The Blackhawks practiced on Friday before leaving for a pair of road games against the Blue Jackets.
Chicago experimented with special teams during practice, which were disappointing on Thursday night against the Stars:
Weird special-teams work going on right now:
PP: Kane, Kubalik, Kurashev, Soderberg, Hinostroza
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PK: Boqvist, DeBrincat, Hagel, Kalynuk.— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) April 9, 2021Adam Boqvist has not played a ton of penalty kill time. Ever. Boqvist said his one shift on the penalty kill this season is pretty much the only time he’s played shorthanded in his career, through juniors and the AHL and his playing time in Sweden:
Boqvist said the one PK shift he got against Nashville last week is pretty much the only time he's ever played PK in his career, including juniors.