PREVIEW: Blackhawks Host Red Wings on Sunday Night

TIME: 6 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks will look to pick up their first win against the team that gave them their first win of the year last season when the Detroit Red Wings visit the United Center for the lone time this season on Sunday night (
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PREGAME LINKS
GAMECENTER: CHI vs. DET
MEDICAL: Kane, Carpenter & Gustafsson in COVID-19 Protocol
RELEASE: Reese Johnson Recalled from Rockford

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 0-4-1, 1 PT
• DET: 2-1-1, 5 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Can't make it to the United Center? Don't miss a minute of the action with Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk on NBC Sports Chicago. Colby Cohen joins Pat Boyle for pre and postgame coverage on NBC Sports Chicago live from the United Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. Viewers in the Chicago area can stream the game on the
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You can also listen to the game on WGN Radio with John Wiedeman and Paul Caponigri or in Spanish on TUDN Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM with Miguel Esparza and Jorge Moreno.

LAST TIME OUT

The Blackhawks and Red Wings met eight times during the 2020-21 campaign with Chicago winning the season series with a 6-2-0 record. Chicago's seven markers against Detroit on Feb. 28, 2021 were a season high with Alex DeBrincat recording a season-high four points (1G, 3A) in the victory. The Farmington Hills, Michigan native has a point in 11 of 14 career games against the Red Wings and his 20 points (8G, 12A) against Detroit are his most against any NHL opponent.
Kevin Lankinen posted his first career NHL shutout on Feb. 17 in Detroit and went 4-1-0 with a .950 save percentage and a 1.60 goals-against average against the Red Wings last season.
Marc-Andre Fleury is 9-3-0 in his last 12 contests against the Red Wings. He helped the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Detroit in the 2009 Stanley Cup Final.

MARATHON MAN

Seth Jones skated in a game-high 27:52 of total ice time on Thursday night against the Canucks, the second time this season he skated over 27 minutes of ice time/ The Arlington, Texas native is currently 12th in the NHL averaging 25:40 of TOI. His 128:18 of total ice time on the season is neadly 25 minutes more than any other Blackhawk (Jake McCabe, 103:29).

BUILDING BLOCKS

Calvin de Haan shares fourth in the league with 13 blocked shots this year. He was 13th in the NHL during the 2020-21 campaign averaging 6.22 blocks per 60 minutes (min. 20 games played).

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Blackhawks allowed their first power-play goal against of the season on Thursday against the Canucks. They are one of eight
teams who have allowed one PPG or fewer during the 2021-22 campaign. Their 92.9 percent penalty kill percentage is second in the league.
Chicago has recorded a power-play marker in four of five games during the 2021-22 campaign and are 10th in the league with a 28.7 percent powerplay percentage. The Blackhawks finished 11th in the National Hockey League with a 21.7% PP% during the 2020-21 season. They share second in the league with five PPG's this year.

KIRBY FULLY LOADED

Third-year forward Kirby Dach recorded a three-game point streak (2G, 1A) from Oct. 15-19. His career long is five games, which he accomplished twice during his rookie season. Dach netted a goal in consecutive games (Oct. 15 and 16) for the first time since his rookie season (Nov. 10 and Nov. 13, 2019).
He has won 50 percent or more of his draws in three of five games during the 2021-22 campaign.