Chicago Blackhawks (0-0-0) at Ottawa Senators (0-0-0)
8:30 Eastern/7:30 Central
Canadian Tire Centre
TV/Radio: WGN/WGN
Goalies:
Chicago
Cam Ward (.000 save%, 0.00 GAA)
Ottawa
Craig Anderson (.000 save%, 0.00 GAA)
Team statistics:
Power play
(–)
Penalty kill
(–)
Shots for/against per game
(–, –)
Shooting%
(–)
Faceoff%
(–)
Avg. height/weight:
Chicago:
6’1”, 196
Ottawa
6’1”, 195
Lineups:
Chicago
DeBrincat-Toews-Kahun
Saad-Schmaltz-Kane
Kunitz-Anisimov-Kampf
Kruger-Johnson-Martinsen
Keith-Jokiharju
Manning-Seabrook
Davidson-Rutta
Ottawa
Dzingel-Duchene-Ryan
Smith-White-Stone
Formenton-Tierney-Boedker
McCormick-Pyatt-Paajarvi
Chabot-Wideman
Borowiecki-Ceci
LaJoie-DeMelo
Analysis:
If there’s a relatively easy road opener for the Hawks, this might be it.
Still, the two teams played essentially even in the preseason, both 2-4 and even splitting two games played against eachother. In truth, while Ottawa is a team openly in rebuild mode, the Hawks are, well, no one’s quite sure what the Hawks are—except by all indicators, they are clearly no longer a Cup contender and their playoff worthiness is suspect at best. So, tonight’s game could easily go either way.
Former Hawk goalie and Barrington High School alumnus, Craig Anderson, begins his 15th NHL season, and gets the start in net for the Senators.
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