Blackhawks at Jets preview

BLACKHAWKS (30-32-8) at JETS (41-19-10)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

Laine has 23 points (16 goals, seven assists) in his 13-game point streak, which is tied with Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, who had 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) as an 18-year-old from Jan. 25-March 6, 2014.
Defenseman Jacob Trouba is likely to return for Winnipeg, which has lost three games in a row (0-2-1). Trouba has missed 20 games with a lower-body injury sustained on Jan. 25.
The Jets are in second place in the Central Division, eight points behind the Nashville Predators and seven points ahead of the Minnesota Wild.
The Blackhawks are 3-5-0 in their past eight games and 6-13-1 in their past 20. Chicago is 14 points behind the Avalanche for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games.
Jets forward Paul Stastny returns to the lineup after being a late scratch in a 3-1 loss against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

They said it

"We have pride as a team, you know what you're capable as a team even if you've underachieved or you haven't had the success you've been looking for in the past couple of months. A test like this against the Jets is obviously a big one for us." -- Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews
"Boring, that's for sure. It's not easy watching. But I think we've done an excellent job filling a lot of injury holes we've had. We've managed, which is a sign of a good team, good depth. Excited to get back." -- Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Nick Schmaltz -- John Hayden
Tomas Jurco -- Artem Anisimov -- Matthew Highmore
Patrick Sharp -- David Kampf -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Duncan Keith -- Connor Murphy
Erik Gustafsson -- Brent Seabrook
Jordan Oesterle -- Jan Rutta
Anton Forsberg
J-F Berube
Scratched: None
Injured: Corey Crawford (upper body), Anthony Duclair (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Paul Stastny -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Andrew Copp -- Joel Armia
Marko Dano -- Jack Roslovic -- Brandon Tanev
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Shawn Matthias, Tucker Poolman
Injured: Adam Lowry (upper body), Steve Mason (lower body), Mark Scheifele (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Matt Hendricks (lower body) Toby Enstrom (lower body), Michael Hutchinson (concussion)

Status report

Hendricks will miss 6-8 weeks with a lower body injury. .. Hutchinson's concussion is his second of the season. … Scheifele and Lowry will practice in full on Saturday.

Stat pack

The Jets lost seven players to the injured list on their just-completed six-game road trip. ...Toews has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past six games.