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Born April 29, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently serves as captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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NBCSN's coverage of the 2018-19 NHL season continues with the Wednesday Night Hockey matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here.
After seeing his production dip in under 60 points in each of the last three seasons, many believed that we'd already seen Jonathan Toews ' best days. Last season, Toews posted 0.70 points-per-game which was a career-low for him in his NHL career.

Picking up 20 goals and 52 points in 74 games is far from a terrible year for most players, but Toews isn't most players. He's the captain of the Blackhawks and his contract comes with a cap hit of $10.5 million dollars. To make matters even worse, Chicago ended up missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2017-18.

It's no secret that Patrick Kane has been the team's MVP this season, but Toews hasn't been too far behind.

The 30-year-old has picked up 28 goals and 60 points through 60 games and he's picked up at least one point in 19 of his last 22 contests. He's also scored in three straight games and he's amassed 18 points in his last 11 contests. He hasn't been a point-per-game player since the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, when he had 48 points in 47 games.

"I guess you're always looking to be better, no matter what," Toews said, per the Chicago Tribune. "So if I'm comparing this season to my previous two years, yeah, things are better. But I still have a higher expectation for myself. Things are falling into place for our team and the power play's looking better, so I feel I can relax and focus on my game and not worry about doing every single little thing right and maybe take some offensive risks and try to create some offense when our team game's pretty solid.
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"I always want to create more offense, and even though I'm on the board here and there, I can do a better job of just being more dynamic and offensive every time I get on the ice."

When taking a deeper look at the numbers, it's easy to see why Toews has been more successful, especially in the goal department. In the previous two seasons, he had shooting percentages of 10.6 and 9.5 percent. This year, he's up to 17.2 percent, which is his highest percentage since 2007-08 (17.4 percent).

Interestingly enough, a lot of his advanced numbers have taken a dip this season. Here's what his advanced metrics look like from last year to this year:

CF%: 56.07 to 48.73
FF%: 53.16 to 47.06
HDCF%: 52.05 to 41.75

(All stats via Natural Stat Trick)

With Toews and Kane leading the way, the Blackhawks have found a way to get themselves back in the playoff hunt. Heading into tonight's game, the 'Hawks are just one point behind the Minnesota Wild for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The only problem, is that three other teams also have 59 points.

For the first time in his career, Mike Tirico will call play-by-play for an NHL game on Wednesday when the Red Wings host the Blackhawks. He'll be joined in the booth by Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher. Pre-game coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live, hosted by Kathryn Tappen alongside Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Bob McKenzie.
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Joey Alfieri is a writer forPro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @joeyalfieri.

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Wednesday Night Hockey: Jonathan Toews is back

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NBCSN's coverage of the 2018-19 NHL season continues with the Wednesday Night Hockey matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here.

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Jonathan Toews Highlights - " Don't Let Me Down " ( HD )

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Jonathan Toews is the best hockey player.

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Jonathan Toews number is 19.

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Jonathan Toews is the team captain.