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Blackhawks continue road trip tonight in Arizona

After earning a needed post-All-Star break victory without Jonathan
Toews, the Chicago Blackhawks move forward with their captain back
in the mix.

Returning from his one-game suspension, Toews tries to help the
visiting Blackhawks continue their success against the struggling
Arizona Coyotes tonight.

Chicago (34-16-4) suffered three road defeats in the final four
games before the break before returning with a 2-1 victory at
Colorado on Tuesday. Richard Panik and Artemi Panarin had
first-period goals as the Western Conference leaders outshot the
Avalanche 42-23 to prevail while Toews was suspended by the NHL for
pulling out of the All-Star festivities because of an illness.

"I think you can tell everybody was excited (to be back),"
defenseman Duncan Keith said.

Chicago should be excited for the return of Toews, who doesn't have
a point in a season-high five straight games but is obviously an
important presence. But regardless who is on the ice, the
Blackhawks appear eager to build on their latest victory with two
more road games before playing four in a row at home.

''Just because you did well in the last game, or the last little
bit, doesn't mean it's going to be easy,'' said Corey Crawford, who
has a 1.58 goals-against average while winning 10 of 12.

''I think I've taken that approach. I think our guys have taken
that, too. We always want more.''

Crawford had his issues Dec. 29 at Arizona (24-21-5), but his
teammates provided enough support in a 7-5 victory. Keith and NHL
scoring leader Patrick Kane each had a goal with two assists,
Andrew Desjardins scored twice and Toews added an empty-netter to
cap the Blackhawks' highest-scoring game since November 2014.

Chicago's scored nine times and gone 1 for 15 on the power play in
splitting its last six games. However, it went 3 for 4 at Arizona
in December and has averaged 4.0 goals during a 7-1-2 stretch
against the Coyotes. Kane has five goals with 12 assists in his
last eight against them while Toews' recorded three and six assists
in the last nine.

Arizona matched its highest-scoring game of 2015-16 against
Chicago, but has 12 non-shootout goals during a 2-5-1 stretch. It's
1 for 28 on the power play in the last seven after enduring a
second consecutive 0-for-5 performance in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to Los
Angeles.

Perhaps more alarming is that the Coyotes have allowed the last two
opponents to go 4 for 11 with the man advantage and promising
rookie Louis Domingue was pulled for yielding five goals in each.
He posted a 1.74 GAA in his previous four starts.

Domingue took the blame for allowing four second-period goals to
the Kings.

''Four out of six goals were stoppable goals, so it's good to see
him take responsibility for them,'' said Arizona's Dave Tippett,
who coached his 1,000th game. ''This one was a good lesson for us.
That was a lesson in special teams, a lesson in puck battles, a
lesson in commitment to getting things done.''

Fellow rookie Anthony Duclair has a goal in two straight contests
after going six in a row without a point. Veteran teammate Shane
Doan recorded a hat trick against the Blackhawks but does not have
a point in three consecutive games.

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