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  On Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with former star forward Patrick Kane on a two-year, $16 million contract that includes a no-move clause. Patrick Kane played the first of his 19 NHL seasons with Chicago, winning the Stanley Cup three times in Chicago in 2010, 2013, and 2015. He has made it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs 11 times in his career, earning 138 points (53 goals, 85 assists) in 143 postseason games. Kane ranks third in franchise history in assists (80), points (132), and games played (136), and ranks fourth in goals (52). Last season with the Detroit Red Wings, the 37-year-old forward had 57 points (16 goals, 41 assists) in 67 games. He finished fourth on the Red Wings with 16 goals and 41 assists, ranking fifth with 57 points. Kane is one of two active NHL players (Alex Ovechkin) to secure 40-or-more points in each of the last 19 seasons and is one of just 19 players to do so in NHL history. In each of the last 19 seasons, Kane is also one of the three...
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Blackhawks struggled with a slow start in the 4-2 loss against the Canucks, 2/13/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The league-leading Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-2 score on Tuesday, February 13th. Unfortunately, the Blackhawks had a slow start and weren't able to match the level of play.


Canucks lineup against the Blackhawks:

Suter - Miller - Boeser

Hoglander - Pettersson - Lindholm

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Di Giuseppe - Lafferty - Mikeheyev


Hughes - Hronek

Cole - Myers

Friedman - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith


Blackhawks lineup against the Canucks:

Foligno - Kurashev - Johnson

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Raddysh

Donato - Sanford - Johnson


Vlasic - Jones

Korchinski - Megna

Crevier - Phillips


Mrazek

Soderblom


   Conor Garland opened the scoring and gave Vancouver the 1-0 lead in the first period at 9:55. Garland passed the puck to Dakota Joshua, who was in the left face-off circle after Garland had skated into the slot with the puck... Joshua passed it back to Garland and he scored just off the crease. The Canucks held their one-goal lead through the remainder of the first frame.


   Scoring his second of the night to keep that Canucks lead up, Filip Hronek's shot coming from the point had deflected off Conor Garland's right foot and into the net. Tyler Johnson cuts it 2-1 on the power play. Philipp Kurashev fed the puck to Johnson after Nick Foligno had passed it to Kurashev along the goal line... Johnson scored from the right circle with a wrist shot. With 1:32 remaining in the middle frame, Nils Hoglander responded to make it a 3-1 lead for the Canucks. Hoglander tapped in the rebound of his own shot in the front.


   Dakota Joshua pushed it 4-1 after he had taken a pass from Teddy Blueger and scored a backhanded shot. Later into the period, Kevin Korchinski scored from the front off a pass from Ryan Donato and Vancouver won with a 4-2 final.




Notes:

- Dakota Joshua had a goal and two assists... this was his first three-point game in the NHL

- Conor Garland scored two goals... Filip Hronk recorded two assists

- Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for Vancouver

- Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for Chicago



 




Postgame: Elias Lindholm

Postgame: Rick Tocchet


Postgame: Kevin Korchinski

Postgame: Seth Jones

Postgame: Luke Richardson


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