Chicago Blackhawks (8-12-2, 18 pts) at Minnesota Wild (14-4-4, 32 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Friday, November 29
Time: 1:00 pm CT
TV: ESPN+ / CHSN / FDSN / FDSW
Radio:
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML +210
Minnesota -1.5 ML -250
O/U 5.5
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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:
The Chicago Blackhawks travel to Minnesota to face the Wild tonight fresh off an impressive 6-2 win over the Dallas Stars. The ‘Hawks have won two of their last three games, with a win over the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers to go along with their win over Dallas. Chicago has climbed out of last in the Central Division but will need to go on a winning streak to entertain any hope of playing playoff hockey in the Windy City.
Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Wednesday night. Filip Gustavsson stopped 39 shots for the shutout. This is the second meeting this season between the Wild and the Blackhawks, with Chicago winning the first meeting 2-1 in overtime, with the game-winning goal scored by Philipp Kurashev. The Wild are currently second in the Central Division.
Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:
Hall-Bedard-Kurashev
Bertuzzi-Donato-Teravainen
Foligno-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Maroon-Reichel-Smith
Kaiser-Martinez
Vlasic-Murphy
Brodie-Crevier
Soderblom
Mrazek
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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Johansson-Rossi-Hartman
Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin
Shore-Jones-Boyd
Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian
Gustavsson
Fleury
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Players To Watch:
Chicago Blackhawks
In the Blackhawks 6-2 win over Dallas on Wednesday night Taylor Hall scored his first hat-trick since December 5, 2013. Hall became the 5th player in NHL history to go ten years between hat-tricks. Hall has nine points on the season with five goals and four assists in 21 games.
Minnesota Wild
Marco Rossi is third on the Wild in scoring with 17 points (6g, 11a) in 22 games played. Rossi is on pace for a 63-point season which would surpass his career-high set last year when he had 40 points (21g, 19a) in 82 games.
Injury Report:
Chicago Blackhawks
D Artyom Levshunov – IR (Non-Roster)
G Laurent Brossoit – IR (Non-Roster)
D Seth Jones – IR
C Andreas Athanasiou – OUT
Minnesota Wild
D Jonas Brodin – Day To Day – Game-Time Decision
Next Game:
Chicago Blackhawks – December 1 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild – November 30 vs. Nashville Predators
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