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Chicago Blackhawks (7-5-1) at New Jersey Devils (6-5-10 7PM Eastern/6 Central CSN CHICAGO/MSG+
THE BUZZ
In the first of a home and home versus New Jersey, the Hawks face an improved Devils club. There are seemingly very few pushover games in the parity-driven NHL these days. The Devils are over 22% on the power play. The Hawks’ play in their last outing versus the Blues could best be described as sloppy and in disarray. They will need to tighten things up tonight if they hope to salvage points.
No official word on whether Marian Hossa (lower body) will return tonight, though RW Ryan Hartman was sent back to Rockford yesterday.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Chicago
Panarin Toews Hossa Teravainen Anisimov Kane Dano Kero Garbutt Desjardins Krüger Shaw
Hjalmarsson van Riemsdyk Svedberg Seabrook Daley Gustafsson
Crawford
New Jersey
Cammalleri Henrique Stempniak Kalainin Zajac Palmieri O’Neill Josefson Tootoo Farnham Gionta Gelinas
Greene Larsson Moore Severson Merrill Schlemko
Schneider
I’ll recap tomorrow.
JJ