Getting to know the Blackhawks<\/p>\n
Roman Kantserov – Connor Bedard – Patrick Kane<\/p>\n
Tyler Bertuzzi – Anton Frondell – Teuvo Teravainen<\/p>\n
Cole Smith – Ryan Greene – Jordan Greenway<\/p>\n
Oliver Moore – Dominic Toninato – Ryan Donato<\/p>\n
Bowen Byram – Artyom Levshunov<\/p>\n
Wyatt Kaiser – Sam Rinzel<\/p>\n
Goalies: Spencer Knight, Arvid Soderblom<\/p>\n
Potential scratches: Kevin Korchinski, Ethan Del Mastro, Nick Lardis<\/p>\n
Injured Reserve: Andrew Mangiapane<\/p>\n
Connor Bedard could be making his season debut for the Blackhawks, and his first appearance alongside Patrick Kane on Chicago\u2019s new top line, after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery and missing the start of their campaign. He rejoined<\/a> practice without a no-contact jersey Sunday, and multiple reporters indicated Monday he could be in the lineup against the Pens.Based on Monday\u2019s practice lineup, second-year forward Nick Lardis will be the odd man out if Bedard is able to play tonight.Bedard missed<\/a> 12 games last season with a shoulder injury before returning to the lineup. He then suffered another injury in practice in early July and underwent surgery. Unlike his last return from a shoulder issue, Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill said Bedard won\u2019t have restrictions such as a ban on face-offs. Blashill also noted Bedard might need some additional time to adjust to game speed before producing, per Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.Frank Nazar is serving out the back half of a two-game suspension<\/a> for a hit to the head of the New York Islanders\u2019 Bo Horvat. Projected lines (based on Monday\u2019s practice)<\/p>\n Rickard Rakell – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust<\/p>\n Egor Chinakhov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n Andrei Kuzmenko – Ben Kindel – Ville Koivunen<\/p>\n Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Nick Robertson<\/p>\n Declan Carlile \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n Sam Girard \/ Kaeden Korczak<\/p>\n Spencer Stastney \/ Kris Letang<\/p>\n Goalies: Arturs Silovs, Sergei Murashov<\/p>\n Potential Scratches: Elmer Soderblom, Hendrix Lapierre<\/p>\n IR: Ryan Graves, Justin Brazeau, Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/p>\n van Riemsdyk hit IR yesterday, backdated to 10\/9. That means he could be eligible to return as soon as the following game on Friday night, if his health allows it. The Pens haven\u2019t announced any call-ups from the AHL for the interim, but they do have an open roster spot and only six healthy defensemen. (A pre-emptive welcome back to the NHL roster, Ilya Solovyov?)It looks like there\u2019s a chance Andrei Kuzmenko draws into the lineup tonight after an extended absence from the non-roster list. Based on practice, that would mean Hendrix Lapierre and Elmer Soderblom are the odd men out, given that Koivunen also rotated back in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2-1, 7 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Chicago Blackhawks (1-5-0, 2 points, 8th place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[128082,385,99],"class_list":["post-881058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-game-preview","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-8.44.18-PM.png\"\/)
<\/a>Rookie Roman Kantserov, who could be skating on Bedard\u2019s wing opposite Kane tonight, scored the first goal of his NHL career on a breakaway in the Blackhawks\u2019 Saturday loss to the Hurricanes.Spencer Knight is in line for another season as the Blackhawks\u2019 top goaltender after starting 55 games last season. He\u2019s started four of the Hawks\u2019 six games, and he made 25 saves on 27 shots in their lone win of the season so far against the St. Louis Blues.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/j117nbjkbqzojw21thwv.jpg\"\/)
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