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Giguere made 28 saves in his 32nd career shutout, continually frustrating a high-powered offense that had outscored its opponents 34-13 during the streak - which fell one game short of tying the franchise record set last December.

It's what the Chicago Blackhawks are dealing with now that they are on the verge of signing Pat Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith to long-term contract extensions.

The Chicago Blackhawks are nowA topping the Power Rankings of Sports Illustrated and ESPN, and the youngsters haveA won seven straight games and haveA swept the first half of their Circus Trip.

Jonathan Toews and the Blackhawks will renew acquaintances Sunday night with the Canucks' Willie Mitchell in the teams' first meeting since the defenseman crunched the Hawks captain with a check that caused a concussion and sidelined him for six games.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter During tonighta s Hockey Night In Canada broadcast, Pierre LeBrun, a very reliable source in the past, lamented that the Chicago Blackhawks may be pursuing a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Not only are the ChicagoA Blackhawks gone until December, but they get to start their annual Thanksgiving road trip against one of the hottest teams in the National Hockey League, the Calgary Flames.

The Blackhawks likely need to trim some payroll if they want to announce contract extensions for Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane sooner than later.

Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.

Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.

Sunday night was a night of many emotions for the Blackhawks. The first emotion, obviously, was elation over their victory against the Sharks, a team with the best record in the NHL and a notoriously strong road team this season.

Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook celebrates while he skates past Sharks center Joe Thornton after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime on Sunday in Chicago.

Brent Seabrook scored 41 seconds into overtime, lifting the Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, Chicago's seventh consecutive home victory.

The ChicagoA Blackhawks and ColoradoA Avalanche are both first place teams, and their team statistics would lead you to believe theya TMre a fairly evenly matched pair of teams.

Even in these difficult economic times, attendance hasn't been much of a problem for the NHL as a whole.

Defenseman Brent Sopel tries to slow down Nashville's Steve Sullivan as Sullivan tries to score on goalie Cristobal Huet.

The Blackhawks owned the Phoenix Coyotes last season, winning all four meetings and outscoring them 13-1 in the last two.

The ChicagoA Blackhawks resembled Derek Zoolander on Thursday night in Phoenix: they looked great, but were no match for Hanzal.

A large banner is affixed to the outside of the Sommet Center that reads "Welcome to Smashville." The Blackhawks had hoped to take the greeting as an invitation Thursday night to bust up the Predators for the third time this season.

Jordan Hendry 's days of playing forward as a kid came in handy as the defenseman helped bail out the Blackhawks after a spate of injuries left them short-handed up front.

On the night they gave away free Halloween-inspired goalie masks, the Chicago Blackhawks got their offense back on track after a disappointing loss in Nashville.