Thursday night will feature the second of Chicago’s two consecutive road games against the Stars, which is also the last of the Blackhawks’ four games in Dallas this season
Kevin Lankinen will start in goal against the Stars’ 8-8-5 record as compared to the Blackhawks’ tally of 13-9-5.
An upsetting loss on 6-1 to Dallas on Tuesday made Patrick Kane’s 1000th NHL career game was made bittersweet. At 32 years old, Kane is the youngest Blackhawks player to reach this mark, while Stan Mikita holds the team’s record at 1,396 — although Duncan Keith is closing in at second place with 1,164 career games.