Chicago Blackhawks (48-21-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (36-29-9) 7:30PM Eastern/6:30 Central CSN-Chicago/NBC Sports/TVA
STARTING GOALIES:
Chicago: Corey Crawford Tampa: Andrei Vasilevskiy
STATS:
GOALS PER GAME: Chicago 2.95 Tampa 2.72
GOALS AGAINST: Chicago 2.55 Tampa 2.74
POWER PLAY Chicago 19% Tampa 22%
PENALTY KILL Chicago 78.1% Tampa 80.9%
SHOTS FOR/AGAINST Chicago 30.4/31.3 Tampa 30.1/30.3
NOTES: Whatever ailed the Hawks in their last outing across the state of Florida, they had better get over it quickly. The Lightning has been playing more of late like the tough foe the Hawks faced in the 2015 Cup Finals, than the enigmatic underachievers of the last year or so.
I’ll recap tomorrow.
JJ