Pre-Gamin’: Blackhawks vs Predators (7:30 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

Dec 21, 2022

We’re going old school tonight, kids. The Blackhawks are wearing white at home. Love to see it. Heck, I wish they had done it when they celebrated 1,000 games together for Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane instead of the Reverse Retros. Let’s see if it can create some energy for the squad.

Broadcast Info

Puck Drop: 7:30 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM

Expected Lineups

Chicago Blackhawks

Tyler Johnson — Max Domi — Patrick Kane
Philipp Kurashev — Jonathan Toews — Taylor Raddysh
Andreas Athanasiou — Jason Dickinson — Sam Lafferty
Boris Katchouk — Reese Johnson — Colin Blackwell

Jake McCabe — Seth Jones
Isaak Phillips — Connor Murphy
Jack Johnson — Ian Mitchell

🥅 Petr Mrazek

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg – Thomas Novak – Mikael Granlund
Yakov Trenin – Ryan Johansen – Matt Duchene
Cole Smith – Juuso Pärssinen – Tanner Jeannot
Nino Niederreiter – Cody Glass – Colton Sissons

Roman Josi – Ryan McDonagh
Mattias Ekholm – Alex Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon – Dante Fabbro

🥅 Jusse Saros

Injury Report

Chicago Blackhawks

With Alex Stalock activated, the only player on IR at this point is Jarred Tinordi.

Nashville Predators

Mark Borowiecki is on IR.

What to Watch For

Nashville’s only 4-4-2 on their last 10. They’re ripe for a loss. And the Blackhawks are wearing white…

The Blackhawks are dead last in the NHL in scoring (2.27 per game). Nashville ranks 30th in the league (2.47). So maybe bet the under tonight?

The Blackhawks are still the best faceoff team in the league (56.8 percent). Nashville ranks 7th in the league (53.0).

Nashville has only scored three power play goals in the month of December.

Get Caught Up

T ❄️ N I G H T pic.twitter.com/l9rIj1YRv0
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 21, 2022

#Blackhawks power-play units:

PP1: Toews, Raddysh, Kane, Domi, S. Jones

PP2: T. Johnson, Kurashev, Athanasiou, Entwistle, Mitchell pic.twitter.com/ZWtvf3a7nH— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) December 21, 2022

Alex Stalock Finally Ready to Return From Concussionhttps://t.co/FDrd0nZqrs pic.twitter.com/3l9cQqld9E
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) December 20, 2022

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Tab Bamford

Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of two books about the Blackhawks: "100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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