Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Devils – 12/14/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Chicago Blackhawks take on the New Jersey Devils today at Prudential Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLACKHAWKS (9-18-2) at DEVILS (19-10-3)

1 p.m. ET; CHSN, MSGSN, NHLN, SN

Blackhawks projected lineup

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

Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — Kevin Korchinski
Wyatt Kaiser — TJ Brodie

Arvid Soderblom
Drew Commesso

Scratched: Joey Anderson, Louis Crevier

Injured: Seth Jones (foot), Laurent Brossoit (knee), Petr Mrazek (groin), Alec Martinez (neck), Craig Smith (lower back)

Status report

Nazar is expected to make his season debut after being recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Smith, a forward, missed practice Friday and will not play. … Martinez, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Friday, retroactive to Dec. 7.

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Devils projected lineup

Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Paul Cotter — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen
Kurtis MacDermid — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom
Isaac Poulter

Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Tomas Tatar, Colton White

Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Jake Allen (upper body)

Status report

Allen, a goalie, is expected to miss his third straight game. … Lazar will not play despite the forward practicing Friday for the first time since getting injured Oct. 27. … Tatar, a forward who was scratched for a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, rotated with MacDermid during line rushes at practice Friday.

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