Does it feel like there’s been a relative lack of Chicago Blackhawks games to watch this season? Well, that’s about to change. The Blackhawks have five games coming in the next seven days, starting off with their first 2017-18 matchup with the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
Anaheim enters Monday’s action with a 10-9-4 record, good for sixth place in the Pacific Division. That slow start can mostly be attributed to a sputtering offense caused by a rash of injuries. Ryan Getzlaf’s been out since Halloween with an injury to his zygomatic bone (not something I made up, I swear) and the team is also missing Patrick Eaves and Ryan Kesler.