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Blackhawks vs. Coyotes game thread: Part 1

The Chicago Blackhawks will hit the ice with Andrew Shaw on the top line and Teuvo Teravainen demoted to the third line against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night at Gila River Arena.

On defense, rookie Erik Gustafsson has been recalled will be the third pairing with Michal Rozsival. In six games with Chicago earlier this season, Gustafsson registered three assists.

Corey Crawford will remain in net. He is 2-1-1 with a 2.18 goals-against average in his last four appearances against Arizona. Chicago has won six of its last seven games in Arizona.

Hawks Lines:

Shaw-Toews-Hossa
Panarin-Anisimov-Kane
Desjardins-Danault-Teravainen
Bickell-Rasmussen-Garbutt

Defensive pairings:

Keith-TVR
Hjalmarsson-Seabrook
Gustafsson-Rozsival

Arizona Lines:

Domi-Vermette-Boedker
Rieder-Tikhonov-Duclair
Martinook-Richardson-Doan
Chipchura-Dauphin-Cunningham

Defensive Pairings:

Ekman Larsson-Murphy
Grossmann-Stone
Dahlbeck-Michalek

Anders Lindback made 37 saves in the win against Colorado. Both Lindback and Louis Domingue are sharing the net minder duties while Mike Smith is out with a core muscle injury for the next two months. Lindback is 0-3 with a 4.69 GAA against Chicago.

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