Blackhawks lineup tonight: Chicago's projected lineup for game against Seattle Kraken | Nov. 14, 2024

The Chicago Blackhawks will look to make it two straight wins when they face the Seattle Kraken on the road on Thursday night. The game will be the first of two road games for Chicago before a clash with the Canucks on Saturday to close out the week.

While the Blackhawks will look to pick up their second win in a row, the Kraken will be looking to build on a two-game win streak that's seen them rattle off back-to-back wins on their home ice over the past seven days.

Ahead of the puck drop, Chicago has netminder Laurent Brossoit and defenseman Alec Martinez as out for tonight's game. Brossoit is out indefinitely with a knee injury, while Martinez did practice Wednesday but might not play tonight.

With that in mind, the Blackhawks' lines for tonight's game are projected to be as follows:

Forwards:

1. LW Philipp Kurashev - C Connor Bedard - RW Teuvo Teravainen
2. LW Taylor Hall - C Nick Foligno - RW Tyler Bertuzzi
3. LW Ryan Donato - C Jason Dickinson - RW Joey Anderson
4. LW Pat Maroon - C Ryan Donato - RW Craig Smith

Defense:

1. Wyatt Kaiser - Seth Jones
2. Alex Vlasic - Connor Murphy
3. Nolan Allan - T.J. Brodie

Goalies:

• Petr Mrazek
• Arvid Soderblom

Powerplay:

1. Tyler Bertuzzi, Ryan Donato, Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard, Seth Jones
2. Pat Maroon, Philipp Kurashev, Craig Smith, Taylor Hall, Alex Vlasic

Penalty Kill:

1. Jason Dickinson, Joey Anderson, Alex Vlasic, Connor Murphy
2. Philipp Kurashev, Teuvo Teravainen, Seth Jones, TJ Brodie

Looking at the odds for tonight's Blackhawks vs Kraken game, as well as upcoming games on the Blackhawks' schedule

Heading into tonight's game, Chicago is sitting in seventh place in the Central Division with a record of 6-9-1 that currently sees them holding onto 13 points. Despite General Manager Kyle Davidson making some big offseason transactions, the team is struggling to reach the .500 mark.

On the flip side, the Kraken are sitting in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a record of 7-8-1, just behind the Edmonton Oilers in fifth place. After missing the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team is eager to make a return to the postseason this year.

Ahead of tonight's game, the Karken are sitting as -166 favorites on FanDuel, while the Blackhawks are +138 underdogs. Similarly, on DraftKings, the Kraken are -166 favorites, while the Blackhawks are +140 underdogs.

To simplify these numbers using the DraftKings odds, it would take a $166 bet on the Kraken as the favorites to win $100, whereas a $100 bet on Chicago as the underdogs would win $140.

Following tonight's game against Seattle, and Saturday's game against the Canucks, Chicago will return home for two games when it hosts the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday and the Panthers on Thursday before wrapping up next week with a game against the Flyers on Saturday.