{"id":553465,"date":"2026-04-15T23:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553465\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:12:17","slug":"sharks-at-blackhawks-game-81-lines-game-thread-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553465\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks at Blackhawks game 81: Lines, game thread and how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have two more games left on the calendar this season and one is against a team in a similar spot in the rebuild as them. Tonight, the Sharks pay a visit to Chicago where the youngsters faceoff against Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks. The last time these two teams met, the Sharks got a taste of Chicago\u2019s wicked fast power play and while Macklin Celebrini ultimately out dueled Bedard in a battle of the young super stars, it was a close one.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team is making the playoffs this season, but with this being the last game of the season for Chicago? The Blackhawks would like to show that they\u2019re further along than the standing show. As of now, it looks like Chicago is finishing 31st in the NHL, certainly not where fans were hoping the team would be when the puck dropped in October. A win tonight would be at least make fans feel better about where they are. <\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks lines<\/p>\n<p>San Jose will continue to turn things over to the youngsters tonight. John Klingberg will sit in favor of Luca Cagnoni. <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-reaves-klingberg-cagnoni-preview-lines-81\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Hockey Now\u2019s Sheng Peng<\/a> reports the lines will be the same as Monday\u2019s win except that Yaroslav Askarov will be in the net tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<br \/>Igor Chernyshov \u2014 Macklin Celebrini \u2014 Will Smith<br \/>William Eklund \u2014 Alexander Wennberg \u2014 Kiefer Sherwood<br \/>Collin Graf \u2014 Michael Misa \u2014 Tyler Toffoli<br \/>Barclay Goodrow \u2014 Zack Ostapchuk \u2014 Adam Gaudette<\/p>\n<p>Defense<br \/>Shakir Mukhamadullin \u2014 Mario Ferraro<br \/>Sam Dickinson \u2014 Dmitry Orlov<br \/>Luca Cagnoni \u2014 Vincent Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<br \/>Yaroslav Askarov<br \/>Alex Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks lines vs. San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>For the Blackhawks, look for young Spencer Knight on the net and Bedard centering the top line with Anton Frondell centering the second line. Also, keep an eye on third liner Ryan Donato, who somehow finds a way to excel against the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<br \/>Frank Nazar \u2014 Connor Bedard \u2014 Nick Lardis<br \/>Ilya Mikheyev \u2014 Anton Frondell \u2014 Tyler Bertuzzi<br \/>Ryan Donato \u2014 Ryan Greene \u2014 Andre Burakovsky<br \/>Teuvo Teravainen \u2014 Sam Lafferty \u2014 Landon Slaggert<\/p>\n<p>Defense<br \/>Wyatt Kaiser \u2014 Sam Rinzel<br \/>Alex Vlasic \u2014 Louis Crevier<br \/>Kevin Korchinski \u2014 Ethan Del Mastro<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<br \/>Spencer Knight<br \/>Arvid Soderblom<\/p>\n<p>How to watch San Jose Sharks at Chicago Blackhawks April 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The puck drops at 5:30 p.m. PT\/7:30 p.m. CT at United Center in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Sharks fans can watch today\u2019s game on NBCSCA or listen on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/multimedia\/audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sharks Audio Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blackhawks fans can watch the game on CHSN or listen on WGN-720-AM.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to come back here at game time to talk with other fans about what\u2019s happening on the ice and around the league. We\u2019re nearing the close of the season, which means it\u2019s time to talk about who\u2019s staying, who\u2019s going and what\u2019s next for the Sharks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have two more games left on the calendar this season and one is against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-553465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116411258858039295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}