Blackhawks Game Day
Blackhawks vs Sabres: Lineup, Notes and Live Updates
The Chicago Blackhawks are playing in the second of a four game road stand tonight when the Buffalo Sabres come to town. Tonight’s game will featured a bit of a different lineup as both Pat Maroon (lower body injury) and Joey Anderson (illness) are out of the lineup.
With the Maroon and Anderson out, Ryan Donato and Andreas Athanasiou are in, tonight’s game will be a big test for both players struggling to find ice time after regularly playing last season.
The Chicago Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres projected lineup tonight:
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Jiri Kulich — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker — Ryan McLeod — Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram — Owen Power
Mattias Samuelsson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert, Zach Benson
Injured: Nicolas Aube-Kubel (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Ryan Donato
Lukas Reichel — Andreas Athanasiou — Craig Smith
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Isaak Phillips
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body), Patrick Maroon (lower body), Joey Anderson (illness)
Notes:
Taylor Hall scored in the Blackhawks home opener on Thursday. Can he keep the hot streak going tonight and continue to provide offense? Additionally, Hall’s linemate Philipp Kurashev has just one goal in the Hawks first five games. Kurashev has been one of the Hawks best players, looking good as the second line center. Tonight, look for Kurashev to get on the board.
Lukas Reichel played a little over eight minutes in his NHL Debut on Thursday. How will he answer in his second game tonight? When the preseason began, it looked like Reichel was going to be playing in a big role – potentially in the top six. Now, Chicago is struggling to keep him in the lineup.
Live Updates:
Lot of time spent in the Blackhawks defensive zone through the first five minutes. Hawks also got lucky with a good scoring chance for Buffalo going off the post.
Buffalo makes it 1-0 on a great wrist shot from Tage Thompson entering the offensive zone. Probably one Arvid Soderblom would like back.
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