Well, it’s the “Dads Trip” for the Avalanche so there’s a lot of bodies in town for tonight’s game from Denver (and elsewhere). That usually gives a team a little extra jump, not that the Avs needed it with Nathan MacKinnon back on the top line rolling like one of the best players on the planet. The Blackhawks will be without Patrick Kane again tonight, but hopefully not much longer.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 7:30 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Philipp Kurashev — Max Domi — Lukas Reichel
Tyler Johnson — Jonathan Toews — Taylor Raddysh
Andreas Athanasiou — Jason Dickinson — MacKenzie Entwistle
Reese Johnson — Sam Lafferty — Colin Blackwell
Jake McCabe — Seth Jones
Jack Johnson — Connor Murphy
Isaak Phillips — Caleb Jones
🥅 Petr Mrazek
Colorado Avalanche
Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Evan Rodrigues
Alex Newhook – JT Compher – Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano – Darren Helm – Logan O’Connor
Jacob MacDonald – Ben Meyers – Martin Kaut
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson
Kurtis MacDermid – Brad Hunt
🥅 Alexandar Georgiev
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
Jarred Tinordi, Jujhar Khaira and, now, Patrick Kane are on IR. Alex Stalock (sick) is out as well.
Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog is on LTIR. Bowen Byram and Josh Manson are on IR. Valeri Nichushkin is banged up.