Blackhawks vs Canucks: Lineups, Notes, Frozen Frenzy

The Chicago Blackhawks will face the Vancouver Canucks later tonight in taking part in the NHL Frozen Frenzy. With all 32 teams in action, there is a lot to get excited about tonight for the Blackhawks.

Projected Lines for the Blackhawks and Canucks:

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland

Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood

Pius Suter — Nils Aman — Daniel Sprong

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers

Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais

Kevin Lankinen

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen

Taylor Hall – Andreas Athanasiou — Tyler Bertuzzi

Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson – Ryan Donato

Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones

Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie

Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy

Petr Mrazek

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Philipp Kurashev, Joey Anderson

Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)

Notes:

Tonight’s game should be interesting. There is a new look second line with Philipp Kurashev getting scratched and Andreas Athanasiou slotting in to the second line center. Head Coach Luke Richardson is making a point tonight scratching Kurashev and Athanasiou can definitely benefit from a bigger role against Vancouver.

Pat Maroon also slots back into the lineup tonight after missing some time last week from a blocked shot. Reichel playing with Maroon could be a good experience for the forward. Maroon knows how to play physical and Reichel can learn a thing or two on the same line.

Frozen Frenzy:

Tonight’s game has some extra excitement. Tonight’s Hawks game starts at 7:15, an interesting start time, but for a reason. Tonight all 32 teams are playing across 16 games with start times staggering every 15 or so minutes. Frozen Frenzy was a fun addition to the league last year, and tonight should be fun to watch.