Canadiens vs Blackhawks game thread

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It may be last call for several players before they pack their bags and head to Hamilton. Lars Eller will centre the the first line, and will be joined by Rene Bourque and Jiri Sekac. The second line will composed of players that are likely to start the year with the Bulldogs, as Sven Andrighetto is once again shifted to the middle, beside Christian Thomas and Jacob de la Rose. This is likely to be the last game for Jake Dowell and Drayson Bowman, who will lineup on the fourth line.

On the defensive side of things, Jarred Tinordi and Greg Pateryn will have another chance to impress, in what has admittedly been a tough training camp for both players. Davis Drewiske and Darren Dietz will form the third pairing, which is a probably pairing that will see a fair amount of ice time in the AHL. Rounding out the defense will be veteran Alexei Emelin, and mobile blue liner Nathan Beaulieu.

We don’t quite know yet what the exact lines will be for the Chicago Blackhawks, since their roster sheet for tonight’s game contains 28 players, so we did our best to project the possible Hawks lineup. We’ll update the lineup as soon as the accurate information is available.

Puck drop is at 8:30 PM EST, at the United Center.

The game will be carried on TV by RDS.

You can check out the enemy over at Second City Hockey.