The Blackhawks departed on a tough three-game trip after losing three of four in overtime/a shootout on home ice and had a significant trade thrown into the mix. They picked up a nice win in Tampa before battling to a close loss in Carolina. Today, they can finish the trip over .500 — which would be a nice step forward for the team.
Make sure your lunch plans are in order because we’ve got a noon start on a Saturday!
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: Noon CT
TV / Streaming: ABC / ESPN+
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Frank Nazar — Connor Bedard— Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teräväinen — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Ryan Donato — Nick Foligno
Colton Dach — Lukas Reichel — Pat Maroon
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
TJ Brodie — Connor Murphy
🥅 Petr Mrázek
Florida Panthers
Carter Verhaeghe — Sacha Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk — Sam Bennett — Mackie Samoskevich
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Evan Rodrigues
AJ Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jesper Boqvist
Gustaf Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Nikko Mikola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt
🥅 Sergei Bobrovsky
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
- Laurent Brossoit (knee) and Craig Smith (back) are on IR.
Florida Panthers
- Jonah Gadjovich is day-to-day
What to Watch For
- Bedard was in his bag on Thursday night. Frankly, he’s been feeling it for more than a month. Can he start February where he left off at the end of January?
- Slaggert has made an impact in both games that he’s played with the NHL club. Let’s see if the coaches continue to move him around the lineup to make an impact.
- Jones has been excellent for a couple weeks. Will he stay on a roll?
- Murphy returns to the blue line.