Blackhawks vs Blues – Preseason Lineups (BEDARD!), Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Tab Bamford Tab Bamford
Sep 28, 2023
Sep 28, 2023

Well, if you haven’t heard… the Blackhawks play their first preseason game this evening. Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno Corey Perry and Ryan Donato will make their Blackhawks debuts, and 2023 draft picks Martin Misiak, Nick Lardis and the man so nice they named him twice, Marcel Marcel, will see NHL ice for their first times as well. Chicago will also have four potential rookies on the blue line with Wyatt Kaiser, Kevin Korchinski and Alex Vlasic on the left side and Nolan Allan on the left side on the right. In net, Drew Commesso will appear against NHL players in a non-Olympic💦 tournament for the first timꦑe.

Pretty cool, eh?

Oh, yeah. Connor Bedard is here, too.

Broadcast Info

Puck Drop: 7:30 PM CT
TV: NBCSN, NHL Network
Radio: WGN 720 AM

Expected Lineups

Chicago Blackhawks 

Taylor Hall — Connor Bedard — Ryan Donato
Philipp Kurashev — Lukas Reichel — Andreas Athanasiou
Nick Foligno — Martin Misiak — Corey Perry
Reese Johnson — Marcel Marcel — Nick Lardis

Wyatt Kaiser — Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy
Alex Vlasic — Nolan Allan

🥅 Petr Mrazek (first half), Drew Commesso (second half)

St. Louis Blues

Forwards: Nikita Alexandrov, Zachary Bolduc, Pavel Buchnevich, Zach Dean, Adam Gaudette, Mitch Hoelscher, Hugh M𒉰cGing, Mackenzie MacEachern, Jake Neighbours, Nick Ritchie, Robert Thomas, Nathan Walker

Defense: Joseph Duszak, Colton Parayko, Scott Peru💎novich, Calle Rosen, Hunter Skinner, Tyler Tucker

🥅 Joel Hofer, Will Cranley

What to Watch For

  • Um, 98 in red.

  • Lukas Reichel is centering the second line, and the hope is that he can do that full-time this year.

  • Wyatt Kaiser will be skating with Seth Jones, where he has spent almost all of training camp and has looked remarkably comfortable. That might be his spot to keep if the shows as well against other NHL teams as he has in the prospect showcase and in training camp.

  • I’m actually really excited to see Martin Misiak and Nick Lardis against NHL players before they head back to their respective junior clubs — and this might be our only chance for that to happen with the Blackhawks playing “only” six preseason games (but in a condensed calendar). They’ve both looked good in practice and Misiak is in a great spot between a couple vets tonight.

  • Drew Commesso will play the second-half of the game, our first chance to see him against NHL players in a Blackhawks sweater after talking about his arrival for what feels like a decade. He’s played confidently since camp started and finished his final collegiate season at Boston University very well.

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