Blackhawks at Canucks preview

BLACKHAWKS (24-19-7) at CANUCKS (20-24-6)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, WGN, NHL.TV

Goalie Anton Forsberg will make his third straight start for the Blackhawks. He made 42 saves in a 2-1 win at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday after a 25-save effort in a 5-1 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Jan. 25. Chicago has not won three in a row since a season-best five-game winning streak from Dec. 8-17.
Defenseman Erik Gudbranson returns after missing five games with back spasms for the Canucks, who have won four of their past seven games after going 2-11-3 in their previous 15. Vancouver is coming off a 4-3 overtime win against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and will try to win consecutive games at home for the second time this season.

Players to watch

Chicago right wing Patrick Kane has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past nine games, including his 50th point (20 goals, 30 assists) of the season in Nashville.
Canucks right wing Thomas Vanek has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"We'll buy into any good storylines right now, anything that can let us feed off it and give us confidence." -- Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews on winning four straight road games
"Consistency is No. 1. We had it earlier in the season and it got away from us and it's been eight, nine, 10 times this year where we have really good game and a good effort against a good team and we come back with a not-so-good effort." -- Canucks center Henrik Sedin

Blackhawks projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Anthony Duclair
Brandon Saad -- Nick Schmaltz -- Patrick Kane
Ryan Hartman -- Artem Anisimov -- Tommy Wingels
Vinnie Hinostroza
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David Kampf
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Tomas Jurco
Duncan Keith -- Jordan Oesterle
Erik Gustafsson
-- Brent Seabrook
Michal Kempny -- Connor Murphy
Anton Forsberg
Jeff Glass
Scratched:Jan Rutta, Lance Bouma, Patrick Sharp
Injured:Corey Crawford (upper body), Michal Rozsival (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Sven Baertschi -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Thomas Vanek
Loui Eriksson -- Brandon Sutter -- Markus Granlund
Brendan Gaunce
-- Sam Gagner -- Jake Virtanen
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Chris Tanev
Derrick Pouliot -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Nic Dowd , Ben Hutton, Alex Biega
Injured:None

Status report

Sharp will be a healthy scratch for the third straight game. … Canucks coach Travis Green said Pouliot, who will return after being scratched for the past three games and six of the past eight, "had an injury that was affecting him but he wasn't playing well enough."

Stat pack

Toews has one assist in his past eight games after getting five goals and four assists during a five-game point streak. … Boeser has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games after being blanked in the previous three. He leads the Canucks and all NHL rookies with 24 goals.