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Chicago Blackhawks (28-7-7) at New York Islanders (13-21-7) 6PM Central CSN-CH, MSG PLUS
THE BUZZ:
Corey Crawford returns to the net for the Hawks after missing several games due to injury. In what appears on paper to be a bit of a mismatch in favor of the Hawks, this should be a good first test for Crawford after missing that many games.
In their last ten games, Chicago is 7-1-2, the Islanders, 5-3-2. The Hawks are 3rd in the league on the power play, the Islanders 19th. On the penalty kill, Chicago is 28th and the Islanders are 30th.
PROJECTED LINEUPS:
CHICAGO
PATRICK SHARP JONATHAN TOEWS MARIAN HOSSA KRIS VERSTEEG MICHAL HANDZUS PATRICK KANE BRANDON SAAD ANDREW SHAW BRYAN BICKELL BRANDON BOLLIG MARCUS KRUGER BEN SMITH
DUNCAN KEITH BRENT SEABROOK JOHNNY ODUYA NIKLAS HJALMARSSON NICK LEDDY MICHAL ROZSIVAL
COREY CRAWFORD
ISLANDERS
THOMAS VANEK JOHN TAVARES KYLE OKPOSO MATT MARTIN PETER REGIN CASEY CIZIKAS COLIN MCDONALD RYAN STROME BROCK NELSON MICHAEL GRABNER FRANS NIELSEN CAL CLUTTERBUCK
TRAVIS HAMONIC CALVIN DE HAAN THOMAS HICKEY ANDREW MACDONALD MATT CARKNER BRIAN STRAIT
EVGENI NABOKOV
All for now,
JJ