An early start on a Monday night? It’s that a lovely idea! The Blackhawks and Flames will drop the puck at 6:30 tonight. Chicago has lost their last two games since stunning the Colorado Avalanche. The Flames come in with a 6-8-4 road record and five wins in their last ten games.
We’ll see if the disappointment in their performance in Detroit that led to a good first period against Edmonton has any influence on tonight’s contest. The good news: Wyatt Kaiser is drawing in for TJ Brodie.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:30 PM CT
TV / Streaming: Chicago Sports Network (if/where available), NHL Network
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Tyler Bertuzzi — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach — Frank Nazar — Lukas Reichel
Nick Foligno — Jason Dickinson — Teuvo Teräväinen
Taylor Hall — Ryan Donato — Pat Maroon
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Nolan Allan — Wyatt Kaiser
🥅 Petr Mrázek
Calgary Flames
Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Rory Kerins — Yegor Sharangovich — Jakob Pelletier
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Walker Duehr
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal
🥅 Dustin Wolf
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
- Laurent Brossoit (knee) and Connor Murphy (groin) are on IR. Craig Smith (back) is day-to-day.
Calgary Flames
- Anthony Mantha and Justin Kirkland are on IR. Connor Zary is out.
What to Watch For
- The Blackhawks started well against the Oilers but lost it in the second period. We’ll see if they can put together two — heck, maybe three? — full periods tonight against the Flames.
- Bedard’s point streak ended at nine games on Saturday night. Why not start a new one?
- The Hawks are gonna let the “kid” line of Dach-Nazar-Reichel run it back. Let’s see if they can get something going tonight.
- This will be the Blackhawks’ fourth game in six days. There have been roster tweaks and line changes in many of the games since Christmas. Can there be some consistency in play?