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 Raddysh, Cole 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.
