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Chicago Blackhawks (25-30-12, 62 pts) at Minnesota Wild (39-18-12, 90 pts)

Venue: Grand Casino Arena
Date: Thursday, March 19
Time: 7:30 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/Hulu
Radio: WGN Radio 720 AM/104.5 ESPN Radio

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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks dropped their second straight on Tuesday against this Wild team. They do have points in four of their last five games, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game.

Minnesota News & Notes:

The Wild snapped a three-game skid with Tuesday’s win in a 4-3 overtime. They improved to 4-3-2 in March, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.

Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Greene-Bedard-Burakovsky
Bertuzzi-Nazar-Teravainen
Mangiapane-Donato-Mikheyev
Lardis-Lafferty-Slaggert

Vlasic-Levshunov
Kaiser-Rinzel
Del Mastro-Crevier

Knight
Soderblom

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Yurov-Boldy
Zuccarello-Hartman-Tarasenko
Johansson-McCarron-N.Foligno
Trenin-Sturm-Fabbri

Hughes-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Middleton-Bogosian

Wallstedt
Gustavsson

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Players To Watch:

Chicago Blackhawks

Connor Bedard has a point in each game against the Wild this season with a goal and four assists.

Minnesota Wild

Marcus Johansson has a point in each game against the Blackhawks this season with a goal and four assists.

Injury Report:

Chicago Blackhawks

F Oliver Moore – DTD
D Wyatt Kaiser – DTD

Minnesota

F Marcus Foligno – IR
F Bobby Brink – DTD
F Joel Eriksson Ek – DTD

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