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The Chicago Blackhawks will need four straight wins to overcome their 0-3 series hole against the Nashville Predators, starting with their Game 4 matchup on Thursday night. The Chicago Blackhawks are 0-7 over their last seven games, including three straight losses to the Nashville Predators in their first-round playoff series. The Blackhawks need a win over the Predators this Thursday night in Game 4 to keep their postseason alive. Continue to Article

April 20, 2017 10:00:am EST

It's not quite the French Connection or even the Legion of Doom, but the Nashville Predators' JOFA line is off to a rocking start in this season's Stanley Cup playoffs. In helping Nashville establish a 3-0 series lead on the Central Division champion Chicago Blackhawks, the trio of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson has accounted for four goals and seven assists, good for 11 of their 23 total points. If Chicago can't figure out a way to neutralize the JOFA line in Game 4 of this Western Conference first round series Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, its Friday will be spent booking weekend tee times and going through exit interviews instead of preparing for Game 5. Continue to Article

April 20, 2017 1:01:am EST

After posting two of the top four records in the NHL in the regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets both need to find out a way to get a win on the road or their playoff runs will end almost as soon as they began. The Blackhawks were shut out twice at home by Nashville and then blew a 2-0 lead in Game 3 to fall behind 3-0 in the series. ''We're in a tough spot and a place we don't want to be in, but we got a game,'' defenseman Brent Seabrook said. Continue to Article

April 19, 2017 5:30:pm EST

After posting two of the top four records in the NHL in the regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets both need to find out a way to get a win on the road or their playoff runs will end almost as soon as they began. The Blackhawks were shut out twice at home by Nashville and then blew a 2-0 lead in Game 3 to fall behind 3-0 in the series. "We're in a tough spot and a place we don't want to be in, but we got a game," defenseman Brent Seabrook said. Continue to Article

April 19, 2017 5:29:pm EST

In an epic wife move, Carrie Underwood took to the stage ice to deliver a performance of the national anthem that brought the house down at her husband Mike Fisher's Monday NHL playoff game. The country singer surprised fans (and possibly her hubby - it's unclear whether he knew what his wife had planned) before the start of the Nashville Predators' game against the Chicago Blackhawks, in the first-round Stanley Cup playoff game (Fisher is the captain of Nashville's NHL team). The announcer introduced Underwood as a "7-time Grammy winner and longtime Nashville Predators fan," before she belted out the patriotic song as per pre-game tradition. Continue to Article

April 19, 2017 3:51:pm EST