NHL fans can live stream tonight's faceoff between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks for free online.

The two teams will take the ice at 8 p.m. ET from the United Center in Chicago, Ill.

Entering their 34th game of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 22-6-5 record. After a six-game winning streak in late November, the Chicago team fell to the Dallas Stars on Dec. 3. Following that loss, the Minnesota Wild and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Blackhawks last Thursday and Friday. The weekend saw better luck for the Blackhawks and the team rallied to conquer the Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars. Currently in first place for the Central Division, Chicago has an impressive 49 points.

Coming into tonight's game, the Philadelphia Flyers have a 13-14-3 record. The Pennsylvanian team got off to a rocky start this season by losing seven of their first 10 matches. Two months later, the Flyers are doing marginally better. After losing their first December game to the Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia did manage to skate to victory against the Detroit Red Wings before falling twice more before the Dallas Stars on Saturday and the Ottawa Senators on Monday. Now in sixth place for the Metropolitan Division, the Flyers have 29 points.

Free coverage of tonight's match will begin at 7 p.m. on NBC Live Extra. After the match, video recaps can be found here or here.

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