NEWSLETTER
One Patrick honored, another traded. The San Jose Sharks will hold a pregame ceremony to retire the jersey of Patrick Marleau on a night that will not feature Patrick Kane for the Blackhawks. 88 is moving on, and I spent the afternoon somewhere between a box of tissues and a bottle of bourbon to figure out my feelings. David Gust, your table is ready… Also, the Blackhawks will skate seven defensemen tonight but Caleb Jones might see more action on the wing.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 9:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Philipp Kurashev — Max Domi — Andreas Athanasiou
Tyler Johnson — Cole Guttman — Taylor Raddysh
Colin Blackwell — Jason Dickinson — David Gust
Boris Katchouk — Brett Seney — Caleb Jones?
Jake McCabe — Seth Jones
Jack Johnson — Connor Murphy
Isaak Phillips — Ian Mitchell
🥅 Petr Mrazek
San Jose Sharks
Michael Eyssimont – Logan Couture – Alex Barabanov
Nick Bonino – Tomas Hertl – Martin Kaut
Oskar Lindblom – Nico Sturm – Kevin Labanc
Noah Gregor – Steven Lorentz – Evgeny Svechnikov
Scott Harrington – Erik Karlsson
Matthew Benning – Marc-Édouard Vlasic
Mario Ferraro – Radim Simek
🥅 Kaapo Kahkonen
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
Jonathan Toews, Jarred Tinordi, Alex Stalock, MacKenzie Entwistle, Reese Johnson and Jujhar Khaira are on IR.
San Jose Sharks
Timo Meier is hurt (not on IR).
What to Watch For
- The Sharks are retiring Marleau’s number. So maybe they’ll have a little bounce?
- This might be a deflated Blackhawks team with Kane and apparently Lafferty on their way out. We’ll see what they look like when the puck drops…
