Chicago Blackhawks at New York Rangers 7PM Eastern/6PM Central NBCSN, TVA, RSN, MSG2, CSN-Chicago
STARTING GOALIES: Chicago Scott Darling New York Antti Raanta
GOALS/GA PER GAME: Chicago 2.63/2.3 New York 3.5/2.3
SHOTS/SA PER GAME Chicago 28.5/30.8 New York 28.8/28.9
POWER PLAY Chicago 16.7% New York 22.6%
PENALTY KILL Chicago 72.7% New York 85.9%
NOTES: Great news for Hawk fans—Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews return to the lineup tonight, with both having made significant progress against their respective injuries the last few days. Duncan Keith is expected to play but he was feeling ill earlier in the day.
Antti Raanta gets the net for the Rangers tonight for the 4th straight game. Unlike his Chicago counterpart, Scott Darling, Raanta has essentially “won… the position (temporarily at least) from an underperforming Henrik Lundqvist.
I’ll recap tomorrow.
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