The team with the NHL's worst record brings out the best in Blackhawks forward Viktor Stalberg. Stalberg scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and Chicago beat Columbus 5-2 on Tuesday night to end a season-high four-game losing streak and spoil the debut of interim Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards. Dave Bolland and rookie Ben Smith also scored for Chicago. Stalberg has scored seven of his 12 goals this season in three games against Columbus,...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Sat 1/26	Cls	Chi 3 - 2	W:
Sun 2/24	Chi	Chi 0 - 1	W:
Fri 3/1	Chi	Chi 3 - 4	W:
Thu 3/14	Cls	Chi 2 - 1	W:

Game Stats

Blue Jackets (11-26-5) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM R. Umberger 1 0 3 1 0 A. Vermette 1 0 2 -1 2 R. Johansen 0 1 2 1 2 J. Boll 0 0 0 -1 10 D. Brassard 0 0 1 -2 0 D. Dorsett 0 0 1 0 0 T. Kubalik 0 0 3 -1 2 D. MacKenzie 0 0 2 -1 0 R. Nash 0 0 9 -2 0 V. Prospal 0 0 1 -3 0 R. Russell 0 0 0 -1 0		Blackhawks (25-13-5) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM V. Stalberg 3 0 4 1 0 D. Bolland 1 1 1 2 0 B. Smith 1 0 2 1 0 B. Bickell 0 1 0 1 0 M. Hossa 0 1 4 3 2 P. Kane 0 1 2 -1 0 J. Toews 0 1 1 -1 0 A. Brunette 0 0 0 0 0 M. Frolik 0 0 0 1 0 J. Hayes 0 0 2 0 2 J. Mayers 0 0 1 1 17 A. Shaw 0 0 1 0 0
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM A. Johnson 0 2 3 1 0 D. Savard 0 1 3 0 2 M. Methot 0 0 0 -2 2 J. Moore 0 0 1 -2 0 N. Nikitin 0 0 0 -2 0 F. Tyutin 0 0 1 -1 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM N. Hjalmarsson 0 1 1 1 2 B. Seabrook 0 1 1 3 0 D. Keith 0 0 1 0 0 N. Leddy 0 0 1 -2 0 S. Montador 0 0 1 2 19
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV%		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% C. Crawford(W, 16-10) 34 32 2 .941

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PLAYER NEWS

Blue Jackets Curtis McElhinney (CLS - Goaltender) News: McElhinney signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Blue Jackets, the Columbus Dispatch's Aaron Portzline reports. [+] Impact: McElhinney spent the 2012-13 season with AHL Springfield, going 29-16-3 with a 2.32 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage. (RotoWire - Fri. May 24, 2013)

Blackhawks Corey Crawford (CHI - Goaltender) News: Crawford gave up just one goal on 26 shots in the Hawks' 2-0 Game 4 loss to Detroit on Thursday. [+] Impact: Considering that he limited the Wings to one goal prior to the empty-netter in the final minute of the third period, Crawford likely erased any talk of a change in goal for the Hawks when the series goes back to Chicago for Game 5 on Saturday. (RotoWire - Fri. May 24, 2013) Corey Crawford (CHI - Goaltender) News: Crawford will start Game 4 against the Red Wings in the Western Conference semifinals despite some murmurs that the team would start Ray Emery, ESPN-AM 1000 in Chicago reports. [+] Impact: The murmurs were not that serious. Despite letting three goals on 30 shots in the 3-1 loss to Detroit in Game 3, Crawford has not played that poorly and it has been more the Blackhawks' offense that has been the problem. (RotoWire - Thu. May 23, 2013) Patrick Kane (CHI - Right Wing) News: Kane has picked up his first-ever nomination for the Lady Byng Trophy, which is given each year to the player who has best exhibited the combination of sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct and skill. He's up against the Islanders' Matt Moulson and the Lightning's Marty St. Louis. [+] Impact: He finished fifth in the NHL in both goals (23) and points (55) while picking up just eight penalty minutes, the fewest among the league's top-20 scorers. (RotoWire - Mon. May 20, 2013)

Injury Report

Blue Jackets Player Injury Status M. Calvert Broken finger day-to-day N. Nikitin Lower-body injury day-to-day

Blackhawks No injuries to report.