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Blackhawks vs. Avalanche game thread: Part 1

Scott Darling will get the start in net for the Chicago Blackhawks when they visits the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Denver.

Darling has not played since Dec. 10 and has not earned a victory since Nov. 15 when the Hawks beat the Calgary Flames on the road 4-1. Corey Crawford will serve as a backup on his 31st birthday after staring the previous nine games.

Hawks Lines:

Shaw-Toews-Hossa
Panarin-Anisimov-Kane
Desjardins-Danault-Teravainen
Mashinter-Rasmussen-Garbutt

Defensive pairings:

Keith-Hjalmarsson
van Riemsdyk-Seabrook
Scuderi-Gustafsson

Landeskog-Soderberg-Comeau
Martinesen-Mitchell-Duchene
Tanguay-Mackinnon-Iginla
McLeod-Grigorenko-Skille

Beauchemin-Johnson
Holden-Barrie
Gormley-Redmond