PREVIEW: Blackhawks Meet Sharks in San Jose

TIME: 7 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks wrap a three-game trip on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks, the third and final meeting of the year against San Jose. The Sharks took a 2-0 win on Nov. 28 and Chicago a 5-4 shootout victory on April 14 -- both contests at the United Center.

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 26-41-11, 63 PTS
• SJ: 30-35-12, 72 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Chris Vosters and Eddie Olczyk have the call on NBC Sports Chicago with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m.
John Wiedeman and Nick Olczyk have the radio broadcast on WGN Radio.

VS. SAN JOSE

The Blackhawks defeated the Sharks 5-4 in a shootout in the clubs' last matchup on April 14. Patrick Kane (1G, 2A) and Alex DeBrincat (3A) paced the Blackhawks with three points against San Jose. Dylan Strome notched a goal and an assist. Taylor Raddysh and Calvin de Haan also scored in regulation. Jonathan Toews (15), Strome (11) and Reese Johnson (10) all won double-digit faceoffs that evening.
DeBrincat has a point (4G, 11A) in nine of his last 10 games against San Jose and Kane has points (3G, 6A) in five of his last six games against the Sharks.
Dominik Kubalik scored his first career National Hockey League goal against the Sharks on Oct. 10, 2019.

KANE YOU BELIEVE IT

Patrick Kane notched his 430th career goal on Thursday against Los Angeles to pass Bill Guerin for sixth among U.S.-born skaters in NHL history. Pat LaFontaine is next on the list with 468 career markers.
Kane reached the 90-point mark for the third time in his career with two helpers against the Coyotes on Wednesday. He has four multi-point efforts over his last seven games. He is one assist from matching his single-season career high of 66 he set during the 2018-19 campaign. His 65 assists this year are sixth in the league.

CAT STRIKES

Alex DeBrincat reached the 40-goal mark for the second time in his career with the overtime game winner on Wednesday night against the Coyotes. He is the fourth player in team history to have had multiple 40-goal seasons before turning 25: Jeremy Roenick (4x), Al Secord (2x) and Steve Larmer (2x). He is the eighth player overall in franchise history to register multiple 40-goal seasons.
His four markers in overtime this year are a new career high and share the league lead. DeBrincat is one goal from his career high of 41 he set in 82 games during the 2018-19 season. His 40 goals and his 14 power-play tallies this year share eighth in the NHL