The Chicago Blackhawks are taking over the Utah Hockey Membership on the Delta Heart to start their respective 2024-25 seasons. Listed here are the projected/anticipated lineups, sourced from NHL.com employees writers, impartial correspondents, and others.
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Ilya Mikheyev — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Corridor — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi
Nick Foligno — Jason Dickinson — Joey Anderson
Craig Smith — Ryan Donato — Patrick Maroon
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — TJ Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Lukas Reichel, Andreas Athanasiou
Injured: Wyatt Kaiser (sickness)
Standing Report:
- Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson stated Wyatt Kaiser, a defenseman, is “skating, however not prepared but.”
- Defenseman Nolan Allan will make his NHL debut.
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Barrett Hayton — Nick Schmaltz
Jack McBain — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli — Josh Doan — Lawson Crouse
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Alexander Kerfoot
Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Jusso Valimaki — Michael Kesselring
Ian Cole — Vladislav Kolyachonok
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Michael Carcone, Kailer Yamamoto, Robert Bortuzzo
Injured: Nick Bjugstad (higher physique), John Marino (higher physique)
Standing report
- Bjugstad is on the injured/non-roster listing, however the ahead did skate with Utah on Tuesday.
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