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          Chicago Blackhawks Report

          Crawford to miss two more games

          • Scott Powers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2014, 02:03 PM ET
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              Scott Powers is the Blackhawks beat reporter for ESPNChicago.com. He is an award-winning journalist and has been reporting on preps, colleges and pros for publications throughout the Midwest since 1997.
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          CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford will miss the next two games due to an upper-body injury, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said on Wednesday.

          Quenneville said Crawford will not travel with the team to play the Nashville Predators on Thursday and the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. He hoped Crawford would resume skating while the team was away.

          Crawford practiced on Monday and didn’t show any signs of an injury, but Quenneville said Crawford didn’t feel good on Monday night and felt worse on Tuesday morning. Crawford sat out Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. He started the team's first four games.

          Antti Raanta replaced Crawford and stopped all 32 shots he faced in a 4-0 win over the Flyers on Tuesday. Raanta is expected to start the next two games.

          The Blackhawks have back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday. Quenneville said he would address his starting goaltender for Sunday’s game against the Ottawa Senators on the day of the game. He said Scott Darling, who was recalled from the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL on Tuesday, could start on Sunday.