Game Days
Game 52, May 3: Blackhawks @ Hurricanes 6:00pm CST
Game 53, May 4: Blackhawks @ Hurricanes 6:00pm CST
Game 54, May 6: Blackhawks @ Hurricanes 6:00pm CST
Records: Blackhawks, 22-23-6, 50 Pts (6th) Hurricanes, 34-10-7, 75 Pts (1st)
Season Series: 2-2-1
Goals For/Game: Blackhawks, 2.82 (16th) Hurricanes, 3.18 (11th)
Goals Against/Game: Blackhawks, 3.24 (24th) Hurricanes, 2.33 (3rd)
Power Play: Blackhawks, 37-162, 22.8% (8th) Hurricanes, 41-152, 27.0% (1st)
Penalty Kill: Blackhawks, 108-141, 76.6% (27th) Hurricanes, 137-162, 84.6% (4th)
The Hurricanes projected lineup (per DailyFaceoff.com):
Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen Lorentz - Trocheck - Necas Niederreiter - Staal - Foegele McCormick - Shore - Geekie
Slavin - Hamilton Bean - Pesce Skjei - Hakanpaa
Nedeljkovic Reimer
Also available: Jake Gardiner (D), Joakim Ryan (D).
For Carolina, Jesper Fast (W), Jordan Martinook (C/W), Brock McGinn (W), Cedric Paquette (C/W), and Petr Mrazek (G) are day to day.
And neither the Hawks nor the Canes have any players on the NHL COVID-19 Protocol List.
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Roster Updates
ROSTER MOVES: Forward MacKenzie Entwistle and defenseman Alec Regula were re-assigned to the taxi squad and goaltender Matt Tomkins was re-assigned to Rockford.#Blackhawks https://t.co/fZunHabN8N
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) May 2, 2021
Entwistle could slot in for Mike Hardman or possibly have a go at center by giving David Kampf a night off. Adam Gaudette is starting to warm up so it may be wise for the Hawks to run with his hot hand.
Then there's the decision of whether to dress Philipp Kurashev or Pius Suter as one of them has been scratched for the other the past few games. Should that continue or work them both into the lineup again?
As for Regula, the revolving door seems to be at the D spot opened up when Adam Boqvist suffered a season-ending wrist injury. Nicolas Beaudin and Ian Mitchell have been rotating there. Perhaps Regula now?
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Rockford Updates
The IceHogs are back in Grand Rapids today for a final contest against the Griffins at 6:00pm CST then are off until Friday when they start a home-and-home series against the Wild starting in Des Moines.
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See you on the boards!