Chicago Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane and the United States will face off against Hawks prospect Ville Pokka and Finland in a World Cup tuneup game at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It’s the final tuneup game for both teams.
HAWKS
**LOOK: Darling’s new mask features Stan Mikita’s Donuts (SCH)
**Top 25 Under 25: No. 6 Ryan Hartman (SCH)
**Toews using offseason to recover from ‘off’ season (The Athletic)
**SCH GIF Tournament (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Preds Top 25 Under 25: No. 1 Filip Forsberg (OTF)
**Blues bring back Porter to camp on PTO (PHT)
**Jets Top 25 Under 25: No. 22 Logan Stanley (AIH)
**Jets Top 25 Under 25: No. 23 Tucker Poolman (AIH)
NHL
**’NHL 17’ is a good game, but single player feels stagnant (SCH)
**Malkin says his elbow is ‘pretty strong right now’ (Post-Gazette)
**UFA Dennis Seidenberg hopeful ‘something comes up’ (PHT)
**Still unsigned, Kucherov is Lightning’s offseason enigma (TB Times)
**Caps’ Orlov on contract talks: ‘We’ll see’ (CSN Mid-Atlantic)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Blues’ Berglund replaces Rakell for Sweden at World Cup (STLGT)
**USA Hockey store to open in Las Vegas (PHT)