Pre-Gamin’: Blackhawks at Devils (6:00 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More
UPDATE: Jonathan Toews is OUT tonight. The Blackhawks have recalled forward Lukas Reichel from Rockford to skate with the team in New Jersey this evening. Be advised that the lines below are still TBD without knowing where they plan to put Reichel in the lineup.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
🥅 Arvid Söderblom
New Jersey Devils
Tomas Tatar – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula – Jack Hughes – Dawson Mercer
Miles Wood – Michael Mcleod – Fabian Zetterlund
Yegor Sharangovich – Jesper Boqvist – Alexander Holtz
Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves – John Marino
Brendan Smith – Damon Severson
🥅 Vitek Vanecek
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
Toews is OUT (sick). Tyler Johnson, Alex Stalock and Jarred Tinordi are on IR. Sam Lafferty is out. Petr Mrazek is expected to miss at least one week with a groin injury.
New Jersey Devils
Ondrej Palat, Mackenzie Blackwood and Jonathan Bernier are on IR.
What to Watch For
- Without Toews in the lineup, who takes the faceoffs for the Blackhawks? Domi, Dickinson and…?
- The Devils are in the league’s top five in scoring and goals against. They’re a wagon and playing with confidence.
- Jersey has three forwards — Hughes, Bratt and Hischier — who have at least 26 points already. Hughes (13) and Hischier (10) have already reached double-digits in goals. Bratt leads the Devils with 18 assists.
- Domi was obviously held without a point against the Islanders on Sunday night (duh, the Blackhawks were shutout) but had three multi-point games in his previous five starts (5 goals, 3 assists).
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