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Chicago Blackhawks (34-10-14) at Anaheim Ducks (40-13-5) 9PM Central WGN, FS-W
THE BUZZ
Western Conference bragging rights are at stake here in the third matchup between the Hawks and the Ducks this season (the teams split the prior two games) of the season.
Neither club is ripping it up of late. The Hawks are 4-2-4 in their last ten games; Anaheim is 5-5-0, and dropped a 4-2 decision at home to Columbus the other night.
The Hawks are 4th in the league on the power play, Anaheim 16th. Killing penalties, the Hawks are 25th and Anaheim is 14th.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Chicago
Sharp Toews Hossa Versteeg Pirri Kane Bickell Shaw Saad Bollig Kruger Smith
Keith Seabrook Hjalmarsson Oduya Leddy Brookbank
Crawford
Anaheim
Penner Getzlaf Perry Maroon Perreault Selanna Silfverberg Koivu Cogliano Palmieri Steckel Winnik
Beauchemin Lindholm Lovejoy Fowler Allen Vatanen
Hiller
All for now,
JJ