PREVIEW: Blackhawks Open Road Trip Against Red Wings

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QUICK HITS

• Chicago opens up a two-game road trip against Detroit on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena. 
• The Blackhawks have killed off six straight and nine of the last 10 opposing team power plays, improving the team's season percentage to 78.4%. 
• Cole Smith delivered a game-high six hits against the Kings on Tuesday night, pushing him to a team-leading 28 on the season. 
• Patrick Kane is just one assist (899) away from becoming the 21st player in NHL history to reach 900 for his career.

AGAINST THE RED WINGS

• Chicago begins a two-game road trip on Thursday night in Detroit. This is the first of two meetings between the rival clubs, with the next matchup coming on Jan. 16, 2027 at United Center. 
• The Blackhawks have 295 all-time wins against the Red Wings, including 120 in Detroit.  
  Over the last 40 meetings between the two teams, Chicago owns a 24-12-4 record. 
• Patrick Kane has logged seven points (2G, 5A) over his last five games against the Red Wings. In 59 career games against them, he’s posted 56 points (18G, 38A). 
• The Buffalo, N.Y. native has points (1G, 3A) in back-to-back games at Little Caesars Arena. 
• Captain Connor Bedard enters Thursday’s tilt with four points (1G, 3A) in his last two games against the Red Wings, including a three-point (1G, 2A) effort in his last trip to Little Caesars Arena. 
• In five career meetings with Detroit, Bedard has notched six points (1G, 5A). 
• Finnish winger Teuvo Teravainen has potted three goals over his last two games at Little Caesars Arena, including a two-goal outing on Jan. 10, 2025.
• Bowen Byram is riding a four-game point streak against the Red Wings, registering four assists in that stretch. 
• Tyler Bertuzzi picked up two points (1G, 1A) in his last trip to Little Caesars Arena on Nov. 9, 2025. 
• Forward Ryan Donato comes into Thursday’s game with points (1G, 1A) in back-to-back games against Detroit at Little Caesars Arena.
• Defenseman Artyom Levshunov recorded two assists in his lone game at Little Caesars Arena on Nov. 9, 2025. 
• Oliver Moore scored his first career goal against Detroit in a 5-1 Blackhawks win on Nov. 9, 2025. 
• Spencer Knight stopped 33-of-34 shots in his lone trip to Little Caesars Arena on April 17, 2022, earning a 6-1 win. Knight boasts a 1-0-0 record, 0.74 goals-against average and .974 save percentage in two career appearances against the Red Wings. 
• Arvid Soderblom enters Thursday night’s game with a 1-1-0 record, 2.02 goals-against average and .942 save percentage in two career appearances against Detroit. He stopped 45-of-46 shots in a 5-1 Chicago win on Nov. 9, 2025.

KAISER ROLL

Wyatt Kaiser delivered the game-winning goal against Los Angeles on Tuesday night, marking his first goal of the season ... His tally was the third scored by a Blackhawks defenseman in 2026-27, joining Artyom Levshunov and Sam Rinzel ... The Andover, Minn. native leads club blueliners in points (4) and assists (3) this season ... The 24-year-old defenseman has produced 39 points (11G, 28A) over his 187-game NHL career.

KNIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Goaltender Spencer Knight turned away 25-of-26 shots on Tuesday against the Kings, earning his fourth win of the season ... Knight has stopped 25 or more shots in seven of his 10 appearances this season ... The Darien, Conn. enters Thursday’s road tilt leading the league in high-danger saves (94) ... The sixth-year netminder ranks second in the NHL in total saves (278) so far this season.

POWER PLAY PROWESS

Chicago found the back of the net on the power play against the Kings on Tuesday night, giving rookie Roman Kantserov his team-leading fifth goal of the season ... The Blackhawks have scored a power play goal in four of their seven home games this season ...  Kantserov paces the team with two power play tallies, while Connor Bedard and Sam Rinzel each have one goal on the man advantage this season ... Bedard is the club’s leader in power play points (3), scoring a goal and handing out two assists on the man advantage in his first six games of the 2026-27 campaign.