Projected Lineups for Jets vs Blackhawks – 12/7/24

The Winnipeg Jets take on the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at the United Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

JETS (19-8-0) at BLACKHAWKS (8-16-2)

4 p.m. ET; CHSN, TSN3

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov — Brad Lambert — Cole Perfett
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — Rasmus Kupari — Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley — Ville Heinola

Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Dylan Coghlan, Colin Miller

Injured: David Gustafsson (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (lower body)

Status report:

  • The Jets are expected to play each goalie this weekend, with Hellebuyck starting against the Blackhawks and Comrie playing at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. 

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Connor Bedard — Philipp Kurashev — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall — Ryan Donato — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Nick Foligno
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — Alec Martinez
Wyat Kaiser — TJ Brodie

Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Joey Anderson, Louis Crevier

Injured: Seth Jones (foot), Laurent Brossoit (knee)

Status report

  • This will be the Blackhawks first game under interim coach Anders Sorensen, who replaced Luke Richardson on Thursday. Sorensen was coach of Chicago’s American Hockey League affiliate at Rockford.

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