Blues Will Host Blackhawks On Four-Game Winning Streak

The Chicago Blackhawks have lost six straight games, and their vibes have been down because of this bad streak. They know that they need a gritty win to break the losing skid, and they will try to do that on the road against the St. Louis Blues. 

The Blues have been the exact opposite of the Hawks lately in terms of how good they’ve been playing. Winners of four straight, they are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. 

St. Louis’ winning streak has propelled them into a playoff position going into Saturday. They still have a lot of work to do, but they are trending in the right direction. 

This will be the third and final meeting between the two in 2024-25. The first was a Blues blowout in the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. The second was a wild shootout win for St. Louis at their home barn. Chicago would like to get one win over St. Louis this season. 

Chicago has put their lines in a blender once again. This is how they project to line up against their big rival: 

Mikheyev – Nazar – Bedard 

Teravainen – Dickinson – Foligno 

Veleno – Donato – Bertuzzi

Slaggert – Reichel – Maroon

Vlasic – Kaiser 

Del Mastro – Murphy 

Martinez – Levshunov

Soderblom

Once again, Connor Bedard will skate on Frank Nazar’s wing on the top line. It looks like it’s Ilya Mikheyev’s turn to be with them. 

Colton Dach hurt his arm during the last game, and it is day-to-day. It doesn’t sound like he is going to miss all that much time for the Blackhawks. With the NHL season winding down, the AHL club will need him healthy. 

Arvid Soderblom will start in net for the Blackhawks against the Blues. Spencer Knight, the new number-one goalie, will go on Sunday at home against the Philadelphia Flyers. Both guys deserve a start in this back-to-back situation. 

If ending a bad losing streak while simultaneously hurting the playoff chances of their biggest rival isn’t enough motivation for the Blackhawks to play well, what would be?  

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