The Chicago Blackhawks have been very good to start the season. They have won four games in a row after losing their first two. Everyone on the roster has been contributing which has been a big reason for their success.
Patrick Kane scored his first goal of the season in their most recent win which came at home against the Florida Panthers. It is a little late for Kane to be scoring his first but now you know they’ll start coming in bunches.
Later in the same game, after the Hawks let the Panthers climb back into the game, they saw Jonathan Toews make an amazing play to score an empty net goal and put it away. It was a great game for a team that has very low expectations.
That was the 104th time that Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have both scored in the same regular season game. In those games, the Chicago Blackhawks are 91-8-5 which is absolutely incredible.
The Chicago Blackhawks have had great times with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.
These two have driven the bus for this franchise for a long time now but a stat like this really puts it into perspective. There have been some other great scorers over that span like Artemi Panarin, Patrick Sharp, and Alex DeBrincat but nobody has had the impact of 19 and 88.
In the postseason, they have both scored in the same game 7 times. They are 6-1 in those games which is also incredible.
The Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup three times and made multiple other deep playoff runs during the duration of their careers together. Each of them has won the Conn Smythe as the most valuable player of the playoffs too which says a lot about their contributions.
It is hard to see two players this impactful coming through at the same time but it happens. They are so different in terms of their play styles which has helped the Blackhawks bring a complete team game built around them throughout their careers.
We don’t know how many of these we have left as the Blackhawks are expected to fall off this season and they both only have this year remaining on their contract.
We don’t know if they will be traded, re-signed, or brought back for more but the uncertainty means just enjoy nights like the one they just had in Florida while you still can. That surely is an incredible stat for two guys who have been so good together for so long.
