Blackhawks at Kraken – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
The Blackhawks finish off their last multi-game road trip of the 2022-23 regular season with the always exciting 9 PM CT start on a Saturday night. Because why get a good night’s rest with Easter on Sunday? Chicago will look to continue their losing ways while the Kraken will look to continue strengthening their position in the postseason. Seattle is in the playoffs for the first time, but can they catch the Kings for third in the Pacific?
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 9:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukas Reichel — Andreas Athanasiou — Anders Bjork
Tyler Johnson — Jonathan Toews — Jason Dickinson
Boris Katchouk — Jujhar Khaira — Joey Anderson
Reese Johnson — Mackenzie Entwistle — TBD
Caleb Jones — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Andreas Englund — Ian Mitchell
🥅 Alex Stalock
Seattle Kraken
Jared McCann – Matty Beniers – Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz – Alex Wennberg – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen – Yanni Gourde – Jesper Frödén
Brandon Tanev – Morgan Geekie – Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – William Borgen
Carson Soucy – Justin Schultz
🥅 Philipp Grubauer
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
- The Blackhawks continue to be without Cole Guttman, Colin Blackwell and Philipp Kurashev, whose seasons are over. It now appears Taylor Raddysh‘s season is over as well.
Seattle Kraken
- Joonas Donskoi and Andre Burakovsky are on IR.
What to Watch For
- In their second season in the NHL, the Kraken have clinched a playoff berth. Will they take their foot off the gas now that they’re assured of a postseason spot? They’re four points back of the LA Kings with four games remaining (LA has three left).
- The Kraken have actually been a better team on the road this season (25-10-4) than they have been at home (19-16-4).
- The Blackhawks are 1-9-0 in their last ten, which is tied with Anaheim for the worst mark over the last 10 games entering Saturday in the NHL.
