Yup, another game against an undefeated opponent. The Blackhawks will play a rare mid-afternoon local game today in Las Vegas (3 PM local start) against a Golden Knights team that has already set the record for the best start from a defending Stanley Cup champion. Apparently they’re the only thing in Vegas that doesn’t get a hangover!
The Blackhawks face the Golden Knights in Chicago in their home opener and lost 5-3. Like a few other games already this season, the game was close until a couple third period lapses turned into goals. Vegas is a wagon and they’re not going to let up, so the Blackhawks focused a hard Thursday practice on battling for the puck. We’ll see if that inspires a better, 60-minute effort this evening.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 5:00 PM CT
TV: NBC Sports Chicago
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Philipp Kurashev
Jason Dickinson — Lukas Reichel — Taylor Raddysh
Tyler Johnson — Ryan Donato — Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk — MacKenzie Entwistle — Reese Johnson
Kevin Korchinski — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Jarred Tinordi
🥅 Petr Mrazek
Vegas Golden Knights
Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter – Chandler Stephenson – Mark Stone
Brett Howden – William Karlsson – Michael Amadio
William Carrier – Nicolas Roy – Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Alec Martinez – Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Hague – Brayden Pachal
🥅 Aidan Hill
Injury Report
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Vegas Golden Knights
What to Watch For
“I think Connor’s the same as anybody,” Luke Richardson said about the offense on Thursday. We have to find a way to get shots off a little quicker. Even if it’s through a defenseman’s legs and you try to jump around him to get a rebound, a lot might not go in because it’s not the hardest shot, but sometimes you fool a goalie if you fire it through the legs and you have a guy driving the net. You get the good bounce and it’s a shot off the pad, rebound goal. Sometimes that just snaps you out of things as well.”
Get Caught Up
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden Knights get refs Dan O'Rourke (#9) and Trevor Hanson (#14) with Travis Gawryletz (#67) and Tyson Baker (#88) on lines https://t.co/pdVJtJOHll @NHLBlackhawks @GoldenKnights #Blackhawks #VegasBorn #CHIvsVGK pic.twitter.com/ecCs3TkKWH— Scouting The Refs (@ScoutingTheRefs) October 27, 2023
#Blackhawks Practice Notes: New Lines, Intense Work, More Compete, More https://t.co/LdnOlKiApV pic.twitter.com/an6kavtcQd— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) October 26, 2023
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