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Happy birthday, @tylerbertuzzi! pic.twitter.com/o0L65kySxg
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) February 24, 2018
ICYMI from yesterday too:
#RedWings Blashill said both Tatar and Abdelkader were maintenance days and expects both to be ready to play tomorrow. Mike Green skated today and will be a game-time decision.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) February 23, 2018
And for today
No morning skate today for #RedWings. Mike Green (upper-body injury) will miss his fifth game in a row.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) February 24, 2018
Updated Lineups
DETROIT RED WINGS
Gustav Nyquist - Henrik Zetterberg - Anthony Mantha
Tomas Tatar - Dylan Larkin - Andreas Athanasiou
Darren Helm - Frans Nielsen – Justin Abdelkader
Tyler Bertuzzi – Luke Glendening - Martin Frk
Jonathan Ericsson – Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall – Xavier Ouellet
Danny DeKeyser – Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Jared Coreau
Power Play
PP1 – Athanasiou, Larkin, Abdelkader, Tatar, Daley
PP2 – Nyquist, Zetterberg, Mantha, Bertuzzi, Kronwall
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Sebastian Aho – Elias Lindholm – Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn – Victor Rask – Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner – Derek Ryan – Lee Stempniak
Joakim Nordstrom – Josh Jooris – Phil de Giuseppe
Jaccob Slavin – Brett Pesce
Hayden Fleury – Justin Faulk
Noah Hanafin – Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Cam Ward
Scott Darling
Power Play
PP1 – Aho, Rask, Lindholm, Teravainen, Faulk
PP2 – Skinner, Ryan, Williams, Hanafin, Stempniak
Keys to the Game
Get the Goal Scorers Going
The Red Wings big scorers, such as they are, have been in a bit of a slump. If they want to have even the slightest of chances of going on a run the guys expected to score the goals need to get hot. This is not the best of situations to start with as Carolina is a good, but not great, team on the back end and their defensemen can skate with all but the fastest of Red Wings.
Protect the Crease
Too many times in recent memory the Wings have given up goals in and around the crease simply because the other team outworks and out muscles them for the space. While Carolina is not the biggest team in the league, they do have guys like Lee Stempniak who have a knack for finding that space and getting to it. The Wings have to tighten down in front of their own net.
Get Greasy
On the flip side, it seems they are not able to find those greasy goals themselves lately. Tyler Bertuzzi has shown a lot of skill in getting to the net and digging out a goal in his time in the AHL. It is time for him to start showing that ability at the NHL level and not just the on the ragged edge feistiness we have seen so far.