The Blackhawks Change Lines Before Tonight's Game

The new lines are:

1. Hall-Bedard-Raddysh

2. T. Johnson-Reichel-Athanasiou

3. Foligno-Dickinson-Perry

4. Katchouk-Donato-R. Johnson

D1. Korchinski-Jones

D2. Vlasic-Jones

D3. Tinordi-Kaiser

Starting in goal: Soderblom

The only line they didn't change was forward line 3.

Korchinski being on the first line with Seth Jones could be a very good thing. Korchinski was more of an offensive defenseman in the WHL, and having Jones as a more defensive defenseman could allow Kevin to play more of his game.

Athanasiou needed to be put back with Reichel. It was either move Reichel at first line RW with Bedard, or move Andreas back with him. Reichel and Athanasiou worked well together last year and can hopefully make more magic this year.