Blackhawks Vs Wild Live Stream: Watch Online Free 8:10 ET Thursday Chicago Without Toews Rest Of Way, Minnesota Clinging To Wild Card Spot
Blackhawks vs Wild live stream: Watch online free 8:10 ET Thursday as Chicago will be without its two main stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane against a Minnesota team trying to hold onto the first wild card spot.
The Blackhawks (48-21-6) are three points out of second place in the Central Division, but Colorado has a game in hand. Chicago will be home vs the Minnesota Wild (39-26-11) for the fifth and final time this season. The Wild have three of the four game this season, so watch the free live stream online as they look to take advantage of a beaten up team.
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Captain Jonathan Toews was ruled out for the remainder of the regular season with an upper-body injury sustained Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins after a hit by Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. He is expected back for the playoffs, according to NHL.com.
"He's day-to-day, [but] he's going to be 100 percent for the playoffs. We're not going to play him these last six games," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "The force of the hit, who it was and how meaningful he is to our team and to the game ... we're all disappointed. You don't want to see that kind of hit anyways, but we'll work our way through it. We'll be alright."
The Wild will be without one of their key players in Mikael Granlund, who was injured during the second period Monday against the Kings. It's an upper-body injury and it is uncertain about his return beyond Thursday.
"We're losing a very talented player, an offensive player that we count on," Yeo said. "A situation like that, we're going to lean on other lines little bit more, lean on our power play a little bit more. You have to make sure you buckle down on defense too."
Injury report, according to NHL.com:
"Granlund (upper body) and forwards Nino Niederreiter (upper body) and Jason Zucker (quad), defensemen Keith Ballard (lower body) and Clayton Stoner (knee) and goaltenders Darcy Kuemper (upper body), Josh Harding (illness) and Niklas Backstrom (abdominal) are out for Minnesota. ... Forwards Patrick Kane (lower body) and Toews (upper body), defenseman Michal Rozsival (lower body) and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin (lower body/shoulder) won't play for Chicago."