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Games 52-54 @ Hurricanes

May 3, 2021, 3:15 AM ET [204 Comments]
Theo Fox
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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

With MacKenzie Entwistle and Alec Regula recalled to the taxi squad for the umpteenth time this season but now with playoff hopes burning down to a smoldering ash, could they get into a few of the last 5 games?

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!

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