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Venue: Joe Louis Arena
Puck drop: 7:30 pm ET
How to watch: Fox Sports Detroit
How to stream: Fox Sports Go
After a thrilling win in Philadelphia for the first time since 1997, the Red Wings will return home to square up with the Canucks of Vancouver.
The Canucks have been touted as one of the worst teams in the NHL, and the stats don’t lie. In their last 10 games, Vancouver is 1-8-1 and have the second-worst goal differential in the entire NHL (-14). This game, for the Red Wings, should be more than winnable. The Red Wings will surely need to focus on the Sedin twins, who still work off of that wizard-like Swede-duo magic that always seems to put up ridiculous goals against them.
The Red Wings have struggled in some areas, but their last outing showed us that they can make great things happen when they lean on the right players. Andreas Athanasiou was the hero after he scored a gorgeous game-tying goal, and then the shootout-winner. I look for big performances from a fast AA, Dylan Larkin, and Darren Helm against a sluggish Vancouver defense.
Red Wings Expected Lineups
Forwards
|
Dylan Larkin |
Frans Nielsen |
Tyler Bertuzzi |
|
Tomas Tatar |
Henrik Zetterberg |
Justin Abdelkader |
|
Andreas Athanasiou |
Darren Helm |
Gustav Nyquist |
|
Riley Sheahan |
Luke Glendening |
Steve Ott |
Defensemen
|
Danny DeKesyer |
Mike Green |
|
Brendan Smith |
Xavier Ouellet |
|
Jonathan Ericsson |
Alexey Marchenko |
Goaltenders
|
Jimmy Howard (starting) |
|
Petr Mrazek |
Canucks Expected Lineups
Forwards
|
Daniel Sedin |
Henrik Sedin |
Loui Eriksson |
|
Markus Granlund |
Brandon Sutter |
Derek Dorsett |
|
Sven Baerstchi |
Bo Horvat |
Alexandre Burrows |
|
Michael Chaput |
Brendan Gaunce |
Jack Skille |
Defensemen
|
Alexander Edler |
Troy Stecher |
|
Erik Gudbranson |
Ben Hutton |
|
Luca Sbisa |
Nikita Tryamkin |
Goaltenders
|
Ryan Miller (starting) |
|
Jacob Markstrom |
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Game Day Prediction Contest
Would you like to predict the outcome of the game and potentially become internet famous? Well you're in luck, because here's your opportunity. Here's how it works.
Make your game predictions on the winning team, final score, and who the Wings player of the game will be. Enter the required information into the form below using the formats indicated in the questions. If you don't use those formats, your answers will be disregarded. All submissions are timestamped and will be accepted only until the official game start time. All other submissions after that will be disregarded. Only one submission per person, please. POTG will be determined by the collective of WiiM writers.
Each correct winning team prediction is worth 1 point. Each correct player of the game prediction is worth 2 points. Each correct final score prediction is worth 5 points. If you get all three correct you'll receive 15 points.