Another day, another MUST WIN game.

BLACKHAWKS (20-37-9) at CANUCKS (30-24-11)

10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2, CHSN+

TV: Sportsnet

Radio: Sportsnet 650

It's another MUST WIN game against a bottom feeder former top feeder team. Always a dangerous combo.

The good news is... ummm... oh right... Huggie is back. And according to rumours, EP40 OG edition is as well. D-Petey is back in the lineup after the cheapshot to the head from new Nucks enemy #1.

Nucks need to come out strong, get the 10 goal lead early and finish strong with a strong 11-9 victory. How hard can that be?

LINEUPS

Blackhawks projected lines

Colton Dach -- Connor Bedard -- Frank Nazar

Teuvo Teravainen -- Ryan Donato -- Ilya Mikheyev

Landon Slaggert -- Jason Dickinson -- Nick Foligno

Lukas Reichel -- Joe Veleno -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Alex Vlasic -- Artyom Levshunov

Wyatt Kaiser -- Connor Murphy

Alec Martinez -- Louis Crevier

Arvid Soderblom

Spencer Knight

Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, TJ Brodie, Pat Maroon, Ethan Del Mastro

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee)

Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk

Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Conor Garland

Drew O’Connor -- Filip Chytl -- Brock Boeser

Nils Aman -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers

Derek Forbort -- Victor Mancini

Arturs Silovs

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Elias Pettersson

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)

Status report

Levshunov moves up to the top pair and is on the No. 1 power play. … Crevier returns after two games as a healthy scratch. ... Silovs starts for the first time in seven games. … The Canucks did not have a morning skate, but Myers practiced Friday and is expected to return after missing a 4-3 shootout win at the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with an undisclosed injury. … Pettersson, a defenseman who left the game in Calgary 11:19 into the first period following a hit to the head by Flames forward Connor Zary, also practiced Friday but appears to be the odd man out with Myers back.

GAME DAY CHATTER

Sending love and positive vibes to Brock Boeser!❤️❤️💙💙💚💚✨️✨️✨️ Been in a funky lately, but cheering you on to get some goals and points. Do your thing Brock!! Have a great game tonight!! #Canucks

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— lady🇨🇦 luck🇨🇦 canuck (@ladyluckcanuck.bsky.social) March 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Refs Kendrick Nicholson #30 and Justin Kea #36 work Blackhawks vs. Canucks with Tommy Hughes #65 and Jonathan Deschamps #80 scoutingtherefs.com/... #Blackhawks #Canucks #CHIvsVAN #NHL

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— Scouting the Refs (@scoutingtherefs.bsky.social) March 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

It's a piece of 80s fluff from a good band, with a warning to all millionaire hockey players who coast rather than work to win.

Try and enjoy the game, if that's even possible. Fuck Musk, Fuck Trump, Fuck Nazis & Fuck the USA! Go Canucks Go!