NHL-worst Blackhawks look to get 権利 vs. Coyotes
Chicago 今後 Patrick Kane skated for the first two periods of the Blackhawks' Tuesday game against the Tampa Bay 雷 before 存在 held out for the third with an 悪化させるd lower-団体／死体 傷害.
Coach Luke Richardson said Kane would be a "maybe" for Friday as the Blackhawks host the Arizona Coyotes in the third game of a seven-game homestand.
Chicago could use his presence. Before 存在 held off the scoresheet in the 4-1 loss to the 雷, Kane had netted three goals in five games.
"He seemed in a good mood (Thursday), but it was just a gym day for him just to give him more 残り／休憩（する） and time to settle 負かす／撃墜する," Richardson said. "Hopefully he'll be trying it (Friday) morning, so that's good. It's possible (he will play Friday), for sure.
"There was no sense to ゆらめく it up (Thursday). It's just settling 負かす／撃墜する, so if he can get through (Thursday) 井戸／弁護士席 and let the inflammation get out of there and he feels good (Friday), he'll definitely try to 押し進める through, so that's good."
The Blackhawks have managed just five goals in their five-game losing streak and are 2-20-1 in their past 23 games, dating 支援する to Nov. 14.
Chicago, which has the fewest points and lowest points 百分率 in the NHL, hopes for a 揺さぶる from minor league call-ups Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney, who are 始める，決める to join the team after fellow 今後s MacKenzie Entwistle (権利 wrist) and Jujhar Khaira (lower 支援する) recently were placed on 負傷させるd reserve.
Both of the newcomers より勝るd the 30-point 高原 in the first 32 games for AHL Rockford. Reichel had 14 goals and 22 補助装置s, and Seney put up 14 goals and 24 補助装置s. Rockford sits in second place in the AHL's Central 分割.
"You look at 肉親，親類d of wha t we're doing in Rockford and when you're winning, it's 平易な to 肉親，親類d of play more 解放する／自由な and not worry too much about what the other teams doing," Seney said. "(You can) just 焦点（を合わせる） on your own game. When your team's doing 井戸／弁護士席 and you're doing 井戸／弁護士席, 個々に, I think it 肉親，親類d of helps when you come up and you can 肉親，親類d of play 確信して."
Arizona enters the finale of a four-game road trip with three straight losses, 落ちるing by a 連合させるd 得点する／非難する／２０ of 16-8.
The Coyotes are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. Arizona opened the 得点する／非難する／２０ing with a Michael Carcone goal at 13:29 of the first period and held a 2-1 lead 早期に in the second, but the Flyers' five-goal 一斉射撃，（質問などの）連発／ダム in the middle period 最終的に 証明するd too much.
Barrett Hayton notched two 補助装置s for the Coyotes, while Karel Vejmelka stopped 28 発射s.
Arizona 降伏するd three goals in a five-minute （期間が）わたる during one stretch of the second period.
"That was 堅い to explain," Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. "We need to find a 解答."
Friday 示すs the first of four scheduled 会合s between the Blackhawks and Coyotes, now both in the Central 分割 に引き続いて 再編成 before last season.
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