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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Ben Pope

Blackhawks experimenting with five-forward power-play unit, for now

Philipp Kurashev has been playing on the Blackhawks’ top power-play unit lately instead of a defenseman. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

DALLAS — The Blackhawks recently tried a five-forward arrangement on their top power-play unit for the first time in recent memory.

The approach eschews defensemen to make forward Philipp Kurashev the fifth man in the group, accompanying Patrick Kane, Max Domi, Jonathan Toews and Taylor Raddysh. Kurashev might be slightly more defensively responsible than the other four, but he’s there to boost the offensive threat level.

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