And so here we are. It’s Saturday night in Chicago. Since beating the Kraken on Dec. 19, the Blackhawks are a stunning 2-9-1. And they get the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights.
The good news: Vegas played in Carolina last night and had to fly in overnight. So we can hope for a trap game against a tired team?
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 7:00 PM CT
TV / Streaming: Chicago Sports Network (if/where available)
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Tyler Bertuzzi — Connor Bedard— Frank Nazar
Colton Dach — Lukas Reichel — Nick Foligno
Teuvo Teräväinen — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Taylor Hall — Ryan Donato — Pat Maroon
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser — TJ Brodie
🥅 Petr Mrázek
Vegas Golden Knights
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Victor Olofsson — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Alexander Holtz
Tanner Pearson — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud
🥅 Ilya Samsonov
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
- Laurent Brossoit (knee) and Connor Murphy (groin) are on IR. Craig Smith (back) is day-to-day.
Vegas Golden Knights
- Wow! Mark Stone isn’t on LTIR. Nobody is on IR for the Knights right now…
What to Watch For
- Bedard’s been hot. Vegas is a big, physical team. Can his line stay hot?
- Which Seth Jones do we see tonight? The Good Seth (Colorado, Nashville) or the Bad Seth (every other game since he returned)?
- Will tonight be the night Dach gets his first NHL goal?