NEWSLETTER
The Chicago Blackhawks travel to Raleigh, N.C., to take on the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena tonight, still searching for their first win of the season. The Hurricanes are a perfect 6-0-0 on the season, so the Blackhawks will have their work cut out for them, and they’ll be shorthanded again with Patrick Kane, Riley Stillman, Henrik Borgoström, and Jujhar Khaira still in the COVID-19 protocols for this road trip to Raleigh and St. Louis.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:00 p.m. CT
TV: NBCSCH
Radio: WGN 720 AM, WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish)
Expected Lineups
Blackhawks (0-5-2)
The Blackhawks have not released a lineup at the time of publishing due to multiple players entering the COVID-19 protocols.
Hurricanes (6-0-0)
Svechnikov – Aho – Teravainen
Kotkaniemi – Trocheck – Necas
Niederreiter – Staal – Fast
Martinook – Stepan – Lorentz
Slavin – Bear
Skjei – Pesce
Cole – DeAngelo
Raanta
Andersen
Injury Report
Blackhawks:
Wyatt Kalynuk (Week-to-Week – Ankle)
Caleb Jones (Week-to-Week – Wrist)
Patrick Kane (COVID-19 Protocols)
Henrik Borgstrōm (COVID-19 Protocols)
Riley Stillman (COVID-19 Protocols)
Jujhar Khaira (COVID-19 Protocols)
Hurricanes:
None
What To Watch For
• Isaak Phillips will make his NHL debut tonight for the Chicago Blackhawks after being recalled from Rockford on Thursday afternoon. Phillips, 20, has tallied a pair of assists in four games this season with Rockford. The 20-year-old defenseman leads all IceHogs defensemen in points and assists this season. Phillips replaces Ian Mitchell, who was assigned to Rockford after playing limited minutes in two games with the Blackhawks last week.
• Kevin Lankinen is back in net for the Blackhawks tonight. Lankinen will make his fourth start in eight games for the Blackhawks and has a 2.91 GAA and a .899 save percentage in three starts and four appearances (entered the Pittsburgh game for Marc-André Fleury midway through the first period). Lankinen allowed three goals in a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. Fleury will start tomorrow night in St. Louis, according to head coach Jeremy Colliton.
• Hurricanes’ netminder Fredrick Andersen will have the night off for Carolina, which is great news considering Andersen is 5-0-0 this season with a 1.33 GAA and a .956 save percentage in five starts for the Hurricanes. Anderson recorded a shutout over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night, his first of the season, and hasn’t allowed more than one goal in any game since the Canes season-opener against the Nashville Predators on October 16. Antti Raanta will make his first start of the season for Carolina tonight against his first team, the Chicago Blackhawks. Raanta started 11 games for the Coyotes last season and posted a 3.36 GAA.
Get Caught Up
Kevin Cheveldayoff Will Not Face Discipline from the NHLhttps://t.co/MvGKAJCh2T
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) October 29, 2021
Joel Quenneville is out. https://t.co/Kvkfd2nD87
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) October 29, 2021
The Blackhawks just recalled defenseman Isaak Phillips from Rockford (and sent down Ian Mitchell).
If Phillips gets in a game, he’ll become the first-ever Team Jamaica alumnus to make the NHL.
I wrote last spring about his incredible backstory: https://t.co/HowqoFO9hB
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) October 28, 2021
GAMEDAY!
📍 @PNCArena
🕖 7:00 p.m.
📺 @CanesOnBally
📻 @999TheFan
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— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 29, 2021
On the road, puck drop at 6:00 p.m. pic.twitter.com/OvYEbqgw5B
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) October 29, 2021
