Dear Santa,
I have been very adequate and brought a modicum of joy to the planet this year. Please deliver one (1) Red Wings victory tonight with no injuries or officiating shenanigans.
Best wishes and warmest regards,
Sara
How to Watch
Time: 7:30pm ET
Place: Canada Life Centre
TV: BSDET, SN
Radio: 97.1
Jets blog: Arctic Ice Hockey
Last time we saw the Jets was back in October when they handed us a 4-1 loss. Wings are on a 3 game losing streak and Newsy describes the team as “fragile.” That sounds about right. The Jets are…fine? They are 3rd in the Central with an 18-9-3 record. Their one bit of crushing news is that Kyle Connor injured his knee a week ago and isn’t expected back until mid-January at the earliest. He was their leading goal scorer by a significant margin [Connor (17G), Scheifele (11G), Ehlers (10G) Perfetti(10G)]
Jets have also been leaning on their other Connor, Connor Hellebuyck, in net. However, it looks like they will be going with Laurent Brossoit tonight. So, that’s a trap. The Wings are just throwing goalies out there and seeing who is left standing at the end of the game. Did I say goalies? I mean to say players. Expecting Reimer to be taking his chances tonight.
If you missed it yesterday, the Wings resurrected Hutchinson to try and prevent an EBUG situation. Brossoit and Reimer seem equally matched, so maybe it is the Wings who are laying the trap…
I’m digging around in my wellspring of hatred and not finding anything related to the Jets. Anyone have a Jets grudge to share? Leave it in the comments.
Projected Lineups
Red Wings
Veleno-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Compher-Kane
Rasmussen-Copp-Fabbri
Fischer-Czarnik-Sprong
Walman-Seider
Chiarot-Petry
Gostisbehere-Holl
Reimer
Hutchinson
Jets
Ehlers-Scheifele-Vilardi
Peretti-Namestnikov-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Gustafsson-Jonsson Fjallby
Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt
Brossoit
Hellbuyck
Keys to the Game:
- Don’t let the Jets score goals
- Don’t get injured
- Don’t take dumb penalties especially when you have a one-goal lead and there’s less than 5 minutes to go in the period.
- Don’t pass so much that Mickey Redmond starts calling out first names, e.g. “SHOOT THE PUCK VALTTERI” (iykyk)
- Don’t let anyone touch Larkin
