6:00pm ET, Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY
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Islanders Blog: Lighthouse Hockey
Whelp, the Red Wings tried to steal one last night from Pittsburgh but they somehow forgot that Phil Kessel plays for the Penguins and that there are three periods in a hockey game. There is no rest for the Red Wings though as they are right back at it again tonight in New York against the Islanders.
After showing improvement over the last couple seasons, including winning the team’s first playoff series since they made it to the conference finals of the 1992-93 season, the Islanders find themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference. Losing the likes of Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo and Matt Martin put a big dent in the Islanders forward group and more pressure on John Tavares. All that said, the Islanders welcome the Red Wings into the Barclays having won their last three games and just six points out of a playoff spot and three points behind the Red Wings. The Red Wings have had issues playing a full 60 minutes this season and after a fast paced game last night with the Penguins they are going to have to dig deep tonight into those reserve tanks in order to get two points out in Brooklyn.
Red Wings Expected Lineup
Forwards
|
Tomas Tatar |
Henrik Zetterberg |
Anthony Mantha |
|
Tomas Jurco |
Frans Nielsen |
Luke Glendening |
|
Gustav Nyquist |
Dylan Larkin |
Tomas Vanek |
|
Drew Miller |
Riley Sheahan |
Steve Ott |
Defensemen
|
Danny DeKesyer |
Mike Green |
|
Niklas Kronwall |
Xavier Ouellet |
|
Jonathan Ericcson |
Ryan Sproul |
Goaltenders
|
Petr Mrazek |
|
Jared Coreau |
Scratches: Tomas Nosek, Brian Lashoff
Injuries: Justin Abdelkader (knee sprain), Jimmy Howard (lower body), Alexey Marchenko (upper body), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Andreas Athanasiou (knee), Brendan Smith (foot),Darren Helm (shoulder), Johan Franzen (concussion), Joe Vitale (concussion)
Islanders Expected Lineup
Forwards
|
Josh Bailey |
John Tavares |
Brock Nelson |
|
Andrew Ladd |
Ryan Strome |
Shane Prince |
|
Nikolay Kulemin |
Alan Quine |
Jason Chimera |
|
Anders Lee |
Casey Cizikas |
Cal Clutterbuck |
Defensemen
|
Nick Leddy |
Travis Hamonic |
|
Thomas Hickey |
Johnny Boychuk |
|
Calvin de Haan |
Dennis Seidenberg |
Goaltenders
|
Jaroslav Halak |
|
Thomas Greiss |
|
RED WINGS |
THE MATCHUP |
ISLANDERS |
|
11-11-3 (25 pts, t6th in Atlantic) |
Record |
9-10-4 (22 pts, 8th in Metro) |
|
2.29 (25th in NHL) |
Goals Per Game |
2.52 (17th in NHL) |
|
2.54 (14th) |
Goals Against Per Game |
2.83 (21st) |
|
15.3% (21st) |
Power Play % |
11.8% (29th) |
|
82.9% (14th) |
Penalty Kill % |
82.1% (19th) |
|
27.5 (30th) |
Shots For Per Game |
29.0 (24th) |
|
30.8 (t17th) |
Shots Against Per Game |
32.0 (26th) |
|
51.6 (6th) |
Faceoff % |
49.3 (t17th) |
|
Dylan Larkin (8) |
Goals Leader |
John Tavares (6) |
|
Zetterberg (17) |
Points Leader |
John Tavares (18) |
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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.
