6 Days Chicago Blackhawks Comment

Marian Hossa scored a power-play goal in Chicago's 4-1 victory on Wednesday.

Hossa is now on a four-game point streak. He's been one of the Blackhawks' best players in the playoffs so far with four goals and seven points in six games.

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DETROIT vs. CHICAGO

FANTASY MUST-STARTS:

Chicago: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith, Corey Crawford

Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall, Jimmy Howard

SLEEPERS:

Chicago: Brandon Saad, Brent Seabrook

Detroit: Damien Brunner, Dan Cleary

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9 Days Chicago Blackhawks Comment

Marian Hossa is expecting a "tough series" against the Detroit Red Wings in Round 2.

"Maybe we had their number during the season but they were all tight games except one," he said. "They're playing extremely well from what I saw in the game in the playoffs against Anaheim. We're going to need to elevate our game." The Blackhawks defeated the Wings all four times during the regular season, but three of them were decided after regulation.

12 Days Chicago Blackhawks Comment

Right winger Marian Hossa scored two goals and picked up an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-1 rout of the visiting Minnesota Wild Thursday night.

The victory enabled the Blackhawks to win their opening-round playoff series 4-1 over the Wild and they advanced to the second round of the post-season for the first time since they captured the Stanley Cup championship in 2010. Thursday's game was never close. Hossa gave Chicago a 1-0 lead in the first period with his second playoff goal this season. Marcus Kruger made it 2-0 early in the second period with his first post-season goal before Hossa stretched the lead to 3-0 at 6:26 of the second. Andrew Shaw connected on his first goal of the playoffs to give the Hawks a 4-1 lead after two periods. In the third period, Patrick Sharp continued his hot post-season with his fifth goal of the playoffs. It was a power play goal on which Hossa drew his assist. Toews also collected an assist on Sharp's goal, his second assist on the night. The assists also were Toews' first two in the post-season. Defenseman Duncan Keith also had two assists (third and fourth) for the winners.

15 Days Chicago Blackhawks Comment

Marian Hossa says the Blackhawks' top line has to do a better job of going to the net in Game 4.

Chicago's top unit of Hossa, Jonathan Toews and rookie Brandon Saad only has one goal through three games in the series. Sometimes, despite the talent level, it's the "ugly" goal that gets skilled players going, which is something both Hossa and Saad pointed out Monday. "There are stints in the game where we're having good zone time and playing well, but most of (the shots) are on the perimeter. We have to get in the dirty areas, get to the net and shoot some pucks," Saad said.

21 Days Chicago Blackhawks Comment

Marian Hossa netted a power-play goal in Chicago's postseason opener.

Hossa is now technically on a three-game point streak dating back to the regular season. That was his 131th career postseason contest, which puts him in a tie for sixth place among active players. He has 37 goals and 98 career points in the playoffs.

The Blackhawks will rest a lot of their star players tonight.

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