NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 1/24/2025

Chicago Blackhawks Connor Bedard and Tyler Bertuzzi celebrating a goal
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Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks

Venue: United Center
Date: Today – Friday, January 24
Time: 7:00 pm CST
TV: ESPN+ / SN / TVAS / CHSN / FDSNSUN
Radio:
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone
Chicago – 720 WGN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay
-1.5 ML +110
Chicago +1.5 ML -130
O/U 6.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes

The Lightning have lost back-to-back games to divisional opponents and have slipped to the Boston Bruins in the standings. Boston, Tampa Bay, Ottawa, and Montreal are separated by TWO points in the standings. This next stretch will be crucial for the Lightning to keep pace in the standings.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes

The Blackhawks are 1-4 in their last five games, nothing out of expectations at this point. What is more intriguing for Chicago is their involvement in the J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson sweepstakes. If the Blackhawks can land Pettersson, their expectations will significantly increase next season.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Point-Eyssimont
Girgensons-Paul-Geekie
Chaffee-Glendening-Atkinson

Hedman-Raddysh
McDonagh-Crozier
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines

Bertuzzi-Bedard-Nazar
Teravainen-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Dach-Reichel-Foligno
Hall-Donato-Kurashev

Martinez-Jones
Vlasic-Crevier
Kaiser-Brodie

Mrazek
Soderblom

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov is third in the NHL points race with 70 points, 22 goals, and 48 assists. Brayden Point leads the Bolts in goals with 27.

Chicago Blackhawks

Taylor Hall is almost certain to be traded by the NHL Trade Deadline, he has 24 points in 46 games this season and is a -15. Ryan Donato has 14 goals for the Hawks and could be another name to hit the wire.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

D J.J. Moser – Day to day
D Erik Cernak – Day to day

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – IR (Non-Roster)
D Connor Murphy – IR
C Craig Smith – IR

Next Game

Tampa Bay Lightning – January 25 at Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Blackhawks – January 26 vs. Minnesota Wild

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