The Capitals blew a lead on Tuesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, doing the Blackhawks a favor in the Bad for Bedard Sweepstakes. Washington is desperately trying to get into the wild card still, so a bounce-back performance against the Blackhawks tonight could be a recipe for a strong performance by the home team — and a loss for Chicago. But this Blackhawks team has never wanted to hear about how they’re supposed to lose, so stay tuned…
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukas Reichel — Philipp Kurashev — Andreas Athanasiou
Tyler Johnson — Jason Dickinson — Taylor Raddysh
Boris Katchouk — Jujhar Khaira — Joey Anderson
Mike Hardman — MacKenzie Entwistle — Billy Robinson
Caleb Jones — Seth Jones
Jarred Tinordi — Connor Murphy
Ian Mitchell — Nikita Zaitsev
🥅 Anton Khudobin
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie
Anthony Mantha – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Craig Smith
Conor Sheary – Nic Dowd – Aliaksei Protas
Rasmus Sandin – John Carlson
Alexander Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin – Nick Jensen
🥅 Darcy Kuemper
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
Washington Capitals
Carl Hagelin and Connor Brown are on IR.