Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Anaheim Ducks (18-7-5, 41 points) and Chicago Blackhawks (20-6-4, 44 points) hit the ice at the United Center in the first of three meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Anaheim fans can hear all of the action by adjusting their radios to KTLK-AM 1150 while Chicago fans can do the same on WGN-AM 720.
Anaheim enters play in third in the Western Conference while Chicago is the only team with 20 wins so far this season and sits atop the conference with 44 points.
After a 6-1-0 seven-game road trip, the Blackhawks have lost two games in a row and will look to bounce back at home. The latest loss was a heart-breaker as the Blackhawks blew a 3-2 lead after allowing two goals in the final six minutes in a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
"Six minutes to go with a one-goal lead, generally that's our bread and butter. Tonight we didn't get it done," coach Joel Quenneville said per NHL.com. "We had the momentum, but it was one of those games where the momentum turned quickly in their favor. We're still tied. Let's get it to overtime and see what happens, but they got the break and we got nothing."
The Ducks have dropped three of their last four games and their latest set-back came at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday in a 3-2 shootout loss.
"We never had the puck," coach Bruce Boudreau told NHL.com. "They had the puck all the time and were doing all the shooting. ... It's the work ethic; the work ethic has got to get a lot better."
The Ducks have been led offensively by Ryan Getzlaf, who has 32 points off of 14 goals and 18 assists while Corey Perry has 16 tallies and 15 helpers for 31 points and Dustin Penner has found the twine nine times and added 13 assists for 22 points and also has a five-game point streak.
Patrick Kane has five points during his three-game point streak and leads the Blackhawks with 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points while Jonathan Toews has lit the lamp 12 times and added 13 assists for 25 points and Patrick Sharp has three goals in his last five games for a total of 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points.
In net, Corey Crawford is 17-6-3 with a 2.49 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage for Chicago while the Jonas Hiller has backstopped Anaheim to a 9-4-4 record with a 2.65 GAA and a .910 save percentage.
Two of the Western Conference's best teams go head-to-head when the Ducks and Blackhawks faceoff tonight at the United Center in Chicago.
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