Blackhawks Game Day
Blackhawks vs Red Wings: Lines, Keys to Success, Notes
The Chicago Blackhawks will play a hockey game at home tonight, their first since Oct. 25. A five game road trip that saw the team go 3-2-0, gave the Hawks some new life, but can it translate to the United Center where they are 1-3-0.
Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings come to town. Detroit is 5-5-1 on the season trying to improve. The Red Wings have been rebuilding for many years now and this is a year where they need results.
Detroit Red Wings Leaders:
Points: Lucas Raymond (11)
Goals: Dylan Larkin (7)
Assists: Lucas Raymond (10)
TOI: Moritz Seider (24:12)
SOG: Dylan Larkin (30)
Blackhawks and Red Wings 2023-24 Results:
11/30/23, L, 5-1, Little Caesars Arena
2/25/24, L, 3-2 OT, United Center
Blackhawks Projected Lines:
Kurashev-Bedard-Donato
Hall-Foligno-Bertuzzi
Mikheyev-Dickinson-Teravainen
Maroon-Reichel-Smith
Kaiser-Jones
Vlasic-Murphy
Allan-Phillips
Mrazek
Soderblom
Extras: Anderson, Athanasiou, Brodie
Blackhawks Notes:
No real surprises when it comes to the Blackhawks projected lines tonight. Tonight’s game has a little bit of extra importance for the Hawks. The Blackhawks have an opportunity to do something never before seen in the Connor Bedard era — win three games in a row. The Hawks had just three sets of back to back wins last season and two ended with shutout losses. Let’s see how the Hawks look tonight.
Keys to Success:
The Blackhawks need some scoring from the top six tonight. Ryan Donato, playing on the Hawks top line on Sunday, gave Chicago a 4-1 lead. Isaak Phillips opening goal of the game also came with assists from Connor Bedard and Taylor Hall.
The night prior, the Blackhawks had goals from Nick Foligno and Tyler Bertuzzi. The Blackhawks need their top six to find the back of the net.
Last year in both of the Red Wings wins over Chicago, Detroit dominated the faceoff dot. Faceoffs have been a real struggle for the Hawks all season, but Sunday against Anaheim saw Chicago win 49.1 percent of the draws. If the Hawks can establish possession with faceoffs tonight they should be in a good position.
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