It’s time to throw out the record books, grow your beards and/or mullets and all the other playoff cliches. We are just a few short hours away from starting the real season, the run for Lord Stanley’s Cup. The Blackhawks will head into their opening game a bit short handed. Dave Bolland and Ray Emery will not dress tonight. Henrik Karlsson will back up Corey Crawford in net tonight. The Wild will be with out Jason Pominville, which is a significant loss. To catch up on all things Wild, check out my write up on them here.
Probable Blackhawks lineup
Forwards
Brandon Saad – Jonathan Toews – Marian Hossa
Patrick Sharp – Michal Handzus – Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell – Andrew Shaw – Viktor Stalberg
Brandon Bollig – Marcus Kruger – Michael Frolik
Defensive Pairings
Duncan Keith – Brent Seabrook
Johnny Oduya – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Michal Rozsival – Nick Leddy
Goaltender
Corey Crawford
Probable Wild Lineup
Fowards
Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Charlie Coyle
Devin Setoguchi – Matt Cullen – Jason Zucker
Pierre-Marc Bouchard – Kyle Brodziak – Cal Clutterbuck
Mike Rupp – Zenon Konopka- Torrey Mitchell
Defensive Pairings
Ryan Suter – Jonas Brodin
Clayton Stoner – Tom Gilbert
Brett Clark – Jared Spurgeon
Goaltender
Niklas Backstrom
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GP | RECORD | HOME | AWAY | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP% | PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO% | |
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WILD |
48 | 26-19-3 | 14-8-2 | 12-11-1 | 4-5-1 | 2.46 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 80.7 | 11.4 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 52.4 | |
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HAWKS |
48 | 36-7-5 | 18-3-3 | 18-4-2 | 7-2-1 | 3.1 | 2.02 | 16.7 | 87.2 | 9.2 | 31.1 | 26.2 | 50.8 |