Projected Lineups for Blackhawks vs Lightning –10/23/25

The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Benchmark International Arena today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLACKHAWKS (3-2-2) at LIGHTNING (1-3-2)

6:45 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+

Blackhawks projected lineup

Lukas Reichel– Connor Bedard — Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Greene — Colton Dach — Nick Foligno
Landon Slaggert –Ryan Donato

Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser – Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Louis Crevier

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Andre Burakovsky, Jason Dickinson

Injured: Joey Anderson (lower body)

Status report

The Blackhawks are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Burakovsky, a forward, is on paternity leave and will not play.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Gage Goncalves
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Curtis Douglas — Dominic Smith — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Jack Finley, Charle-Edouard D’Astous

Injured: Zemgus Girgensons (upper body), Max Crozier (lower body), Nick Paul (upper body)

Status report

Kucherov is expected to return after missing two games because of an illness. … Girgensons, a forward, is practicing and could be available by the weekend. …Crozier, a defenseman, is expected to miss the next three games.