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Game Day Updates: Wild vs. Wings

Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports

The Wings are back to work on home ice this afternoon with a match-up against a struggling Minnesota Wild team. The last time Minnesota won a game was November 7th, and the Red Wings are looking to piece together a win-streak following a pair of wins over New Jersey and Boston.

A couple of things to note for today’s game: Dylan Larkin took a maintenance day at practice Saturday, and Jake Walman will be sidelined after reaggravating an injury he sustained during the trip to Sweden. Alex Lyon will get the start.

Fun fact of the day: The Minnesota Wild are 1-3-1 on the road in their last five games.

How to Watch

Time: 1:00 P.M. ET at Little Caesars Arena
TV: Bally Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
Stream: ESPN+

Red Wings Lineup (Probable)

Veleno-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Compher-Rasmussen
Fabbri-Copp-Perron
Kostin-Fischer-Sprong

Gostisbehere-Seider
Chiarot-Petry
Maatta-Holl

Lyon
Husso

Wild Lineup (Probable)

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Foligno-Eriksson Ek-Hartman
Johansson-Gaudreau-Boldy
Duhaime-Dewar-Maroon

Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Goligoski-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

Key Matchups

Hot Wings: Both Detroit and Minnesota have starpower on the wing: Kaprizov is a proven game-changer but the Wings may have the edge as they can counter with Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat.
Blue Line Battle: Detroit will be without one of its best defenseman in Jake Walman. That means Moritz Seider will lead the Wings D against Minnesota. Expect to see more Jeff Petry and Ben Chiarot than you’re comfortable with. It will be interesting (or downright horrifying) to see how Minnesota matches up against the weaker parts of Detrtoit’s defense.

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