Pluses, minuses for Blackhawks-Red Wings, Bruins-Avalanche
- NHL Network and ESPN analyst Kevin Weekes will offer his pluses and minuses for big games each week throughout the season.
- Minuses: They've lost four in a row (0-2-2) following a four-game winning streak and have had trouble scoring, ranking 30th in the NHL (2.29 goals per game) and the penalty kill ranks 26th (75.6 percent).
- That's not a good recipe for success when you're not scoring goals but allowing them on the penalty kill.
- Captain Dylan Larkin has scored 37 points (19 goals, 18 assists) in 37 games and Tyler Bertuzzi has scored 36 points (19 goals, 17 assists) in 34 games.
- Minuses: They rank 24th in goals per game (2.67) and the power play is 29th (14.8 percent).
- He has scored 20 goals this season including four in his past four games.
- We know how good forwards Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen are, but I think their MVP this season is Nazem Kadri, who leads them in scoring and is fifth in the League (52 points; 16 goals, 36 assists)
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