A) in all five career games he’s played against the Canadiens. He lit the lamp at United Center in his last matchup against them on Oct. 11, 2025.
• Veteran forward Patrick Kane enters Friday’s contest with a four-game point streak (4A) against Montreal. The Buffalo, N.Y. native has logged 26 points (10G, 16A) in 30 career games against them.
• Finnish winger Teuvo Teravainen has recorded 11 points (3G, 8A) over his last 11 games against the Canadiens. He’s notched points (4A) in each of his last three home tilts against them.
• Frank Nazar comes into Saturday night with a three-game point streak (2G, 2A) vs. Montreal. He posted three points (1G, 2A) in two meetings last season.
• Defenseman Sam Rinzel has registered a point (1G, 1A) in each of his two career games against the Canadiens, including his first career goal on Oct. 11, 2025.
• Tyler Bertuzzi has totaled three points (2G, 1A) over his last five games against Montreal. The Sudbury, Ont. native has logged 15 points (7G, 8A) in 24 career games against them.
• Goaltender Arvid Soderblom has won his last two matchups against Montreal, stopping 56 shots between the two contests. In three career appearances against them, he boasts a 2-0-1 record, 2.21 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.

COLE'S COUNTDOWN

Defenseman Ian Cole's next game will be the 1000th in his NHL career, which would make him the 422nd player in NHL history to reach that mark ... The Ann Arbor, Mich. native paces the team in blocked shots (15) and shares the club lead in plus/minus (+2) ... The 37-year-old blueliner has logged 233 points (38G, 195A) across 17 NHL seasons ... Defensively, he's added 1,849 blocks and 1,262 hits in 999 career regular-season games.

BLOCK PARTY

The Blackhawks have notched double-digit blocks in each of the club's first nine games of the season, including 11 in a Oct. 17 contest vs. Dallas ... Ian Cole had a team-high three blocks, while Sam Rinzel chipped in two blocked shots against the Stars ... This is the third time in the last four seasons that Chicago has produced double-digit blocks in nine-straight games to open the season ... Chicago has totaled 106 blocked shots, averaging 11.78 per game ... Cole (15), Wyatt Kaiser (13) and Alex Vlasic (11) all have double-digit block totals so far this season.

FRANK THE TANK

Forward Frank Nazar has lit the lamp in three of his last four appearances, producing four points (3G, 1A) in that stretch ... The Detroit, Mich. native shares the team lead in goals (3) and ranks fifth in points (4) so far this season ... Through his 129-game NHL career, the 22-year-old forward has produced 72 points (31G, 41A).