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HURRICANES (6-7-2) at BLACKHAWKS (6-6-3)
8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Colliton, 33, was promoted after coaching Rockford in the American Hockey League and is the youngest coach in the NHL. He replaced Joel Quenneville, 60, who won the Stanley Cup three times (2010, '13, '15) in 11 seasons with Chicago.
The Hurricanes have lost five straight games (0-4-1) having been outscored 16-7.
Goalie Scott Darling, who played three seasons in Chicago (2014-17), will start for Carolina.

Players to watch

Scott Darling was 1-0-1 with a 2.99 goals-against average and .889 save percentage against Chicago last season.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"It's been tough lately, this road trip, we haven't won a game yet. We have to put it [all together] tonight. I know Chicago is having a tough time too, so one team is going to win tonight. Hopefully it will be us. -- Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen
"Everyone seems excited and open to what we're suggesting. We're not wiping the slate clean, just a few things we'll focus on as a group. We want them to play, want them to be free out there and have fun. There's some systematic stuff we'll worry about, but the most important thing is that they're skating, they're working. Being a half step wrong here or there, that'll sort itself if you're working." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton

Hurricanes projected lineup
Blackhawks projected lineup
Status report

The Hurricanes recalled Bishop and Di Giuseppe from Charlotte of the American Hockey League and assigned forward Nicolas Roy there on Wednesday.

Stat pack

Aho has no points in three games after getting 17 (four goals, 13 assists) in a 12-game point streak to begin the season. … DeBrincat has one assist in his past five games. He had 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in Chicago's first 10 games.