Each week, the Blackhawks Blog will give you five stats you need to know about the Blackhawks this season.

1. Nick Leddy’s second-period equalizer on Feb. 12 against the Anaheim Ducks was the first power-play goal of his career.

The Eden Prairie, Minn., native ranks fourth on the club with 43:19 of power-play time on ice. Leddy (2G, 1A) is also tied with captain Jonathan Toews (3A) for the team lead with three points at the United Center this season.

Any @nhlblackhawks fans wanna be my #Valentine? Lol twitter.com/AHodgeRadio/st…

— Aaron Hodge (@AHodgeRadio) February 14, 2013

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Each week, the Blackhawks Blog will give you five stats you need to know about the Blackhawks this season.

1. The Blackhawks are 7-0-0 this year when Patrick Kane records more than one point.

Chicago earned a 6-2 win over Phoenix on Thursday with the help of Kane’s three-point performance. The win marked the 11th straight game that Chicago has earned a point to begin the 2012-13 season. The Blackhawks have scored a total of 31 goals when Kane records a multi-point game. Speaking of Kane’s multi-point games…

@nhlblackhawks No matter what in colors, Toews always looks ready for action. Color theory project. twitter.com/endofathought/…

— liz gellert (@endofathought) February 3, 2013

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The wait is over. After earning praise from Head Coach Joel Quenneville and his teammates for his on-ice contributions, Brandon Saad notched his first goal—of what we can only assume will be many—at the NHL level. His tally got the Blackhawks on the board on Tuesday at San Jose in an eventual 5-3 victory.
 
"I had my chances throughout the season, and it finally happened tonight," Saad told the media after the game. "It's pretty exciting."
 
Teammate Patrick Kane had faith that the 20-year-old rookie would reach that milestone soon enough.
 
"It was a long time coming for him," Kane said. "He played great again tonight. He's fast and gets a lot of chances, especially playing with Johnny [Toews] and [Marian] Hossa. He's been a great addition and I’m sure we’ll see many more from him. Everyone in here’s happy for him.”

Each week, the Blackhawks Blog will give you five stats you need to know about the Blackhawks this season.

1. In five road contests this season, Patrick Kane shares the league lead with nine points (1G, 8A) away from the United Center.

The 24-year-old forward has registered a team-best four power-play points. Kane began the season with points in five consecutive games (2G, 7A), setting a new career best for points in consecutive games to start a season.

Thanks for all of the birthday love already. A year older, wiser, and better looking.

— Brandon Bollig (@Bollig87) January 31, 2013

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On Monday, we celebrated Corey Crawford's "Star of the Week" honor with a Twitter contest. We asked the Twitterverse to submit new hashtag ideas for our netminder, as the #Crawsome hashtag was now two years old. Here were some of our favorite submissions!

Each week, the Blackhawks Blog will give you five stats you need to know about the Blackhawks this season.

1. Patrick Kane opened the season with a four-game point streak for the second consecutive year.

Kane’s team-leading seven points (2G, 5A) in four games ties his longest season-opening streak, a four-game run to kick off the 2011-12 campaign (2G, 4A). Kane sits tied for third in league point scoring.

Every week, the Blackhawks Blog will feature fan tweets that reply to our official Twitter account @NHLBlackhawks mixed in with the tweets from some Blackhawks themselves! Send us your thoughts on the Blackhawks’ players, games and more, and you could be a contributor to our next Tweet Sheet.