PREVIEW: Blackhawks Wrap Road Trip Against Islanders

TIME: 6:30 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks will wrap their three-game trip through the Metropolitan Division on Sunday evening against the New York Islanders. Chicago will look to finish the excursion with a winning record (1-1-0 through two games). New York is winnless in their last 10 games (0-8-2), inlcuding back-to-back overtime losses on Thursday and Saturday nights.

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 8-13-2, 18 PTS
• NYI: 5-10-4, 14 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk have you covered on NBC Sports Chicago with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30, while John Wiedeman and Nick Olczyk have the radio broadcast of tonight's game on WGN Radio.

VS. NEW YORK

The Islanders defeated the Blackhawks 4-1 in the first meeting of the season at the United Center on October 19. MacKenzie Entwistle scored the lone tally for Chicago with Kirby Dach and Erik Gustafsson notching helpers on the play.
Jonathan Toews has a point (2G, 1A) in three of his last four games against the Islanders. Alex DeBrincat has a point (1G, 2A) in two of his last three games against New York. Patrick Kane has points (8G, 6A) in nine of his last 11 games vs. the Islanders dating back to Dec. 13, 2014, including a five-game run from Jan. 20, 2018 - Dec. 27, 2019 with four goals and three helpers over that span.
Chicago has won 11 of their last 16 games against the Islanders and have registered a point in 13 of those matchups (11-3-2).
Interim head coach Derek King was selected in the first round (13th overall) of the 1985 NHL Draft by the Islanders. King scored 211 goals and added 288 helpers across 638 regular-season games with the Islanders. He posted career highs in goals (40) and points (78) during the 1991-92 campaign.

CAT ATTACK

Alex DeBrincat scored his 14th goal of the season on Saturday against the Rangers, giving him goals in consecutive contests (2G, 1A). His 14 markers share seventh in the league.

JONES-ING FOR MORE

Seth Jones skated 29:43 of ice time on Saturday night against the Rangers, his second highest mark on the season (31:24 vs. PIT on Nov. 9) and highest among regulation contests. Jones added an assist on both Blackhawks goals bringing his season total to 18, which share second among NHL defensemen.