{"id":513006,"date":"2026-03-20T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/513006\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:50:34","slug":"nhl-game-preview-colorado-avalanche-at-chicago-blackhawks-with-line-combinations-03-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/513006\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 03\/20\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 03\/20\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774003822_564_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 03\/20\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-2-15.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP photo\/David Zalubowski<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche (44-13-10, 98 pts) at\u00a0Chicago Blackhawks (26-30-12, 64 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: United Center<br \/>Date: Friday, March 20<br \/>Time: 8:30 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/ALT\/CHSN\/KTVD-TV<br \/>Radio: 92.5 ALT Radio\/KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM<\/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>Colorado Avalanche News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Avalanche dropped their third straight on Wednesday in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Stars. They\u2019ve dropped four of their last five games, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks snapped a two-game skid last night with a 2-1 win over the Wild. They\u2019re on a two game point streak and have points in five of their last six games, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Nichushkin-MacKinnon-Necas<br \/>Kadri-Nelson-Roy<br \/>Kelly-Drury-Kiviranta<br \/>Ivan-Bardakov-Brindley<\/p>\n<p>Kulak-Makar<br \/>Toews-Burns<br \/>Manson-Malinski<\/p>\n<p>Wedgewood<br \/>Blackwood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Colorado&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Colorado Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Greene-Bedard-Burakovsky<br \/>Bertuzzi-Nazar-Teravainen <br \/>Mangiapane-Donato-Mikheyev<br \/>Lardis-Slaggert<\/p>\n<p>Grzelcyk-Levshunov<br \/>Vlasic-Rinzel<br \/>Kaiser-Crevier<br \/>Del Mastro<\/p>\n<p>Soderblom<br \/>Knight<\/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>Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>Cale Makar has three goals in two games against the Blackhawks this season. <\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p>Connor Bedard has the Blackhawks\u2019 lone goal against the Avalanche this season.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/logan-oconnor-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan O\u2019Connor<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out<br \/>F\u00a0Gabriel Landeskog\u00a0\u2013 Out<br \/>F Ross Colton\u00a0\u2013 DTD<br \/>F Arturri Lehkonen \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p>F Oliver Moore \u2013 DTD<\/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<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774003831_325_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-anaheim-ducks-at-utah-mammoth-with-line-combinations-03-20-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-1-33-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-anaheim-ducks-at-utah-mammoth-with-line-combinations-03-20-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 03\/20\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks (37-27-4, 78 pts) at\u00a0Utah Mammoth (36-27-6, 78 pts)Venue: Delta CenterDate: Friday, March 20Time: 9:00 pm ESTHow To Watch: ESPN+\/KCOP\/Victory+\/Utah16Radio: KLAA 830 AM\/KSL Sports Zone 1280 AMPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Anaheim Ducks News &amp; Notes: The Ducks suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Flyers on Wednesday. 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