The Blackhawks will do battle with the Devils tonight in New Jersey. Chicago is looking to bounce back from Wednesday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Blues. The 'Hawks dropped to 7-5-and-1 on the year with the setback. The puck drops tonight at 6:00.
Blackhawks star Patrick Kane will not be charged with rape. The District Attorney in Erie County, New York says there was a lack of credible evidence and plenty of reasonable doubt, in addition to the accuser no longer cooperating with the investigation. A three-month probe determined the physical evidence in the case tended to contradict the accuser's version of what happened.