The Blackhawks’ offense has scored just five goals in three games. One way to improve that production could be to properly use one of its two 30-goal scorers from last season.
Through three games, Dominik Kubalik is averaging just 13:32, which just isn’t enough ice time for a 30-goal scorer on a team with limited offensive ability.
Coach Jeremy Colliton said after Sunday’s game that the ice time reports from Florida were incorrect, with Kubalik’s ice time coming in at 13:13 — which did not include any power play time. In the two games before that against the Lightning, which are not in doubt, Kubalik played just 11:30 and 15:53, respectively.