The Blackhawks’ exhibition game against the Blues on Wednesday may not have mattered in the record books — hell, in a week, you may not remember who won. It was an exhibition game, so the winner and loser doesn’t hold omens, but the Blackhawks did win 4-0 behind two power-play goals from Dominik Kubalik and a combined 21-save shutout from Corey Crawford and Malcolm Subban.
What matter more than the final score though are the questions the game settled, ahead of the Blackhawks’ qualifier series against the Oilers.