Jonathan Toews, who was born and raised in Winnipeg, is excited to be playing before family and friends Saturday afternoon as the Blackhawks visit the Jets. The hard-working Toews doesn't need extra motivation to play well, but we do expect he will be a little more pumped up than usual to play in his hometown. "It's going to be exciting," Toews said. "When anyone asks me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid." We expect Toews to have a very strong game Saturday afternoon. Make sure he is active and in your lineup.

Jonathan Toews scored a natural hat trick on a wild night in Chicago as the Hawks beat the Senators 6-5. Toews' third regular season hat trick of his career began with the Hawks trailing 4-3 late in the second period. Giving Chicago the lead by the midway point of the third, Andrew Shaw scored the game winner shortly afterwards as Toews' three goal, four point night ended in a victory for the home side.

Jonathan Toews wants to see the Blackhawks tighten up defensively. "People are talking about us not scoring as much, but sometimes you don't need to score that many to win if you're playing smart defensively," Toews said after Chicago's 5-3 loss to Minnesota. "We had breakdowns, we had turnovers inside our zone, we had miscommunication and penalties we shouldn't have taken." Chicago has allowed an average of 2.73 goals per game, which puts them in the middle of the pack in that regard. They have a 6-2-3 record this season.

Jonathan Toews was credited with a goal and he added an assist in Chicago's 6-5 overtime loss to Tampa Bay Thursday night. He got his fourth goal of the season when Tampa Bay scored on their net late in the third period to send the game into an extra session. Toews had seven shots in the contest. The Blackhawks center has seven points in 10 games this campaign.

Jonathan Toews scored on the power play and added the shootout winner as Chicago downed Florida 3-2 on Tuesday night. Toews snapped a four game pointless streak with his second period marker. Coming off the best offensive season of his career last year, Toews notched just his third goal and fifth point through nine games.

Jonathan Toews was upset following Wednesday's loss against St. Louis. "It's frustrating," Toews said. "I feel like (Wednesday night) we got robbed of two points. Last game we got robbed of one point. Just from making some small mistakes late in the game. Normally that would be when we feel like we take over and get even better." The Blues scored the winning goal on a three-on-one break in the final seconds of the third period. Toews produced a goal and an assist in the contest, with both of his points coming on the power play.

Jonathan Toews played a strong game in his return to game action Friday night. He had been nursing a hip flexor, but looked good and showed no ill effects in a 5-4 win over Washington registering an assist and scoring the winning goal in the shootout. Toews looks good for a point-per-game season in 2013-14.

Jonathan Toews (hip flexor) will return on Friday. Toews skipped Tuesday and Thursday's exhibition games as a result of the ailment. He said he's completely over the injury.

Jonathan Toews (lower body) is likely to travel to Washington. He might be in the lineup for Friday's exhibition contest. Toews missed Chicago's preseason game on Tuesday and he won't play on Thursday.

Jonathan Toews (lower body) missed Tuesday's exhibition game and he isn't projected to play in Thursday's contest either. However, coach Joel Quenneville is expecting Toews to be able to play over the weekend when the team heads on the road against Washington (Friday), Detroit (Sunday) and Pittsburgh (Monday).