Projected Lineups for Stars vs Blackhawks – 12/29/24

The Dallas Stars take on the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (20-13-1) at BLACKHAWKS (12-22-2)

8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz –Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Mavrik Bourque — Logan Stankoven
Justin Hryckowian — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Thomas Harley
Nils Lundkvist — Esa Lindell
Lian Bichsel — Ilya Lyubushkin

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith

Injured: Mathew Dumba (upper body), Tyler Seguin (hip), Mason Marchment (face)

Status report

Hryckowian will make his NHL debut; the 23-year-old was called up by the Stars twice earlier this season but did not play. … Marchment, a forward, is week to week after taking a puck to the face during a 3-2 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

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Blackhawks projected lineup

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

Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — Seth Jones
Louis Crevier — TJ Brodie

Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek

Scratched: Joey Anderson, Wyatt Kaiser

Injured: Alec Martinez (neck), Craig Smith (lower back), Laurent Brossoit (knee)

Status report

The Blackhawks held an optional morning skate. They returned defenseman Kevin Korchinski to Rockford of the American Hockey League and recalled Kaiser, a defenseman.

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