Blackhawks Game Day
Blackhawks vs Canucks: Lineups, Notes, Frozen Frenzy
The Chicago Blackhawks will face the Vancouver Canucks later tonight in Chicago – taking part in the NHL Frozen Frenzy. With all 32 teams in action, there is a lot to get excited about tonight for the Blackhawks.
Projected Lines for the Blackhawks and Canucks:
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Pius Suter — Nils Aman — Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall – Andreas Athanasiou — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson – Ryan Donato
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Philipp Kurashev, Joey Anderson
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)
Notes:
Tonight’s game should be interesting. There is a new look second line with Philipp Kurashev getting scratched and Andreas Athanasiou slotting in to the second line center. Head Coach Luke Richardson is making a point tonight scratching Kurashev and Athanasiou can definitely benefit from a bigger role against Vancouver.
Pat Maroon also slots back into the lineup tonight after missing some time last week from a blocked shot. Reichel playing with Maroon could be a good experience for the forward. Maroon knows how to play physical and Reichel can learn a thing or two on the same line.
Frozen Frenzy:
Tonight’s game has some extra excitement. Tonight’s Hawks game starts at 7:15, an interesting start time, but for a reason. Tonight all 32 teams are playing across 16 games with start times staggering every 15 or so minutes. Frozen Frenzy was a fun addition to the league last year, and tonight should be fun to watch.
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