The Chicago Blackhawks lost an important game Saturday night against their Central Division rivals, the Nashville Predators. The game finished 5-2 for the Preds, and Ray Emery game into the game with about 4 minutes left in the second period in relief of Corey Crawford.
Ray Emery got a chance to shine at home in Chicago when he got the start last night against the Florida Panthers. He didn’t get a chance to steal the game as he only faced 19 shots, but he stopped 18 of them for the win.
Ray Emery will get the start in nets for the Chicago Blackhawks tonight when they host the Florida Panthers. It will be Razor’s first game against the Panthers since winning against them as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers on October 24th 2009.
I was wrong in thinking that Ray Emery was going to start one of the back to back games the Chicago Blackhawks had this past weekend, but he did start last Thursday, which was their first of three games in four nights. Again this week they will be playing three times in four days.
Ray Emery started and finished the game last night and he stopped 21 of 23 shots in a 5-2 Chicago Blackhawks victory over the Minnesota Wild.
Looks like my wish of Ray Emery NOT starting tonight’s game against the Minnesota Wild won’t come true, since he is the announced starter in nets for the Blackhawks.
Chances are Corey Crawford will get the start tomorrow against Minnesota since he has been playing well, and that’s fine by me, because I’m hoping Ray Emery will play in the first of the Blackhawks back to back games this weekend.
After 4 losses in 5 games, you would think Ray Emery would deserve a start tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but the losses weren’t Corey Crawford’s fault and Chicago Blackhawks coach, Joel Quenneville, knows that this could be a confidence boosting game for Crawford and the rest of the Hawks against the worse team in the NHL.
Tomorrow night the Chicago Blackhawks are hosting the Detroit Red Wings and it will be broadcast on National TV in both the US and Canada on NBC Sports and TSN2 respectively, but which goaltender will get the start?
Ray Emery hasn’t played since he let 3 goals in on December 20th, and Crawford has been playing great, so unless that changes, I assume Emery will only get in to give Corey some rest like when the season started.
