Predators at Blackhawks

PREDATORS (16-17-1) at BLACKHAWKS (16-13-5)

Predators projected lineup
Eeli Tolvanen -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Calle Jarnkrok -- Mikael Granlund -- Luke Kunin
Rocco Grimaldi -- Erik Haula -- Nick Cousins
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Mathieu Olivier
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Roman Josi -- Dante Fabbro
Ben Harpur -- Matt Benning
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Frederic Allard, Michael McCarron, Rem Pitlick
Injured:Filip Forsberg (undisclosed),Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Matt Duchene (lower body), Ryan Ellis (upper body),Brad Richardson (lower body), Luca Sbisa (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Pius Suter -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- David Kampf -- Brandon Hagel
Mattias Janmark -- Kirby Dach -- Dylan Strome
Philipp Kurashev -- Carl Soderberg -- Ryan Carpenter
Duncan Keith -- Connor Murphy
Calvin de Haan -- Adam Boqvist
Nikita Zadorov -- Madison Bowey
Scratched:* Collin Delia, Lucas Wallmark, Matthew Highmore
Injured: Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol), Jonathan Toews (illness)*
Status report
Dach will make his season debut after breaking his right wrist Dec. 23 playing a pretournament game for Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. He had surgery Dec. 29 and was expected to be out 4-5 months. ... Kunin will return after missing 13 games with lower-body injury. ... Bowey will likely play in place of defenseman Ian Mitchell, who was reassigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League. ... Defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk was also reassigned to the AHL.