{"id":377767,"date":"2025-12-28T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377767\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:21:12","slug":"nhl-game-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-at-chicago-blackhawks-with-line-combinations-12-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377767\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 12\/28\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-99.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 12\/28\/2025\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins (15-12-9, 39 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (14-17-6, 34 pts)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Venue: United Center<br \/>Date: Sunday, December 28<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/SN-PIT\/CHSN<br \/>Radio:\u00a0105.9 The X\/720 WGN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins suffered a 6-3 loss to the Maple Leafs before the break. They were 1-4-0 in their last five before the break, averaging 2.2 goals per game while allowing 4.6 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks snapped a six-game losing streak last night with a 4-3 shootout win over the Stars. They\u2019re 1-4-0 in their last five games, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Rakell-Crosby-Rust<br \/>Mantha-Novak-Brazeau<br \/>McGroarty-Kindel-Koivunen<br \/>Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon-Karlsson<br \/>Kulak-Letang<br \/>Shea-St. Ivany<\/p>\n<p>Silovs<br \/>Skinner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/pittsburgh-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=pittsburgh&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Bertuzzi-Dickinson-Burakovsky <br \/>Teravainen-Donato-Mikheyev<br \/>Moore-Greene-Dach<br \/>Lardis-Toninato-Lafferty<\/p>\n<p>Vlasic-Crevier<br \/>Grzelcyk-Levshunov<br \/>Kaiser-Murphy<\/p>\n<p>Knight<br \/>Soderblom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Chicago&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Chicago Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Rust had three assists in two games against the Blackhawks last season. goal and an assist in the Penguins\u2019 4-2 loss to the Canadiens on December 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Mikheyev had two goals in one of the two games against the Penguins last season.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>C Filip Hallander \u2013 IR<br \/>C Evgeni Malkin \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p>F Frank Nazar \u2013 Out<br \/>F Nick Foligno \u2013 IR<br \/>F Connor Bedard \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP Photo\/Nam Y. 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