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It will be a clash of two recent Stanley Cup winners, but Sunday's game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena finds the teams in much different places. Chicago (15-21-7) is still trying to find its footing just past the midpoint of its season, while Pittsburgh (23-12-6) is basking in quite a groove. "We're a team right now that's trying to find a way … to keep ourselves in games," Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane told the Chicago Tribune after a 3-2 overtime loss Friday against the Islanders in New York. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 8:09:pm EST

Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers will be out until mid-February with an upper-body injury, head coach Paul Maurice told reporters Saturday. Ehlers, who turns 23 on Feb. 14, left Friday's 4-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins following a collision with Sidney Crosby on his first shift of the game. Ehlers, who appeared to hurt his left shoulder, returned for a shift but immediately left again and was ruled out. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 7:22:pm EST

Sheldon Brookbank on transition from former Blackhawks teammate to assistant coach originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com Sheldon Brookbank is no stranger to the Blackhawks organization. He spent two seasons in Chicago to wrap up his playing career, won a Stanley Cup with the team in 2013 and was named an assistant coach for the Rockford IceHogs at the beginning of the 2017-18 season. On Friday, Brookbank was promoted to assistant coach on Jeremy Colliton's staff with the big club after the two were behind the same bench last season and the start of this year in Rockford. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 3:39:pm EST

What Blackhawks are getting in Drake Caggiula originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com Drake Caggiula wasn't expecting to be traded. He was playing video games with friends when he got a text from his agent that something might be going down. "It definitely caught me off guard," said Caggiula, who was acquired by the Blackhawks on Dec. 30 for Brandon Manning and prospect Robin Norell. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 2:56:pm EST

Blackhawks send Dylan Sikura back to Rockford after he falls out of top-9 originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com To make room for newly-acquired forward Drake Caggiula on the 23-man roster, the Blackhawks had to make two roster moves. One of them was Andreas Martinsen - who cleared waivers on Saturday - being assigned to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League. The other is Dylan Sikura joining him. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 2:15:pm EST

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