The Blackhawks are back in action with a late puck drop — by local standards — against the Los Angeles Kings at the United Center. There will be pregame festivities for those attending in the atrium as part of the Blackhawks ‘Hockey Fights Cancer’ event including a purple carpet event and a purple scarf giveaway for the first 10,000 fans.
Blackhawks television and radio analyst Troy Murray — who is fighting his own battle with cancer — dons the purple scarf that the early arrivers will go home with tonight.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 7:30 p.m. CT
TV: NBC Sports Chicago
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks (4-4-2; 10 points)
Andreas Athanasiou — Max Domi — Patrick Kane
Philipp Kurashev — Jonathan Toews — Taylor Raddysh
MacKenzie Entwistle — Jason Dickinson — Sam Lafferty
Boris Katchouk — Jujhar Khaira — Reese Johnson
Jake McCabe — Jack Johnson
Jarred Tinordi — Connor Murphy
Filip Roos — Caleb Jones
Arvid Soderblom
Los Angeles Kings (6-6-0; 12 points)
Adrian Kempe – Anze Kopitar – Gabriel Vilardi
Trevor Moore – Phillip Danault – Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala – Rasmus Kupari – Carl Grundstrom
Brandt Clarke – Blake Lizotte – Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi – Matt Roy
Alexander Elder – Brandt Clarke
Jonthan Quick
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
Still no Petr Mrazek, Tyler Johnson, or Seth Jones. The Blackhawks will also be without Alex Stalock (concussion). Arvid Soderblom will start, and Dylan Wells will be his backup.
Los Angeles Kings
Alex Iafallo is on IR with a lower-body injury, and Quinton Byfield missed Saturday’s game with an illness.