The Canes kick off a baseball-style 3-game series against the Blackhawks.
Coming down the stretch, the Canes‘ magic number to clinch the division is 5 against Florida and 7 against Tampa. The Panthers host Dallas tonight, the Lightning are off until Wednesday when they kick off a series against...Dallas. The Stars are fighting for their playoff lives and Nashville’s magic number to eliminate them is 8. I don’t expect any of the walking wounded back and they’ve never disclosed Paquette’s injury. We need Mrazek back for a few games before the playoffs but who know when that will be?
Chicago sits 6th in the division with 50 points in 51 games. They’re 4-5-1 in their last 10 and have lost 4 in a row. Patrick Kane is 2nd in the league in assists and tied for 5th in points. Alex DeBrincat is tied for 5th in goals. Both are averaging better than 1 point per game. Dominik Kubalik and Prius Suter are the only other players with at least 10 goals. They’re 16th in goals per game at 2.82. But defensively, they’re not good, 24th in goals against per game at 3.24. After a hot start, rookie goalie Kevin Lankinen has crashed back to reality, at 3.04/.908 in 36 games. With 3 games in 4 days, we should see Malcolm Subban for the first time this season. His numbers are essentially the same as Lankinen’s, 3.03/.905 in 15 games
Coming down the stretch, the Canes‘ magic number to clinch the division is 5 against Florida and 7 against Tampa. The Panthers host Dallas tonight, the Lightning are off until Wednesday when they kick off a series against...Dallas. The Stars are fighting for their playoff lives and Nashville’s magic number to eliminate them is 8. I don’t expect any of the walking wounded back and they’ve never disclosed Paquette’s injury. We need Mrazek back for a few games before the playoffs but who know when that will be?
Chicago sits 6th in the division with 50 points in 51 games. They’re 4-5-1 in their last 10 and have lost 4 in a row. Patrick Kane is 2nd in the league in assists and tied for 5th in points. Alex DeBrincat is tied for 5th in goals. Both are averaging better than 1 point per game. Dominik Kubalik and Prius Suter are the only other players with at least 10 goals. They’re 16th in goals per game at 2.82. But defensively, they’re not good, 24th in goals against per game at 3.24. After a hot start, rookie goalie Kevin Lankinen has crashed back to reality, at 3.04/.908 in 36 games. With 3 games in 4 days, we should see Malcolm Subban for the first time this season. His numbers are essentially the same as Lankinen’s, 3.03/.905 in 15 games