Blackhawks Game 71: Martinez & Dickinson Out, Lines, Notes & How to Watch vs Flyers

Chicago Blackhawks (20-41-9, 49 pts) vs Philadelphia Flyers (28-24-9, 65 pts)
2 pm CT – United Center
TV: CHSN (Ball/Pang)
Radio: WGN 720 AM (Wiedeman/Murray)/LMN 1200 AM (Esparza/Moreno)

The Chicago Blackhawks have a quick turnaround after their sixth-straight loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. They are back at the United to conclude their two-game season series with the Philadelphia Flyers. Back in November, Pat Maroon and Lukas Reichel scored in a 3-2 overtime loss in Philadelphia.

The Blackhawks have points in five of their last six games against the Flyers. Tyler Bertuzzi has three goals and 10 points in his previous six games versus Philadelphia. Spencer Knight will start in goal this afternoon. This will be his second career start against the Flyers. He gave up five goals on 34 shots in a 7-5 win with the Florida Panthers earlier this season.

Interim head coach Anders Sorensen confirmed that defenseman Alec Martinez and forward Jason Dickinson will miss today’s game. He didn’t have any further information on the extent of their injuries, just that they were still being evaluated. Philipp Kurashev and Louis Crevier will take their spots on the lineup.

Today will be the second meeting between Connor Bedard and Matvei Michkov, two of the most talented players from the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Michkov scored the overtime winner in the first meeting of the season.  

The Flyers are coming off an overtime loss to the Dallas Stars yesterday, so both teams had to travel to get here today. In the loss, Travis Konecny, Philadelphia’s leading scorer, snapped his 13-game goal drought.

Season Series

11/23 2-3 (OT) @ PHI
3/23 vs PHI

Blackhawks Team Leaders

G-Ryan Donato (23)
A-Teuvo Teravainen (38)
P-Connor Bedard (54)
PPG-Bedard (9)
GWG-Bedard (5)
SOG-Bedard (167)
PIM-Pat Maroon (86)

Flyers Team Leaders

G-Travis Konecny (23)
A-Konecny (43)
P-Konecny (66)
PPG-Konecny (8)
GWG-Konecny/Matvei Michkov (3)
SOG-Michkov (163)
PIM-Konecny (49)

Blackhawks Team Stats

GF/G-2.64 (29^th)
GA/G-3.54 (30^th)
PP%-24.8 (8^th)
PK%-81.5 (11^th)
SOG/G-24.4 (32^nd)
SA/G-31.4 (30^th)
FO%-45.2 (31^st)
PIM/G-9:01 (25^th)

Flyers Team Stats

GF/G-2.69 (26^th)
GA/G-3.34 (28^th)
PP%-13.9 (30^th)
PK%-78.4 (16^th)
SOG/G-27.1 (27^th)
SA/G-26.6 (6^th)
FO%-50.1 (18^th)
PIM/G-7:32 (11^th)

Blackhawks Probable Lines

Forwards
Ryan Donato-Frank Nazar-Connor Bedard
Teuvo Teravainen-Nick Foligno-Ilya Mikheyev
Philipp Kurashev-Joe Veleno-Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert -Lukas Reichel-Pat Maroon

Defensemen
Alex Vlasic-Louis Crevier
Ethan Del Mastro-Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser-Artyom Levshunov

Scratched
D-T.J. Brodie

Injured
G-Laurent Brossoit (knee), F-Colton Dach (elbow), F-Jason Dickinson (undisclosed), D-Alec Martinez (upper body)

Flyers Probable Lines

Forwards
Tyson Foerster-Noah Cates-Bobby Brink
Olle Lycksell-Sean Couturier-Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett-Ryan Poehling-Matvei Michkov
Nicolas Deslauriers-Rodrigo Abols-Jakob Pelletier

Defensemen
Cam York-Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler-Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula-Emil Andrae

Scratched
None

Injured
F-Garnet Hathaway (upper body), D-Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Goaltending Matchup

Spencer Knight (14-12-1, .908 SV%, 2.50 GAA, 2 SO) vs Samuel Ersson (19-14-5, .886 SV%, 3.00 GAA, 2 SO)