Blackhawks at Coyotes

BLACKHAWKS (25-40-11) at COYOTES (22-49-5)

Blackhawks projected lines
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Tyler Johnson
Philipp Kurashev -- Sam Lafferty -- Taylor Raddysh
Henrik Borgstrom -- Reese Johnson -- Boris Katchouk
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Jake McCabe -- Alec Regula
Riley Stillman -- Erik Gustafsson
Kevin Lankinen
Collin Delia
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Calvin de Haan
Injured: Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Connor Murphy (concussion protocol), Kirby Dach (shoulder), MacKenzie Entwistle (shoulder)
Coyotes projected lines
Nick Ritchie -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Antoine Roussel -- Nate Smith -- Phil Kessel
Alex Galchenyuk -- Jack McBain -- Travis Boyd
Andrew Ladd -- Jay Beagle -- Loui Eriksson
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Anton Stralman
J.J. Moser -- Dysin Mayo
Kyle Capobianco -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Karel Vejmelka
Harri Sateri
Scratched: Michael Carcone
Injured: Christian Fischer (lower body), Lawson Crouse (hand), Liam O'Brien (upper body), Jakob Chychrun (lower body)
Status report
The Blackhawks assigned forward Lukas Reichel to Rockford of the American Hockey League following a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday. … Dach, a center who has missed two games, and Entwistle, a forward injured Monday, are not on the three-game road trip. … The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate Wednesday. ... Arizona assigned forward Matias Maccelli to Tucson of the AHL following a 5-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. ... Roussel is expected to return after missing 21 games with a lower-body injury. … Forwards Fischer and Crouse and Chychrun, a defenseman, each is expected to be out the rest of the season, according to Arizona general manager Bill Armstrong.