Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford named NHL's Second Star of the Week

The NHL announced today that Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford was named the league's First Star for the week ending Nov. 5.

Crawford went 2-1-0 with a 0.68 goals-against average, .979 save percentage and two shutouts to lead the Blackhawks (7-6-2, 16 points) to a pair of wins. He opened the week with consecutive shutouts, making 35 saves in a 3-0 triumph against the Philadelphia Flyers Nov. 1 and 24 stops in a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild Nov. 4. It marked the fifth time Crawford has registered consecutive shutouts in his NHL career (394 GP) and first such instance since Dec. 11-13, 2015. He then finished the week with 33 saves in a 2-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens Nov. 5. The 32-year-old Montreal native owns a 7-5-0 record in 13 appearances this season, pacing the NHL with a 1.77 goals-against average, .945 save percentage and two shutouts (tied). 

Islanders forward Josh Bailey was named the Second Star, while Sharks goaltender Martin Jones was named the Third Star.

Blackhawks face Canadiens in Original Six matchup

TONIGHT'S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBC Sports Chicago - Pat Foley (play-by-play), Steve Konroyd (analyst)
RADIO: WGN 720 AM - John Wiedeman (play-by-play); Troy Murray (analyst)
ONLINE: NBCSportsChicago.com and the NBC Sports app

Tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens will meet for the last time this season.

The Blackhawks topped Montreal, 3-1 on Oct. 10 at Bell Centre. Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat scored his first career NHL goal in the win while Brandon Saad and Artem Anisimov also added markers. Corey Crawford stopped 41 shots for Chicago and the Montreal native improved to 8-0-2 with a 1.49 save percentage and .954 GAA in 10 career games vs. the Canadiens.

Last season, Chicago swept the series, winning both games. Chicago is 10-0-2 vs. Montreal since the 2009-10 season.

Tonight marks the 565th all-time meeting between these two teams in a series that began on Dec. 22, 1926 (3-1 vs. MTL).

THE KILLERS

The Blackhawks stand sixth in the NHL, killing 83.9 percent of their penalties this season ... Chicago has killed off each of its last nine penalties going back three games.

CROW-M-G

Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford is coming off consecutive shutouts ... Crawford has stopped all 59 shots he faced over the last two games ... Crawford is 8-0-2 with a 1.49 save percentage and .954 GAA in 10 career games vs. Montreal ... Crawford is one of three NHL goaltenders this season with two shutouts.

SUNDAY FUNDAY

Tonight, the Blackhawks will play their first of 11 Sunday games this season ... Sunday is the only day of the week the team has yet to play on this season ... Sunday trails only Thursday (17) and Saturday (20) for the day of the week in which the Blackhawks play the most games ... Nine of those 11 Sunday games come at home for Chicago.

FACETIME

The Blackhawks stand 10th in the NHL in faceoff wins with 459 this season ... The team has won 50.7% of faceoffs through 14 games ... Jonathan Toews shares third in the NHL with 180 faceoff wins and his faceoff win percentage of 57.3% is tied for sixth in the NHL among players with 200 or more faceoffs this season.

BLACKHAWKS FOR LIFE

Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith are two of the longest tenured Blackhawks defensemen and are moving up the charts ... Seabrook (937 GP) needs just one game played to tie Doug Wilson (938 GP) for second on the all-time franchise list for games played by a defensemen ... Keith is at 927 games played and will tie Wilson with 11 games played ... Seabrook (6th) and Keith (7th) also trail Wilson (5th) on the franchise overall games-played list.

CHICAGO BLOCKHAWKS

The Blackhawks are 11th in the NHL in blocked shots with 203 ... Brent Seabrook paces the club with 32 this season ... On Wednesday vs. PHI, Seabrook recorded a season-high six blocked shots, his 15th career game of six or more blocks.

EMBRACING THE HITS

The Blackhawks have 275 hits through 14 games, an average of 19.6 per game ... Last season, the team finished last in the NHL in hits with 1178 (14.4 per game) ... John Hayden is tied for eighth in the NHL this season with 42 hits.

TIME IS ON HIS SIDE

Duncan Keith has led the Blackhawks in TOI each season since the 2004-05 campaign ... That marks the longest such streak for a player with the same team in the NHL ... He is averaging a team-best 25:24 per game this season.

RATED ROOKIE

The Blackhawks opened the season with four rookies on their roster: DeBrincat, Rutta, John Hayden and Anton Forsberg ... Hayden and Forsberg are still considered NHL rookies despite having made their NHL debut in previous seasons.
      
CLIMBING TO THE TOP

Patrick Kane currently ranks sixth in Blackhawks franchise history in three statistical categories including points (766), goals (290) and assists (475) ... He needs just 13 points to tie Doug Wilson for fifth on the all-time franchise list ... He needs just eight goals to tie Dennis Hull for fifth on the all-time franchise list.

BLACKHAWKS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (all times CT)

• Thur., Nov. 9 at PHI at 6 p.m. (NBCSCH, NBCSportsChicago.com, NBC Sports app, WGN Radio)

• Sat., Nov. 11 at CAR at 6 p.m. (WGN TV, WGN Radio)

• Sun., Nov. 12 vs. NJD at 6 p.m. (NBCSCH, NBCSportsChicago.com, NBC Sports app, WGN Radio)

• Wed., Nov. 15 vs. NYR at 7 p.m. (NBCSN, NBCSportsChicago.com, NBC Sports app, WGN Radio, Univision America, WRTO AM 1200)

• Saturday, Nov. 18 at PIT at 6 p.m. (WGN TV, WGN Radio)