Pre-Gamin’: Blackhawks vs. Maple Leafs (5:00 PM CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Gameplay

Four days ago, the Blackhawks immigrated to Toronto and played a completely flat game. They were handed their lunch. After three games in four days in Canada last week, the team did not practice on Saturday and will not have a morning run on Sunday; the earlier start time at the United Center made this likely. We’ll see if the Blackhawks can take some momentum from their OT win in Ottawa. Oh, and the Hawks will be wearing white at home tonight.

broadcast info

Puck drop: 5:00 p.m. CT
TV: Hulu, ESPN+
Radio: WGN 720AM

Expected Lineups

Chicago Blackhawks

Philipp Kurashev – Max Domi – Patrick Kane
Tyler Johnson – Cole Guttman – Taylor Raddysh
Jason Dickinson — Sam Lafferty — Andreas Athanasou
Boris Katchouk – Reese Johnson – Colin Blackwell

Jake McCabe—Seth Jones
Jack Johnson—Connor Murphy
Caleb Jones-Ian Mitchell

🥅 Jason Stauber

Toronto Maple Leafs

Michael Bunting – Austin Matthews – William Nylander
John Tavares- Ryan O’Reilly – Mitchell Marner
Pierre Engvall – David Kampf – Calle Jarnkrok
Zach Aston Reese – Noël Acciari – Alex Kerfoot

Morgan Rielly – TJ Brodie
Mark Giordano-Timothy Liljegren
Conor TimminsJustin Holl

🥅 Ilya Samsonov

injury report

Chicago Blackhawks

Jonathan Toews, Jarred Tinordi, Alex Stalock And Jujhar Khaira is on IR.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Matt Murray is on IR. Jake Muzzin, Nick Robertson and Victor Mete are with LTIR.

What to look out for

• The Blackhawks have three home games before the close. After finding his shot on target for two goals in Ottawa, he will Patrick Kane perform better than Toronto (leading to Canadian media asking if he was worth a trade)?

• When these teams played less than a week ago, Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari were still members of the St. Louis Blues. Now they are leaves. We know her well, but seeing her in the Toronto blue will be different.

Getting caught

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