NEWSLETTER
Connor Bedard‘s first game in Canada figures to be a big one with a lot of cameras and eyeballs on the No. 1 overall pick from this past summer’s draft. Montreal figures to have the No. 1 overall pick from the 2022 NHL Draft, forward Juraj Slafkovsky, in their lineup as well. His career hasn’t started as well as Bedard’s but I’m sure he’ll want to perform well with Chicago’s top pick getting more of the attention.
This will also be the first time Kirby Dach faces the organization that drafted him this season. He had some interesting comments this past summer about his emotions coming back to Chicago last year and winning the game in the shootout (after which he motioned to the crowd that greeted him with boos). We’ll see if he’s out for revenge again this time on the ice.
Tonight will also be the first Bedard game on NBC Sports Chicago. I wish Chris Vosters and Darren Pang the best of puck with the pronunciation guide as they handle last names like Xhekaj, Kovacevic, Slafkovsky and Ylonen.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSCH
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Taylor Raddysh — Connor Bedard — Ryan Donato
Tyler Johnson — Lukas Reichel — Andreas Athanasiou
Nick Foligno — Jason Dickinson — Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk — Cole Guttman — Reese Johnson
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy
Jarred Tinordi — Wyatt Kaiser
🥅 Petr Mrazek
Montreal Canadiens
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson
Alex Newhook – Kirby Dach – Juraj Slafkovsky
Tanner Pearson – Sean Monahan – Brendan Gallagher
Rafael Harvey-Pinard – Jake Evans – Jesse Ylonen
Michael Matheson – David Savard
Kaiden Guhle – Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj – Jordan Harris
🥅 Samuel Montembeault
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Chicago Blackhawks
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