PREVIEW: Blackhawks Host Ducks for First Meeting of the Season

TIME: 7:30 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks look push their run to four straight wins as the Anaheim Ducks visit the United Center on Saturday night. The mark would tie Chicago's season mark for consecutive wins (4, Nov. 7-17).

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 14-18-5, 33 PTS
• ANA: 19-14-7, 45 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Can't make it out to the United Center? Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk are on the call Saturday night on NBC Sports Chicago+ with Colby Cohen between the benches. Pregame coverage beginning at 7 p.m. John Wiedeman, Troy Murray and Nick Olczyk also have the radio broadcast of the game on WGN Radio.

VS. ANAHEIM

Chicago and Anaheim match up for the first time since March 3, 2020 when the Blackhawks defeated the Ducks 6-2 at the United Center. Patrick Kane recorded a goal and an assist in the victory. He has a point (4G, 4A) in six consecutive games vs. Anaheim. Jonathan Toews was held off the scoresheet in the contest on March 3, but prior to that game he had three consecutive multi-point outings against the Ducks.
The Blackhawks have won four straight games vs. the Ducks and have victories in five of their last six games overall.

STREAKING

Kane and Riley Stillman extended their respective point streaks on Thursday night against the Canadiens. Kane's six-game run is a season long and he has notched one marker and seven assists during this stretch. Stillman stretched his point streak (1G, 4A) to a career-long four-games with an assist vs. Montreal. He is the second Chicago defenseman this season to post a run of at least four games, joining Seth Jones who has done it on two occasions.

ALL-STAR CAT

Alex DeBrincat was named to his first career All-Star Game on Thursday night. He recorded his fifth multi-goal game of the 2021- 22 campaign on Tuesday. His nine goals since Dec. 15 lead the NHL and DeBrincat's 23 markers share fourth in the league this season.
With two power-play goals on Jan. 4, he reached the 20-goal plateau in the fewest number of games of his NHL career (33 games). The previous quickest instance of him scoring 20 markers came last year when he recorded his 20th in the 36th game of the season. It is the fourth time in five seasons that he has registered 20 or more goals in a campaign. Since the 2018-19 season, when DeBrincat scored a career-best 13 PPG's, he is seventh in the league with 41 goals with the man advantage. He is third in the NHL with 55 goals since the beginning of last season.