NEWSLETTER
Game one of the Derek King era of Blackhawks hockey went just about as well as the Blackhawks could have asked for. A well-deserved 2-1 overtime win over the Nashville Predators saw the club respond positively to the new voice in the locker room following the firing of Jeremy Colliton. Now the team hopes to roll that small bit of momentum into tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who continue to be without their two stars with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin out. Pittsburgh has lost four of their last five games coming into tonight.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 7:30 p.m. CT
TV: NBCSCH, ESPN+
Radio: WGN 720 AM, TUDN 1200 AM (Spanish)
Expected Lineups
Blackhawks (2-9-2)
DeBrincat – Dach – Kane
Kubalík – Toews – Gaudette
Hardman – Strome – RJohnson
Khaira – Carpenter – Kurashev
Stillman – Jones
McCabe – Murphy
de Haan – Gustafsson
Fleury
Penguins (4-3-3)
Guentzel – Carter – Rust
Zucker – Rodrigues – Kapanen
Aston-Reese – Blueger – McGinn
O’Connor – Boyle – Heinen
Matheson – Letang
Joseph – Marino
Riikola – Friedman
Jarry
Injury Report
Blackhawks:
Wyatt Kalynuk (Week-to-Week – Ankle)
Caleb Jones (Week-to-Week – Wrist)
Brandon Hagel (Day-to-Day – Shoulder)
MacKenzie Entwistle (Week-to-Week – Ankle)
Tyler Johnson (COVID-19 Protocol)
Isaak Phillips (COVID-19 Protocol)
Penguins:
Evgeni Malkin (Indefinite – Knee)
Sidney Crosby (COVID-19 Protocol)
Brian Dumoulin (COVID-19 Protocol)
Chad Ruhwedel (COVID-19 Protocol)
Marcus Pettersson (COVID-19 Protocol)
What To Watch For
• Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane teamed-up for the overtime winner on Sunday night for the Blackhawks in their second win of the season. They have been the straws that stir the drink for the Blackhawks offense this season as both rank in the top-three on the team in points and goals. Kane has been a monster against the Penguins in recent years, having scored at least one point in ten-straight games against Pittsburgh and has six multi-point efforts over that span. He had a goal and an assist back on October 16th.
• Speaking of the first meeting between the teams this season back on October 16th, Marc-André Fleury is in net again tonight. He had a disastrous game against his former club that night, allowing four goals in the first period and getting the hook just 11:25 minutes into the game en route to the Blackhawks losing 5-2 that night. He gets his second chance against the club that drafted his first-overall back in 2003, coming off back-to-back games where he allowed four+ goals.
• The Penguins enter tonight’s game with wins in two-straight games against the Blackhawks. A win tonight would give them their first three-game win streak against Chicago since a three-game stretch from December 26th, 1999 to March 29th, 2001. Pittsburgh is looking to snap a seven-game winless streak (0-5-2) at the United Center that dates back to February 20th, 2011.
Get Caught Up
Brandon Hagel and Wyatt Kalynuk both out tonight.
Derek King on Hagel: "Hopefully it's just miss a game."#Blackhawks— John Dietz (@johndietzdh) November 9, 2021
Blackhawks Roster Moves: Entwistle to LTIR, Borgström Out with (Non-COVID) Illnesshttps://t.co/YLHopZ5Wo0
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) November 9, 2021
Dylan Strome: “My little brother got sent to the ECHL, my older brother got COVID and I wasn’t playing. It was a tough couple weeks for the family but we got through it. Ryan’s back playing, Matt got called up to the AHL team and here I am. Things are looking up.” #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/5akTH2qzug
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) November 9, 2021
Looks like Marc-Andre Fleury will start tonight vs. Pittsburgh. #Blackhawks
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) November 9, 2021
Jake McCabe on his season so far: "Very up and down. I’ve had a couple good games, but haven’t strung many in a row. I knew going into this year, I was going to have to be patient. But I felt pretty good last game, so I’m just going to try to continue to build on that."
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) November 9, 2021
