The Blackhawks departed for their season-long eight-game road trip with coach Joel Quenneville in no mood to change a good thing. He'll start Cristobal Huet in goal Saturday at Columbus. Huet earned his fourth shutout of the season in Thursday's home game against the Blue Jackets.
Defenseman Cam Barker has ``good chance'' to play at Columbus, Quenneville said. Barker has missed the last five games with an upper body injury.
The Hawks were 4-1-1 on their six-game circus trip in November but this one will be more challenging.
``We're going east, then west, then back to the east,'' said Huet. ``But we're in good condition and that shouldn't affect us. We don't get tired of each other. There's good team building going on when we're on the road.''