Amazingly, it’s been nearly a month since Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was injured on a hip-check by Anaheim’s Hampus Lindholm. It was a seemingly innocuous play, but Hossa went into the boards awkwardly and did not return to the game. Hossa and Marcus Kruger are the two pieces missing in the Blackhawks’ postseason puzzle, as the team will be at full strength when both of them return.
While Kruger still is slated to be sidelined for another month due to his broken wrist, it appears Hossa is going to return from his lower-body injury Wednesday against St.