Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks face Golden Knights for first time

The Chicago Blackhawks will play its first game against the expansion Golden Knights on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

HAWKS

**Crawford’s ability to make goaltending look easy sets him apart (Chicago Sun Times)

**How can the Blackhawks get their 3rd line going? (SCH)

**Unlike last season, Hawks penalty kill off to a strong start (Chicago Tribune)

**Week ahead: Chicago makes its first trip to Vegas (SCH)

**'Energy line' can produce goals for Hawks as well as spirited play (Chicago Tribune)

**8-defensemen rotation tricky, but Hawks understand juggling act (NBC Sports Chicago)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Wild’s Parise to undergo back surgery Tuesday (The Athletic)

**Yeo hopes Barbashev finds his game in AHL (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Blues look to re-energize power play (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

**Jets blueline of Morrissey, Trouba struggling badly (Winnipeg Free Press)

**Could the Stars trading Lehtonen to Vegas make sense? (Defending Big D)

NHL

**RECAP: Maple Leafs hang on, end Kings’ win streak (Pension Plan Puppets)

**Bizarre Quick incident adds confusion to concussion protocol (Sportsnet)

**RECAP: Jones, Couture help Sharks defeat Rangers (Fear The Fin)

**Ducks’ Eaves diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (Anaheim Calling)

**Flames lose Jagr to injured reserve following ‘lower-body injury’ (SBN)

**Capitals’ Ovechkin leaves practice early after getting ‘tangled up’ (Washington Post)

**Penguins waive goaltender Niemi (Pensburgh)

**Leafs send Calle Rosen to the AHL Marlies (Pension Plan Puppets)

**Leafs loan Kaskisuo to AHL Chicago Wolves (Pension Plan Puppets)

**Maple Leafs waive Eric Fehr (Pension Plan Puppets)

HOCKEY WORLD

**CHL Notebook: Blue Jackets prospect Sherwood adapts to Kitchener (Sportsnet)