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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