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San Jose Sharks vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Tuesday, March 16, 2027 · United Center

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Game preview

The San Jose Sharks visit the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Tuesday, March 16, 2027, with puck drop at 8:00 PM ET. The game is on ESPN+, HULU, Disney+ and SN+.

This is the third of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Sharks

Game 5 of a road trip: Vegas, St. Louis, Columbus and Buffalo, now Chicago.

  1. 62027-03-06: vs TBL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 72027-03-07: no game
  3. 82027-03-08: no game
  4. 92027-03-09: at VGK
  5. 102027-03-10: no game
  6. 112027-03-11: at STL
  7. 122027-03-12: no game
  8. 132027-03-13: at CBJ
  9. 142027-03-14: no game
  10. 152027-03-15: at BUF
  11. 162027-03-16: at CHI, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~454 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,903 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+2 h
body clock vs home

Blackhawks

Another game at home.

  1. 62027-03-06: at EDM, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 72027-03-07: no game
  3. 82027-03-08: vs TBL
  4. 92027-03-09: no game
  5. 102027-03-10: vs WSH
  6. 112027-03-11: no game
  7. 122027-03-12: no game
  8. 132027-03-13: at COL
  9. 142027-03-14: vs ANA, second of a back-to-backB2B
  10. 152027-03-15: no game
  11. 162027-03-16: vs SJS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

San Jose SharksSharksTue, Oct 13 vs BOS
  1. L1NewChernyshov#92Smith#2Celebrini#71
    11:30 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMarchment#27Toffoli#73Wennberg#21
    10:36 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewSherwood#44Stenberg#41Misa#77
    8:19 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGoodrow#23Ostapchuk#63Graf#51
    7:02 together at 5v5
  1. D1Trouba#65Dickinson#6
    14:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Nurse#25Kesselring#7
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. D3Orlov#9Cagnoni#42
    9:55 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34
  2. 2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08

Penalty kill

  1. 1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27
  2. 2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49
Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksTue, Oct 13 vs PIT
  1. L1NewBedard#98Kane#88Kantserov#80
    14:40 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewBertuzzi#59Teravainen#86Frondell#16
    9:13 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewToninato#25Donato#8Moore#11
    8:03 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGreenway#12Greene#20Smith#22
    6:49 together at 5v5
  1. D1Byram#24Levshunov#55
    17:47 together at 5v5
  2. D2Cole#28Vlasic#72
    12:41 together at 5v5
  3. D3Kaiser#44Rinzel#6
    11:31 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Bertuzzi LBedard CKane RKantserov RByram D2:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Teravainen CFrondell CCole DVlasic D1:29
  2. 2Greene CSmith RCole DVlasic D1:05

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SJSCHI

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

SJS 71% (12th most settled)CHI 70% (14th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)CHI 1:23 left (2nd latest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SJS 51.3s (2nd longest)CHI 48.6s (15th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

SJS 33% (7th most often)CHI 33% (10th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series