Time: 12:30pm ET
Place: United Center
TV: NBC
Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket, 1270 AM
Blackhawks blog: Second City Hockey
Yesterday afternoon brought us a classic Red Wings performance laced with disappointment and lethargy as we were thoroughly beaten by the Pens. Someone should have told them bye week was over. Today the Wings are in Chicago for another afternoon match-up, and let’s hope they left the bad hockey in Pittsburgh and bring us something more fun today, maybe even a powerplay goal. Save us Larkin/AA/Mantha.
Blashill confirmed yesterday that Abby and Helm will not be able to play today due to lower-body injuries sustained against the Pens, resulting in the call-up of Dominic Turgeon from Grand Rapids for his NHL debut. Turgeon is a lefty centerman in his second season with Griffins, and at 6’2” and 203 lb he’s bringing that #grit. Good luck, Dom!
The Blackhawks had the day off yesterday after they beat the Jets 2-1 on Friday, with help from their newly acquired forward Anthony Duclair and a stellar performance from goaltender Jeff Glass. Glass will get the start today as well in the Hawks last game before their week off.
Backup goalie? National broadcast? Old rivals? What could go wrong? Somehow this game is going to end up going to OT.
Let’s Go Red Wings!
Red Wings WILDLY SPECULATED Lines
Nyquist – Zetterberg – Bertuzzi
Tatar – Larkin – Athanasiou
Helm Frk – Nielsen – Abdelkader Mantha
Witkowski – Turgeon – Booth
Ericsson – Daley
DeKeyser – Green
Kronwall – Jensen
Mrazek
Howard
Blackhawks Projected Line Up
Saad – Toews – Hinostroza
Hartman – Schmaltz – Kane
Duclair – Kampf – Debrincat
Sharp – Wingels – Bouma
Keith – Oesterle
Forsling – Rutta
Murphy – Seabrook
Glass
Forsberg
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Game Day Prediction Contest
Would you like to predict the outcome of the game and potentially become internet famous? Well you’re in luck, because here’s your opportunity. Here’s how it works.
First off, if you don’t have an SBN Username, make one! We’d love to have you, plus it’s much easier to track your predictions season-long. Then make your guess on the winning team, final score, and who the Red Wings player of the game will be. Enter the required information into the form below using the formats indicated. If you don’t use those formats, your answers will be disregarded. All submissions are timestamped and will be accepted only until the official game start time. Only one submission per person, please. The Red Wings POTG will be determined by the collective of WiiM writers.
Each correct winning team prediction is worth 1 point. Each correct player of the game prediction is worth 3 points. Each correct final score prediction is worth 5 points. If you get all three correct, you’ll receive 15 points.
Good luck!
