Chicago Blackhawks (1-0-0) at St. Louis Blues (0-1-0)
7:30 Central
Enterprise Center
TV/Radio: FS-MW-NBCSCH/WGN
Goalies:
Chicago
Cam Ward (.880 save%, 2.97 GAA)
St. Louis
Jake Allen (.800 save%, 5.00 GAA)
Team statistics:
Power play
Chicago (0%)
St. Louis (0%)
Penalty kill
Chicago (66.7)
St. Louis (50%)
Shots for/against per game
Chicago (43,25)
St. Louis (42,25)
Shooting%
Chicago (9.3%)
St. Louis (2.4%)
Faceoff%
Chicago (47.4%)
St. Louis (58.2%)
Avg. height/weight:
Chicago:
6’1”, 196
St. Louis
6’1” 204
Lineups:
Chicago
DeBrincat-Toews-Kahun
Saad-Schmaltz-Kane
Kunitz-Anisimov-Kampf
Kruger-Johnson-Martinsen
Keith-Jokiharju
Manning-Seabrook
Davidson-Rutta
St. Louis
Maroon – O’Relly – Tarasenko
Schwartz – Schenn – Kyrou
Steen– Bozak – Perron
Barbashev – Thomas – Blais
Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
Dunn – Parayko
Schmaltz – Butler
Analysis:
The Blackhawks look for consecutive road victories tonight, meanwhile, the Blues try to avoid back-to-back losses at home to start the season.
A sharper first period will be key for the visitors. Playing from behind is not a recipe for success. The Blackhawks overcame sloppy play in their own end and a dismal power play and look to get both cleaned up.
Henri Jokiharju was praised by Joel Quenneville for his play on Thursday. Those types of compliments for rookies do not come easy.
Cam Ward settled down in net after a rocky first period. The veteran gets the call tonight opposite Jake Allen, who struggled in the opener.
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