Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (11-23-2) at Nashville Predators (20-16-1) – 02 Jan 2024 – 7:00PM CST

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1. HockeyMod 10 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|Ryan O’Reilly|Gustav Nyquist|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Anthony Beauvillier|Connor Bedard|Philipp Kurashev|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Cole Smith|Tommy Novak|Luke Evangelista|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Nick Foligno|Jason Dickinson|Colin Blackwell|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuso Parssinen|Colton Sissons|Kiefer Sherwood|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Lukas Reichel|MacKenzie Entwistle|Cole Guttman|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Yakov Trenin|Michael McCarron|Philip Tomasino|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Ryan Donato|Brett Seney|Reese Johnson|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|Dante Fabbro|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Alex Vlasic|Louis Crevier|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Jeremy Lauzon|Alexandre Carrier|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Jarred Tinordi|Connor Murphy|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Ryan McDonagh|Luke Schenn|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Kevin Korchinski|Nikita Zaitsev|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Arvid Soderblom|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Petr Mrazek|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/nashville-predators/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/chicago-blackhawks/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Tyson Barrie|28 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Barrie (upper body) will not play Saturday versus the Washington Capitals, Zach Gilchriest of the Nashville Predators’ official site reports.|unknown|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Tanner Molendyk|23 Dec 2023|Wrist|OUT||06 Jan 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Tyler Johnson|31 Dec 2023|Foot|IR|Johnson (foot) was placed on injured reserve Monday.|09 Jan 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Taylor Raddysh|29 Dec 2023|Groin|IR|Raddysh was placed on injured reserve with a groin strain Saturday, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic reports.|07 Jan 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Nikita Zaitsev|29 Dec 2023|Illness|DTD|Zaitsev (illness) won’t play Sunday versus the Dallas Stars, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Joey Anderson|17 Dec 2023|Shoulder|IR|Anderson (shoulder) might not resume skating until after Chicago’s five-game road trip concludes with a game against the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 5, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports Wednesday.|07 Jan 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Seth Jones|12 Dec 2023|Shoulder|IR|Jones (shoulder) is expected to start skating during the Chicago Blackhawks’ five-game road trip but is unlikely to play during that stretch, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports Wednesday.|07 Jan 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Taylor Hall|22 Nov 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Andreas Athanasiou|09 Nov 2023|Groin|IR|Not Specified|07 Jan 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Samuel Savoie|30 Sep 2023|Lower Body|IR-NR|Savoie (lower body) underwent successful surgery on his femur and was placed on injured reserve Sunday.|07 Feb 2024|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Luke Philp||Achilles|IR-NR||05 Feb 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/nashville-predators/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/chicago-blackhawks/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|37|20|16|1|41|0.554|3.08|3.14|20.77|76.86|30.32|30.57|49.22|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|36|11|23|2|24|0.333|2.42|3.78|13.39|74.78|26.61|33.14|45.56|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|18|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard|15|
   |A|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|23|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard|18|
   |P|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|41|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard|33|
   |+/-|[NSH](/r/predators)|Spencer Stastney|6|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Jason Dickinson, Alex Vlasic|9|
   |PIM|[NSH](/r/predators)|Michael McCarron|50|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Murphy|36|
   |TOI|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|24:34|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Seth Jones|25:25|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=16 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|29|29|15|13|1|1|3.02|0.901|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|10|7|4|3|0|0|3.16|0.900|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Petr Mrazek|24|22|9|12|1|1|3.24|0.904|
   |[CHI](/r/hawks)|Arvid Soderblom|16|14|2|11|1|0|4.22|0.868|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=16 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |18 Nov 2023|[CHI](/r/hawks)|[NSH](/r/predators)|1:00PM CST|CHI (2) – (**4**) NSH|
   |05 Dec 2023|[NSH](/r/predators)|[CHI](/r/hawks)|7:30PM CST|NSH (**4**) – (3) CHI|
   |02 Jan 2024|[CHI](/r/hawks)|[NSH](/r/predators)|7:00PM CST|NBCSCH+, BSSO|
   |12 Apr 2024|[NSH](/r/predators)|[CHI](/r/hawks)|7:30PM CDT|NBCSCH+, BSSO|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020579/landing)

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2. sarbear0903 10 months ago

   I’m just hoping for a better game than Sunday.

3. blazer026 10 months ago

   LGH