Fresh off their first win of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks are back on home ice Wednesday night, hosting the Carolina Hurricanes.
The team stats are a study in the importance of 5-on-5 hockey, because the two teams are not all that different from a special teams perspective. Carolina is ranked fourth in the league on the power play (28.1 percent) and on the penalty kill (88.9), while Chicago is ranked sixth (26.3) and fifth (88.6), respectively. Seems like an even matchup, right?