"They have played alongside each other so often it sometimes seems like Blackhawks defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook know what the other one is thinking.

"I don't know anything he's thinking, let alone on the ice," Keith said with a chuckle.

After forming a tandem for the bulk of three seasons, the pair was split up during the stretch run of the regular season and in Friday night's 4-1 loss to the Predators in Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.

During Saturday's practice at the United Center, coach Joel Quenneville had Keith and Seabrook back together and they are expected to remain that way for Game 2 on Sunday night at the United Center.

Keith had been skating with Dustin Byfuglien and Seabrook with Niklas Hjalmarsson.

The other defensive pairings likely will be Hjalmarsson and Brent Sopel and Byfuglien alongside Jordan Hendry."