Tonight’s matchup is the primary of eight between the Blackhawks and Panthers this season. And after two losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Blackhawks need to depart Florida with greater vitamin D ranges and and a few wins underneath their belts.
In the meantime, it’ll at all times be bizarre seeing future Corridor of Fame head coach Joel Quenneville coaching against the Chicago Blackhawks. Now in 12 months two behind the bench for the Panthers, Coach Q nonetheless has the power to drop a superb “we’ll see” in media scrums and get animated with the refs.
Go Hawks.
Broadcast Information
Puck drop: 6 p.m. CT
TV: NBCSCH, FS-South, NHLN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Anticipated Lineups
Blackhawks (0-2-0, 0 pts)
DeBrincat – Suter – Kane
Kubalík – Strome – Kurashev
Janmark – Wallmark – Shaw
Highmore – Kämpf – Carpenter
Keith – Murphy
Zadorov – Boqvist
de Haan – Mitchell
Delia
Panthers (0-0-0, 0 pts)
Verhaeghe – Barkov – Duclair
Huberdeau – Wennberg – Hornqvist
Vatrano – Luostarinen – Tippett
Lomberg – Acciari – Connolly
Weegar – Ekblad
Yandle – Gudas
Forsling – Stralman
Driedger
Damage Report
Blackhawks:
Brent Seabrook (IR – Decrease Again)
Zack Smith (IR – Again)
Kirby Dach (LTIR – Out 4-5 months – Wrist)
Alex Nylander (LTIR – Out 4-6 months – Knee)
Jonathan Toews (LTIR – Sickness)
Panthers:
Markus Nutivaara (Day-to-day)
Sergei Bobrovsky (Day-to-day)
Noah Juulsen (Day-to-day)
Juho Lammikko (Day-to-day)
What To Watch For
• The Blackhawks come into tonight’s sport with two difficult video games underneath their belt off of a brief “coaching camp.” The Panthers will likely be of their first sport motion of the season after having their opener in opposition to the Dallas Stars rescheduled because of the Stars’ COVID outbreak. Chicago has come out sturdy within the opening interval of each their video games this season. If the Blackhawks could make it three sturdy begins, they might see their first lead of the season within the opening body.
• Not solely do the Blackhawks theoretically have their sport legs already beneath them, in contrast to the Panthers, however Florida may even be with out former Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky in internet. As an alternative, the Blackhawks can have the duty of making an attempt to resolve Chris Driedger.
• Chicago allowed 70 photographs on internet in two video games in opposition to the Lightning. That pattern can not proceed. The Blackhawks might want to tighten their workforce protection as much as assist out Malcolm Subban and Collin Delia in internet. Not each sport goes to see the form of firepower that Tampa Bay has. Towards an *on-paper* weaker roster with the Panthers, hopefully the Blackhawks can maintain Florida underneath 30 photographs, which might be a welcomed enchancment for Delia tonight.
Get Caught Up …
Good morning #Blackhawks followers!
It is gameday within the Sunshine State🌴 #CHIvsFLA pic.twitter.com/fe2J4qnMZj
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) January 17, 2021
Good morning from Opening Night time. 😼 pic.twitter.com/BaZzI3zlOd
— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) January 17, 2021
Joel Quenneville says Duncan Keith wants a haircut.
— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) January 17, 2021
Patrick Kane mentioned he joked with Joel Quenneville that the coach “stole his thunder” when Quenneville was honored with a tribute in his return to the United Middle the identical evening Kane was honored for 1,000 factors. #Blackhawks #FlaPanthers
— Brandon Cain (@brandonmcain) January 17, 2021
Patrick Kane on dealing with Joel Quenneville: “Greater than something it’s simply enjoyable to look and see him, you already know? It’s just a little bit completely different that he’s on a unique bench. … I believe it’s simply enjoyable to see him generally. He’s acquired that aura about him as the most effective coaches ever.”
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) January 17, 2021
Patrick Kane on enjoying with rookie Pius Suter: “Suter did a superb job. He wins a whole lot of battles, he can skate, he can get to the entrance of the online.” #Blackhawks
— Brandon Cain (@brandonmcain) January 17, 2021
Patrick Kane says it’s going to be good to see a couple of thousand followers within the constructing tonight in Florida.
“If there comes a degree the place we will get followers within the crowd on the United Middle, clearly we might admire that and that might be nice, however we’ll see when that occurs.”
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) January 17, 2021
Jeremy Colliton mentioned Nick Seeler was positioned on unconditional waivers as a result of he did not report back to his AHL project. #Blackhawks
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) January 17, 2021
