NHL Game Preview: Chicago Blackhawks at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 4/8/2025

 Chicago Blackhawks (22-45-10, 54 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (31-35-12, 74 pts)

Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Tuesday, April 8
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/CGSN/SN-PIT
Radio:
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Chicago +1.5 ML +180
Pittsburgh -1.5 ML -218
O/U 6.5

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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks picked up a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. The win snapped a six-game losing streak. They’ve lost 13 of their last 15 games. The Blackhawks have five games left in their season, including tonight.

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes

The Penguins suffered a loss on Sunday, have been eliminated from playoff contention. They are 4-4-2 in their last ten games, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game. They have four games left in their season, including tonight’s game.

Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Donato-Bedard-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi Reichel
Slaggert-Moore-Kurashev
Reichel-Veleno-Foligno

Vlasic-Rinzel
Kaiser-Levshunov
Korchinski-Murphy

Knight
Soderblom

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Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines:

McGroarty-Crosby-Rust
Koivunen-Malkin-Rakell
Heinen-Lizotte-Acciari
Dewar-Hayes-Koppanen

Grzelcyk-Letang
Timmins-Karlsson
Graves-Shea

Jarry
Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Chicago Blackhawks

Ilya Mikheyev this season has 34 points on 20 goals and 14 assists. He’s faced the Penguins seven times in his career, recording six points on two goals and four assists. He scored two goals in their 3-1 win over the Penguins on Sunday.  

Pittsburgh Penguins

Rickard Rakell this season has 67 points on 34 goals and 33 assists. He’s faced the Blackhawks 24 times in his career, recording 12 points on seven goals and five assists. He scored the Penguins’ lone goal in Sunday’s loss to Chicago.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Pierre-Olivier Joseph – IR
F Tommy Novak – Out
LW Bokondji Imama – IR
C Philip Tomasino – DTD

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – IR
C Jason Dickinson – IR
D Alec Martinez – DTD
C Colton Dach – IR

Next game:

Chicago– April 10 at Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh – April 11 at New Jersey Devils

ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing – Inside The Rink

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1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
2. ITR 46: Offseason Chaos 24:53
3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10