Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators, Projected Lineups, How to Watch

8:00 p ET, Canadian Tire Centre

Ottawa, Ontario

TV: FSD

Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AM CBS Sports Radio

Senators Blog: Silver Seven

We appear to be standing upon the precipice staring into the abyss my fellow Red Wings faithful. After falling to the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday the Red Wings now sit tied for last place in the Atlantic division with those same Sabres. The Wings sit six points behind third place Boston and 10 points behind the second Wild Card spot. It is safe to say that things are looking bleak in Hockeytown.

Tonight, they will play the first of seven straight road games as the look to take on the somewhat surprising Ottawa Senators on a night when the Senators will raise Daniel Alfredsson’s number 11 to the rafters. Statistically Ottawa does not really look that much better than the Red Wings but unlike the Wings they have found ways to win and currently sit in second place in the Atlantic, six points up on fourth place Tampa Bay. Kyle Turris and Erik Karlsson lead them offensively and Mike Condon has filled in quite well for Craig Anderson, who is away from the game to be with his ailing wife.

The Wings are entering untracked territory needing wins desperately and in a hurry if they have any hope of challenging for a playoff spot, and as the case has been all season the hockey gods are taking no pity on them as they enter the most difficult portion of their schedule at the same time. Tonight is about as absolute a must win game for the Wings as any game at the end of December can be because the road only gets steeper and tougher to travel from here.

Red Wings Lineup

Forwards

Tomas Tatar	Henrik Zetterberg	Anthony Mantha
Gustav Nyquist	Frans Nielsen	Tomas Vanek
Andreas Athanasiou	Dylan Larkin	Luke Glendening
Drew Miller	Riley Sheahan	Steve Ott

Defensemen

Danny DeKesyer	Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall	Brendan Smith
Jonathan Ericsson	Xavier Ouellet

Goaltenders

Petr Mrazek

Jared Coreau

Scratches: Tomas Jurco, Ryan Sproul

Injuries: Brian Lashoff (face), Mike Green (upper body), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Justin Abdelkader (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Johan Franzen (concussion), Joe Vitale (concussion)

Senators Lineup

Forwards

Ryan Dzingel	Kyle Turris	Bobby Ryan
Mike Hoffman	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	Curtis Lazar
Tom Pyatt	Derick Brassard	Mark Stone
Casey Bailey	Chris Kelly	Chris Neil

Defensemen

Marc Methot	Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf	Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki	Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Mike Condon

Matt O'Connor

Injuries: Clarke MacArthur (concussion), Andrew Hammond (ankle), Craig Anderson (personal), Zack Smith (abdominal strain)

RED WINGS	THE MATCHUP	SENATORS
15-16-4 (34 pts, t6th in the Atlantic)	Record	20-12-3 (43 pts; 2nd in Atlantic)
2.31 (26th in NHL)	Goals Per Game	2.51 (t21st in NHL)
2.86 (22nd)	Goals Against Per Game	2.63 (12th)
12.5% (30th)	Power Play %	17.0% (19th)
81.5% (t16th)	Penalty Kill %	81.5% (t16th)
28.9 (t22nd)	Shots For Per Game	29.0 (21st)
30.5 (20th)	Shots Against Per Game	30.6 (21st)
53.5 (2nd)	Faceoff %	49.6 (t14th)
Dylan Larkin (10)	Goals Leader	Kyle Turris (12)
Zetterberg (24)	Points Leader	Erik Karlsson (32)

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Game Day Prediction Contest

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