Scouting report: Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Posted March 15, 2019 1:00 am

Scouting report

Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens, 6 p.m. Saturday at Bell Centre

TV: WGN • Radio: WGN 720-AM

The skinny: Montreal (37-27-7, 81 points) is in a fierce battle with Columbus (81 points) and Carolina (83) for the two wild-card spots in the East. The Canadiens are 6-9-1 the last 16 games, playing 11 of them on the road. ... Brendan Gallagher (30 goals), Max Domi (24) and Tomas Tatar (22) are the team's leading scorers. Former Hawks forward Andrew Shaw has 17 goals and 19 assists in 52 games. He has 6 goals and 6 assists in 16 games since returning from injury in early February. Three of those scores came in a victory Feb. 26 at Detroit. ... Goalie Carey Price has yielded 1 or 2 goals in nine of his last 12 appearances. ... Montreal's power play is 2-for-36 the last 15 games. ... The Hawks lost to Montreal 3-2 Dec. 9 when Tatar scored with 1:17 to play. ... Patrick Kane needs 1 point for his second 100-point season. He is third in the league behind Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov (115) and Edmonton's Connor McDavid (100).

Next: Vancouver Canucks, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the United Center

- John Dietz

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