Blackhawks at Ducks preview

BLACKHAWKS (26-28-9) at DUCKS (24-30-9)
10 p.m. ET, NBCSN, NBCSCH+, NHL.TV

The 34-year-old goalie, who has appeared in 432 games for Chicago, third most in Blackhawks history, has not played since he was injured in a 7-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 16. He was medically cleared on Monday.
Chicago, which has lost two straight after going 10-2-0 in their previous 12 games, is six points behind the Dallas Stars for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
The Ducks were three points out of the second wild card after a 4-0 win at the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 19 but have been outscored 8-2 in a three-game losing streak to drop 10 points behind the Stars. Anaheim is 3-11-0 in their past 14 games.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past five games and at least one point in all five games against Anaheim in his NHL career (eight points; four goals, four assists), including his first NHL hat trick in a 7-3 win at Chicago on Nov. 27, 2017.
Ducks center Adam Henrique has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"It's been another long wait. It's always tough watching from the sidelines. It's nice to get back in there. Hopefully, I feel good right away and it will be fun to just play hockey again." -- Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford
"We've all been through situations when things don't go your way. You can't hope your way out of it. You've got work your way out of it." -- Ducks forward Devin Shore

Blackhawks projected lineup

Drake Caggiula -- Jonathan Toews -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Dominik Kahun
Brandon Saad -- Artem Anisimov -- Dylan Sikura
Chris Kunitz -- Marcus Kruger -- John Hayden
Duncan Keith -- Brent Seabrook
Slater Koekkoek -- Erik Gustafsson
Carl Dahlstrom -- Connor Murphy
Corey Crawford
Cam Ward
Scratched: Brendan Perlini, Gustav Forsling
Injured: David Kampf (foot)

Ducks projected lineup

Daniel Sprong -- Rickard Rakell -- Corey Perry
Max Jones -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Devin Shore -- Derek Grant -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Ryan Kesler -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Jaycob Megna -- Cam Fowler
Brendan Guhle -- Korbinian Holzer
Ryan Miller
Kevin Boyle
Scratched: Sam Steel, Jacob Larsson
Injured: Ryan Getzlaf (upper body), John Gibson (upper body), Chad Johnson (upper body)

Status report

Getzlaf has resumed skating but will miss his fourth straight game. … Gibson, who has missed eight games, could return against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

Stat pack

Kane, whose 20-game point streak ended in a a 4-3 loss against the Stars on Sunday, needs one goal to become the third player in Blackhawks history with at least 40 goals in a season at age 30 or older. The others are Bobby Hull (1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72) and Jim Pappin (1972-73). Kane has 43 points (17 goals, 26 assists) in his past 21 games.