Here’s a look at the Chicago Blackhawks by the numbers:
• Lately Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville has been going with the philosophy of the more Patrick Kane, the better. Kane has played 21-plus minutes in the last five games. He’s especially been seeing more ice time on the power play. He played 3:46 out of a possible four minutes on the power play on Sunday.
• The Blackhawks are 7-2 in shootouts this season. They were 6-8 in them last season. Kane scored once on 11 chances last season, and he’s scored six goals on nine opportunities this season. The Blackhawks’ goaltenders also have a .806 save percentage in shootouts this season compared to .643 last season.
• Kane has recorded points in 37 of 57 games this season. He hasn’t gone more than two games without a point. He’s had nine games where he’s had two points and 10 games of three points. Brad Richards has been on the ice for 16 of Kane’s 19 5-on-5 goals and 24 of his 33 points.
• Niklas Hjalmarsson snapped a 41-game goalless streak by scoring on Sunday. Michal Rozsival has the current longest goalless streak at 28 games. Ben Smith has the longest one for forwards at 23 games.
• Patrick Sharp played 13:08 against the New Jersey Devils on Friday and 13:04 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. It was the first time he was limited to less than 14 minutes in consecutive games since the 2006-07 season.
• February has often been a good month for Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford. He has a .932 save percentage (177 saves on 190 shots) through six games this February. It ties for the second-best save percentage he’s ever had in a month with a minimum of six starts. He also had a .932 save percentage in February of 2011. His career-best save percentage was .956 in February of 2013.
• Jonathan Toews is tied for third in the league with 15 primary assists in 5-on-5 play. He has 21 total assists at 5-on-5.
• The Blackhawks have killed off 14 of 15 penalties in the last eight games. They increased their penalty-kill percentage by 0.6 during that span. They lead the league with a 87.9 percentage.
• Duncan Keith and Toews lead the Blackhawks with a plus-16 goal differential in 5-on-5 play. They are followed by David Rundblad (plus-15), Kris Versteeg (plus-12) and Brandon Saad (plus-12). Johnny Oduya has the worst differential at minus-12 and is followed by Andrew Shaw (minus-10) and Sharp (minus-8).
• Toews leads the Blackhawks in penalties drawn at 15. Saad (13), Shaw (12), Kane (11), Bickell (10) and Kruger (10) are also in the double digits.
• Marian Hossa scored seven goals on 13 shots in four games. He had 10 goals on 153 shots the previous 52 games.