The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Florida Panthers on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. EST in Sunrise, Florida, coming off three straight losses.
Chicago enters the game 4-10-1 overall and 0-5-1 on the road. The Blackhawks have allowed 58 goals while scoring 33 — a minus-25 scoring differential. Florida is 8-5-2 overall and 3-1-0 at home. The Panthers are 5-2-1 this season when serving fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.
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This is the second meeting between the teams this season. The Panthers defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in their previous matchup. Florida has gone 6-4-0 over its last 10 games, averaging 3.8 goals and allowing three per game. Chicago is 3-6-1 over its last 10, averaging 2.3 goals and allowing 3.4 per game.
Matthew Tkachuk leads Florida with four goals and 17 assists. Seth Jones has one goal and 16 assists over his last 10 games. Roman Kantserov has six goals and two assists for Chicago. Connor Bedard has four goals and six assists over his last 10.
Florida is without Jonah Gadjovich (upper-body), Brad Marchand (leg) and Aleksander Barkov (lower body). Chicago lists Patrick Kane as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, Ryan Ellis as out for the season with a back injury and Bowen Byram as day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
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