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7:30p ET, Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay, FL
TV: FSD
Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AM CBS Sports Radio
Stars Blog: Raw Charge
In case you somehow managed to miss it, the Red Wings long playoff streak officially ended on Tuesday night after a 4-1 loss in Carolina. The Red Wings also lost another player to injury during their trip down to Raleigh as Luke Glendening is done for the season with a fractured ankle.
So now the Red Wings find themselves in the position of spoiler, a position they have not been in a very long time. First up for them is the familiar face of the Tampa Bay Lightning. They have dealt with a ton of injury issues of their own but find themselves within three points of Boston for a Wild Card spot and four points back of Toronto for third in the Atlantic. The last time we saw Tampa they did Tampa things to the Red Wings, beating them 2-1 in overtime in the last visit to The Joe. Nikita Kucherov is still a Red Wings killer as he scored the OT goal in (somewhat controversial fashion) and with all the injuries Tampa has dealt with is the unquestioned offensive leader of the Lightning.
Lottery seeding be damned, dealing a strong blow to the Lightning’s playoff hopes will help to heal the pain of the Red Wings missing out on the post season this year and a win tonight would do just that.
The lineups are based on what the Red Wings iced for Tuesday’s game. Like always, we will have any updates for you in the update post later on today.
Expected Lineups
Red Wings
Forwards
| Tomas Tatar | Henrik Zetterberg | Gustav Nyquist |
| Riley Sheahan | Frans Nielsen | Darren Helm |
| Anthony Mantha | Dylan Larkin | Justin Abdelkader |
| Drew Miller | Tomas Nosek | Ben Street |
Defensemen
| Dan DeKeyser | Nick Jensen |
| Niklas Kronwall | Mike Green |
| Xavier Ouellet | Robbie Russo |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard |
| Petr Mrazek |
Scratches: None
Injuries: Luke Glendening, Andreas Athanasiou, Mitch Callahan, Ryan Sproul, Jonathan Ericsson, Johan Franzen (LTIR), Joe Vitale (LTIR)
Lightning
Forwards
| Ondrej Palat | Brayden Point | Nikita Kucherov |
| Alex Killorn | Vladislav Namestnikov | Jonathan Drouin |
| Adam Erne | Yanni Gourde | Joel Vermin |
| Gabriel Dumont | Greg McKegg | J.T. Brown |
Defensemen
| Victor Hedman | Jake Dotchin |
| Braydon Coburn | Andrej Sustr |
| Anton Stralman | Luke Witkowski |
Goaltenders
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
| Peter Budaj |
Scratches/Injuries: Steven Stamkos, Ryan Callahan, Tyler Johnson, Cedric Paquette, Jason Garrison
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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.