:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57432321/usa_today_10333825.0.jpg)
7:30p ET, Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa, Ontario
TV: FS-D
Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AM CBS Sports Radio
Senators Blog: Silver Sevens
After a Spooktacular showing by the Red Wings, specifically the new “kid line”, the Red Wings head north to Ottawa to take on the Senators. As inconsistent and sometimes flat out bad as the Red Wings have been thorough this season, a win tonight would put them in a tie with Ottawa for a top three divisional spot.
The Senators come into this one playing some inconsistent hockey of their own, especially at home where they have a 2-2-4 record (one of those 4 OT/SO losses coming from the Red Wings in the second game of the season). Mark Stone and Derick Brassard continue to do the heavy lifting in terms of scoring goals and while he has not score a goal yet, Erik Karlsson has 10 helpers in seven games. In net Craig Anderson has received the lion’s share of the starts but Mark Condon has actually been the better goalie.
With a couple days off before taking on the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday it would be expected that we will see an energetic performance out of the Red Wings tonight but that has been an issue already at times this year so who knows. If both teams come to play like we expect they would this should be a fairly entertaining game.
PREDICTED LINEUPS
| Detroit Red Wings | ||
|---|---|---|
| LW | C | RW |
| Tomas Tatar | Henrik Zetterberg | Gustav Nyquist |
| Andreas Athanasiou | Dylan Larkin | Anthony Mantha |
| Darren Helm | Frans Nielsen | Justin Abdelkader |
| Scott Wilson | Luke Glendening | Martin Frk |
| LD | RD | |
| Jonathan Ericcson | Trevor Daley | |
| Xavier Ouellet | Mike Green | |
| Niklas Kronwall | Nick Jensen | |
| G | ||
| Jimmy Howard | ||
| Petr Mrazek | ||
Scratches: Luke Witkowski, David Booth
Injuries:, Danny DeKeyser, Johan Franzen (LTIR)
| OttawaSenators | ||
|---|---|---|
| LW | C | RW |
| Tom Pyatt | Derick Brassard | Mark Stone |
| Zack Smith | Kyle Turris | Ryan Dzingel |
| Mike Hoffman | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Chris Didomenico |
| Alexandre Burrows | Nate Thompson | Jack Rodewald |
| LD | RD | |
| Johnny Oduya | Erik Karlsson | |
| Dion Phaneuf | Cody Ceci | |
| Fredrik Claesson | Chris Wideman | |
| G | ||
| Craig Anderson | ||
| Mike Condon | ||
Scratches/Injuries: Clarke MacArthur, Colin White, Bobby Ryan, Ben Harpur
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
First off, if you don't have an SBN Username, make one! We'd love to have you, plus it's much easier to track your predictions season-long. Then make your guess on the winning team, final score, and who the Red Wings player of the game will be. Enter the required information into the form below using the formats indicated. 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. Only one submission per person, please. The Red Wings 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 3 points. Each correct final score prediction is worth 5 points. If you get all three correct, you'll receive 15 points.
Good luck!