The San Jose Sharks are all set for their penultimate game of the season, as they’ll play the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at the United Center.
The Sharks and Blackhawks are two teams that are at similar stages of their rebuild, but have had very different results this season.
The Sharks were recently eliminated from contention of the playoffs while the Blackhawks sit second-last in the NHL.
The battle between the NHL’s two top young superstars, Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard, will be broadcast on NBC Sports California and the Chicago Sports Network.
Projected Lineups (Per NHL.com)
San Jose Sharks
Igor Chernyshov - Macklin Celebrini - Will Smith
William Eklund - Alexander Wennberg - Kiefer Sherwood
Collin Graf - Michael Misa - Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow - Zack Ostapchuk - Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov - Vincent Desharnais
Mario Ferraro - Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson - Luca Cagnoni
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Chicago Blackhawks
Frank Nazar - Connor Bedard - Nick Lardis
Ilya Mikheyev - Anton Frondell - Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato - Ryan Greene - Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen - Sam Lafferty - Landon Slaggert
Wyatt Kaiser - Sam Rinzel
Alex Vlasic - Louis Crevier
Kevin Korchinski - Ethan Del Mastro
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom