PREVIEW: Blackhawks vs Jets 12/14

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Team Ambassador Tony Esposito will be on hand at the United Center to sign copies of The Breakaway: The Inside Story of the Wirtz Family Business and the Chicago Blackhawks. The signing will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m., just outside the entrance to the Stadium Club on the 200 seating level
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The Blackhawks hope to keep rolling after a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. They play host to the Winnipeg Jets at the United Center on Friday evening.
This is the second time this week the Blackhawks and Jets have squared off. Chicago lost 6-3 in Winnipeg on Tuesday evening. However, the team bounced back on the second half of the back-to-back. They got goals from six different skaters and 40 saves from Corey Crawford as they downed the visitors from Pittsburgh. The win halted an eight-game losing streak.

The Blackhawks are led in scoring by Patrick Kane, who has 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points in 32 games. As of the end of Wednesday's games, that was good for top 20 in the NHL.
Jonathan Toews reached 700 career NHL points in the win over the Penguins. He now has 27 points (14G, 13A) in 33 games this season. Alex DeBrincat has goals in back-to-back games and now has 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points.
As for the Jets, they're coming off a 5-4 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday evening. They've now won three games in a row and six of seven this month.
Their offense is on a tear, having scored seven, six and five goals in their three consecutive victories.
Blake Wheeler leads the way with 40 points (5G, 35A) in 31 games. They have six players on their roster who have recorded 20 or more points this season.
Patrik Laine is the team leader in goals with 22.
SEASON SERIES:
The season series between the Jets and Blackhawks has been tilted toward Winnipeg. The Jets have won both of the previous meetings by a combined score of 12-8.
The Jets won a 6-5 thriller, holding off a Blackhawks comeback on Nov. 29 and they doubled up Chicago 6-3 on Tuesday. In Tuesday's game, Winnipeg had a 4-0 lead, but goals from Dylan Strome, Dominik Kahun and DeBrincat made it 4-3 in the third. The Jets then scored two straight to close things out.
LINEUP NOTES:
Erik Gustafsson (illness), Artem Anisimov (concussion protocol), Gustav Forsling (shoulder) and Brandon Davidson (knee) were all on the ice for morning skate.
The lines later in the skate appeared to be as follows:
Saad-Toews-Kahun
Debrincat-Strome-Kane
Sikura-Kampf-Perlini
Martinsen-Kruger-Hayden
Gustafsson will return the lineup after missing two games.
GETTING THE CALL:Dylan Sikura and Carl Dahlstrom were recalled from the Rockford IceHogs ahead of the game against Pittsburgh. Dahlstrom recorded an assist in the win.
OPPONENT TO WATCH:
The ever-dangerous Mark Scheifele scored his 18th goal of the season on Thursday night, which stretched his point streak to three games. Over this three-game stretch, Scheifele has two goals and six assists.