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Florida Panthers (11-10-1) at Chicago Blackhawks (14-6-3)
8:30PM Eastern/7:30 Central
CSN-Chicago/Fox Sports


STARTING GOALIES:

Florida: Roberto Luongo
Chicago: Corey Crawford


STATS:

GOALS PER GAME:
Florida 2.50
Chicago 2.83

GOALS AGAINST:
Florida 2.59
Chicago 2.52

POWER PLAY
Florida 14.7%
Chicago 17.7%

PENALTY KILL
Florida 81.3%
Chicago 70.8%

SHOTS FOR/AGAINST
Florida 30.3/29.9
Chicago 28.6/30.7



NOTES:
Throw out the records—well, at least for the Panthers. This is Florida's first game after replacing their head coach, usually a bounce back for the affected team.

The last time these two teams faced off, in Florida this past January, the Panthers took the Hawks down 4-0. And despite their lofty record, the Hawks have some issues of their own. Their offense has become pretty anemic over the last 7-8 games, and they are becoming the one line team they were last year.

Center Jonathan Toews is questionable and may play tonight.


I will recap tomorrow,


JJ



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