NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 12/19/2024

Connor Murphy skating for the Chicago Blackhawks
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Seattle Kraken (15-16-2, 32 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (11-19-1, 24 pts)
Venue: United Center
Date: Thursday, December 19
Time: 7:30 pm CT

TV: CHSN+, KHN, KONG, ESPN+
Radio:
Seattle Kraken – Sportsnet 96.0
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN 720

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Seattle Kraken -1.5 ML +180
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML -218
O/U 5.5

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Seattle Kraken News & Notes

Fresh of the Kappo Kakko acquisition, the Seattle Kraken look to capitalize on the momentum as they roll into Chicago. It will be intriguing to see where Kakko can fit into the Kraken lineup.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes

Chicago is struggling to score goals this season, ranking 30th in the league at 80 Goals For. While they’re at the bottom of the standings and will trade pieces at the deadline, Chicago will look to add pieces around Connor Bedard moving forward.

Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Tanev

McCann-Stephenson-Burakovsky

Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand

Kartye-Stephens-Winterton

Dunn-Larsson

Oleksiak-Montour

Evans-

Daccord

Grubauer

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Donato-Bedard-Kurashev

Hall-Nazar-Bertuzzi

Foligno-Dickinson-Mikheyev

Maroon-Reichel-Teravainen

Vlasic-Kaiser

Allan-Murphy

Korchinski-Brodie

Mrazek

Soderblom

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Players To Watch:

Seattle Kraken

Joey Daccord is having a good season in net for Seattle. Coming into an offensively challenged Chicago group, Daccord could help pad his impressive stats.

Chicago Blackhawks

Ryan Donato has 11 goals so far this season. He will be a name that hits trade boards after the holidays. Will he keep up his scoring pace and land the Hawks a valuable asset?

Injury Report:

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR
F Yanni Gourde – Out

Chicago Blackhawks

D Alec Martinez – IR
D Seth Jones – Out 4 Weeks
G Laurent Brossoit – Out 6 Weeks

Next Game:

Seattle Kraken – December 21 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Chicago Blackhawks – December 21 vs. Calgary Flames

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