McKnight: Assessing The Blackhawks As Christmas Break Hits
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Andrew Brunette and Patrick Sharp scored 21 seconds apart midway through the second period, and Corey Crawford made 20 saves in his first start in more than two weeks as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Wednesday night.
The Blackhawks placed injured forward Daniel Carcillo on injured reserved Wednesday and recalled Brandon Pirri from Rockford.
Evgeni Malkin had three assists to move into a tie for the NHL scoring lead and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the Chicago Blackhawks' five-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook will play tonight in Pittsburgh, just two days after taking a dangerous blindsided hit, head coach Joel Quenneville said.
Calgary forward Rene Bourque was suspended by the NHL for two games without pay because he hit Chicago's Brent Seabrook from behind in Sunday's game.
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook made the trip to Pittsburgh Monday with the team despite leaving Sunday night's game in the first period.
Rene Bourque will have a discipline hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety Monday afternoon for his hit on Brent Seabrook in Sunday night's game.
Chicago's Joel Quenneville became the 10th coach to earn 600 NHL victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win.
