Blackhawks at Penguins – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

One more time. One last dance. Will this be the last time we watch two of the most impressive captains of their generation — Jonathan Toews and Sidney Crosby — do battle? Each has three rings at home from their respective NHL careers. And they’ve won two Olympic gold medals together. They don’t have the same rivalry as Crosby has had with Alexander Ovechkin, but don’t think for a second that these two don’t want to beat the other. And, tonight, Toews and his teammates could make a significant impact on the Penguins’ playoff streak.

Broadcast Info

Puck Drop: 6:30 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM

Expected Lineups

Chicago Blackhawks 

Tyler Johnson — Jonathan Toews — Jason Dickinson
Anders Bjork — Andreas Athanasiou  — Buddy Robinson
Boris Katchouk — Jujhar Khaira — Joey Anderson
Austin Wagner — Mackenzie Entwistle — Reese Johnson

Caleb Jones — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — Connor Murphy
Andreas Englund — Nikita Zaitsev

🥅 Petr Mrazek

Pittsburgh Penguins

Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen – Ryan Poehling – Mikael Granlund
Alex Nylander – Jeff Carter – Josh Archibald

Brian Dumoulin – Kris Letang
P.O. Joseph – Jeff Petry
Dmitry Kulikov*/Mark Friedman – Jan Rutta
(Kulikov is reportedly a game-time decision)

🥅 Tristan Jarry

Injury Report

Chicago Blackhawks

  • The Blackhawks continue to be without Taylor RaddyshCole Guttman, Colin Blackwell and Philipp Kurashev, whose seasons are over.

Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Nick Bonino and Marcus Pettersson are out.

What to Watch For

  • Jonathan Toews vs Sidney Crosby.

  • The Penguins now control their own destiny. If they can win the rest of their games, they’re in the playoffs. The Blackhawks need some help — ironically, from the Penguins against Columbus — to land the top odds in the draft lottery but come into Tuesday night’s action with the worst point percentage in the league.

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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 three books about the Blackhawks: "The Future: Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks' New Era,"(Triumph Books),"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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