Chicago Blackhawks (7-3-1) at Dallas Stars (4-4-2) 7PM Central WGN/Fox Sports Southwest
Chicago forward lines
Panik-Toews-Kane Panarin-Anisimov-Hossa Hartman-Kruger-Motte Rasmussen-Schmaltz-Tootoo
Chicago defense
(projected)
Keith-Campbell Kempny-Seabrook Forsling-Hjalmarsson
STARTING GOALIES:
Chicago: Corey Crawford Dallas: Antti Niemi
STATS:
GOALS PER GAME: Chicago 3.55 Dallas 2.60
GOALS AGAINST: Chicago 2.45 Dallas 3.10
POWER PLAY Chicago 22.7% Dallas 14.3%
PENALTY KILL Chicago 61.5% Dallas 75.7%
SHOTS Chicago 27.4 Dallas 29.6
FACEOFF% Chicago 48.4% Dallas 51.2%
NOTES:
Dallas is 6-2-2 versus Chicago in the teams' last ten meetings. Teams like this are a good metric for how far the Hawks have come in 2016-17—or how far they need to improve. I'll recap tomorrow. Also, look for an upcoming discussion on the Hawks' Corsi and in particular Fenwick numbers— a deeper look at the team's uncharacteristically underwater shots for versus shots allowed.
JJ
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