Panthers at Blackhawks preview

PANTHERS (27-16-5) at BLACKHAWKS (24-20-6)
8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, NBCSCH, FS-F, NHL.TV

Quenneville, who led to the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015, was 452-249-96 in 11 seasons before he was fired by Chicago on Nov. 6, 2018. The Panthers hired him April 8.
Florida has scored at least four goals in each game during its season-high five-game winning streak. The Panthers, who won 5-4 at the Minnesota Wild on Monday, are 6-2-1 in the second game of a back-to-back.
The Blackhawks, who are 11-4-0 in their past 15 games, have outscored opponents 22-9 during a season-high five-game winning streak.

Players to watch

Panthers forward Mike Hoffman has 11 points (five goals, six assists) during a nine-game point streak.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) during a 10-game point streak, the longest active streak in the NHL.

They said it

"It's an important game for both teams. It'll be fun to be back there, for sure." -- Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said of his return to Chicago
"I want to win the game, for sure. I mean, that's a hot team over there and I imagine Joel really wants to win this game, especially. So it's a friendly competition. [It's] a team we don't see too often, but points are important for us and for them, as well. Aside from us wanting to get that win over Coach Q and likewise, I think it's a big game for both teams." -- Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews

Panthers projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Evgenii Dadonov
Brett Connolly -- Vincent Trocheck -- Noel Acciari
Frank Vatrano -- Dominic Toninato -- Mike Hoffman
Colton Sceviour -- Brian Boyle -- Mark Pysyk
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
Riley Stillman -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Josh Brown
Sam Montembeault
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Jayce Hawryluk, Denis Malgin
Injured: Chris Driedger (lower body), MacKenzie Weegar (upper body)

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Drake Caggiula
Brandon Saad -- Ryan Carpenter -- Patrick Kane
David Kampf -- Kirby Dach -- Alex DeBrincat
Alex Nylander -- Zack Smith -- Matthew Highmore
Duncan Keith -- Adam Boqvist
Erik Gustafsson -- Connor Murphy
Olli Maatta -- Slater Koekkoek
Robin Lehner
Corey Crawford
Scratched:Dennis Gilbert, Brandon Hagel
Injured: Calvin de Haan (right shoulder), Brent Seabrook (right shoulder/left and right hip), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol), Dylan Strome (right ankle)

Status report

The Panthers did not hold a morning skate. … The Blackhawks recalled Gilbert, a defenseman, and Hagel, a forward, from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Monday.

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Stat pack

Barkov, who has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a five-game point streak, is two points from 400 in the NHL. … Huberdeau has 27 points (seven goals, 20 assists) in his past 16 games. … Kubalik has 14 points (10 goals, four assists) in his past nine games. … Lehner has won three straight starts and six of his past seven. … Toews, who has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) during a six-game point streak, is one point from 800 in the NHL.