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Arizona Coyotes (16-24-5) at Chicago Blackhawks (28-15-2) 7:30PM Central/6:30 Mountain CSN-Chi, FS-Arizona
THE BUZZ
If ever there was a team and a game tailor-made to help jumpstart the sputtering Hawks, it’s the Coyotes tonight at the UC. Losers of five straight games, the Coyotes are themselves in a bit of a death spiral. For the Hawks, the prescription is simple, get back to basics, play hard but don’t overcommit offensively. Move the puck quickly and cleanly out of their zone. The things that, when done properly, distinguish the Hawks as one of the league’s elite teams.
THE NUMBERS
Power Play Arizona, 7th, 21.8% Chicago, 16th, 18.5%
Penalty Kill Arizona, 27th, 75.8% Chicago, 1st, 88.0%
5-on-5 GF/GA Arizona, 29th, 0.65 Chicago, 5th, 1.24
THE LINEUPS (PROJECTED)
Rieder Vermette Doan Erat Hanzal gagner Korpikoski Chipchura Moss McMillan Vitale Crombeen
Ekman-Larsson Stone Yandle Summers Samuelsson Murphy
Smith
Chicago
Saad Toews Hossa Bickell Richards kane Sharp teravainen Smith Nordstrom Kruger Smith
Keith Seabrook Oduya Hjalmarsson Rozsival Erixon
Raanta
I'll recap tomorrow.