PREVIEW: Blackhawks Continue Road Swing with First of Two Against Kings

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AGAINST LOS ANGELES

The Blackhawks have earned points in 16 of their last 21 games at Crypto.com Arena (9-5-7). Forward Tyler Bertuzzi has logged points (1G, 4A) in each of his last four games against the Kings and has points (4G, 5A) in seven of his last nine games against them. Teuvo Teravainen has assists (3A) in two of his last three games against Los Angeles and has recorded 13 points (5G, 8A) over his last 13 games against the club. He also ranks second on the team in goals (6), assists (13) and points (19) in 23 career games against the Kings. Connor Bedard has recorded goals (2G) in back-to-back games against the Kings.

LAST TIME OUT

The Blackhawks fell to the Vegas Golden Knights in a shootout, 4-3, on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. Tyler Bertuzzi notched two points (1G, 1A). Connor Bedard scored one goal and led all skaters with six shots on goal. Oliver Moore also found the back of the net. Andre Burakovsky and Frank Nazar each registered an assist. Ryan Greene also recorded an assist and won a career-high 11 faceoffs (11/14; 78.6%). Jason Dickinson went 11-for-16 (68.8%) in the faceoff circle and Wyatt Kaiser led all skaters with four blocked shots. Colton Dach shared first among all skaters with five hits and Spencer Knight made 25 saves.

ROAD WARRIORS

The Blackhawks come into Thursday’s matchup having earned points in four of their last five (3-1-1) on the road. In their last five road games since Nov. 5, the club has killed off 13-of-14 penalties for a penalty kill percentage of 92.9%, which ranks third in the league over that span. Since Nov. 1, Chicago has posted a league-leading 38.9% PP percentage, going 7-for-18 with the man advantage.

GREENE DAY

Chicago rookie forward Ryan Greene logged an assist on Tuesday against Vegas and is riding a career-long three-game point streak (2G, 1A). He now has points (3G, 3A) in six of his last nine games since Nov. 15, which shares third among all NHL rookies over that span. The forward has recorded nine points (4G, 5A) in 26 games this season. He leads all team rookies with four goals and ranks second with nine points.

FACE TO FACE

As a team, the Blackhawks went 34-for-57 (59.6%) in the faceoff circle against Vegas on Tuesday. It’s their highest single-game team faceoff win percentage of the season and the eighth time in 2025-26 that they’ve been over 55.0% as a club. Greene won a career-high 11 faceoffs (11/14; 78.6%) against the Golden Knights and ranks second among NHL rookies with 227 faceoffs taken this season. He also shares third among all league rookies with 104 faceoff wins in 2025-26. Jason Dickinson went 11-for-16 (68.8%) in the faceoff circle on Tuesday and has won 44-of-83 (53.0%) faceoffs in his last five games since his return from injury on Nov. 23 vs. COL.

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