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Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings Preview

The Forwards

Head coach Jeff Blashill returns to Detroit as the bench boss for the Blackhawks. This will be our first look at how Blashill uses certain players and his tactical philosophy. The fact that this is a preseason game bears repeating. Blashill may experiment for the sake of trying things. He hasn’t coached the Blackhawks before. Certain players will be trying hard to earn an NHL spot, while others may be coasting. So take everything you see with a grain of salt.

Connor Bedard centers Colton Dach and Lukas Reichel on the first line. Last season, Reichel played 88:58 minutes with Bedard, and Bedard was worse for it. Together, they had a 35 Corsi and a 24% expected goals share (xG%). Colton Dach is actually playing for something here. If Dach impresses, he can secure a bottom-six spot.

Oliver Moore will be on Frank Nazar’s wing, alongside Aidan Thompson. Thompson doesn’t really have a shot at cracking the roster, but there is a chance that Moore does. Regardless of how Moore looks tonight, it will take more than one preseason game to observe Moore.

On the bottom-six, Ryan Greene is the only prospect with a chance of cracking the opening night lineup, and if he does, I would be surprised. Greene only played two games at the end of the season last year. Sam Lafferty would have to be beaten out by a rookie or have a horrid preseason to justify placing him on waivers.

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Defense

Ethan Del-Mastro partnered with Sam Rinzel, which is interesting. I expect Rinzel to have a strong preseason. If Del-Mastro looks good, he might be able to snag a bottom pair spot. The Wyatt Kaiser and Artyom Levshunov pair gives us a look at how these two will play together should Levshunov make the roster. Kaiser was Levshunov’s most consistent partner in Levshunov’s 18 games. The pair had a 42 xG% and a 54% actual goals share.

Finally, there’s Kevin Korchinski. He’s my player to watch for the preseason. Korchinski needs to prove that he can be physical, which is his only weakness preventing him from being successful in the NHL (in my opinion). Korchinski’s skating and offensive reads are already NHL-ready. But if he doesn’t look good in the defensive end, the Blackhawks won’t have an issue sending him down to Rockford—which I disagree with.

How to Watch Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings