Blackhawks at Flames – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Jan 27, 2024

Tonight is the Blackhawks’ final game before the All-Star Game. They’ve lost 19 straight road games. They’ve been shutout twice in the first three games of the road trip. They don’t have Connor Bedard. It’s been a rough go in January, folks. But tonight, a late Saturday night in Calgary, the Blackhawks can end the “first half” of their 2023-24 season on a positive note.

Broadcast Info

Puck Drop: 9:00 PM CT
TV: NBC Sports Chicago
Radio: WGN 720 AM

Expected Lineups

Chicago Blackhawks

Nick Foligno — Philipp Kurashev — Taylor Raddysh
Colin Blackwell — Jason Dickinson — Joey Anderson
Lukas Reichel — MacKenzie Entwistle — Ryan Donato
Boris Katchouk — Zach Sanford — Reese Johnson

Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski — Jaycob Megna
Isaak Phillips — Jarred Tinordi

🥅 Petr Mrazek

Calgary Flames

Jonathan Huberdeau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Zary
Yegor Sharangovich – Elias Lindholm – Matt Coronato
Andrew Mangiapane – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Walker Duehr – Cole Schwindt – Adam Klapka

Noah Hanafin – Christopher Tanev
Dennis Gilbert – Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington – MacKenzie Weeger

🥅 Jacob Markström

Injury Report

Chicago Blackhawks

Connor Murphy, Nikita Zaitsev (knee), Connor Bedard (jaw), Anthony Beauvillier (wrist), Tyler Johnson (foot), Taylor Hall (knee), and (still) Andreas Athanasiou (groin) are on IR.

Calgary Flames

Dillon Dubé is non-roster (likely jail). Martin Pospisil is on IR.

What to Watch For

Forget scoring five, let’s start with one and go from there. The Blackhawks are desperate for an offensive breakout. With no games after this until Feb. 7 maybe they’ll empty the tank and end their losing road losing streak.

I have really liked the pairing of Korchinski and Megna recently. They’ve done a good job in every zone. It appears GMKD found another guy with some ability who fits and is taking advantage of his opportunity in Megna.

The Flames’ power play is ranked 30th in the NHL right now. The Hawks are last.

Calgary has lost their last four in a row. But… Seattle came into that game riding a four-game skid, too.

Get Caught Up

The #Blackhawks made history last night. And not in a good way. https://t.co/AmxcJc37NL pic.twitter.com/sCI3KU8LTJ— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) January 26, 2024

Blackhawks lines in morning skate vs Flames are unchanged from Edmonton:

Foligno-Kurashev-Raddysh
Blackwell-Dickinson-Anderson
Reichel-Entwistle-Donato
Katchouk-Sanford-RJohnson

Vlasic-Jones
Korchinski-Megna
Tinordi-Phillips

Mrazek
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) January 27, 2024

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Tab Bamford

Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of two books about the Blackhawks: "100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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