Morning Skate: Devils at Red WIngs
7:30p ET, Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
Devils Blogs: In Lou We Trust
Welcome to the last Red Wings game of 2014. Tonight they take on the New Jersey Devils. Devils as they are, it's only apt that they would currently be lead by a three-headed beast, as Lou Lamoriello, Scott Stevens, and Adam Oates are all the coach. If I had to guess, I'd say Lamoriello is chewing on Judas while Stevens got Brutus and Oates has Cassius.
The Wings get a chance to show how pissed off they are about losing to a pissed off team on Monday. The Devils are coming off a good performance where they beat the Penguins 3-1, but have had an altogether rough stretch since the last time these two teams met. New Jersey is without a whole host of injured players while Detroit is only without Jakub Kindl and Jonas Gustavsson. I think New Jersey's low-event style is a good matchup for the Red Wings, but Jaromir Jagr is always a pain in the ass to play against.
Let's see if the Wings can pull their collective heads out of the 9th circle
The Expected Lineups (subject to change... Duh)
Forwards
| Henrik Zetterberg | Pavel Datsyuk | Justin Abdelkader |
| Tomas Tatar | Riley Sheahan | Tomas Jurco |
| Johan Franzen | Darren Helm | Gustav Nyquist |
| Drew Miller | Luke Glendening | Stephen Weiss |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Kyle Quincey | Danny DeKeyser |
| Xavier Ouellet | Brendan Smith |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard (starting) |
| Petr Mrazek |
Scratches: Brian Lashoff & Daniel Cleary
Injuries: Jakub Kindl (elbow) & Jonas Gustavsson (shoulder)
Forwards
| Dainus Zubrus | Scott Gomez | Jaromir Jagr |
| Mike Cammalleri | Travis Zajac | Mike Sislo |
| Tuomo Ruutu | Adam Henrique | Steve Bernier |
| Stefan Matteau | Joe Whitney | Martin Havlat |
Defensemen
| Andy Greene | Peter Harrold |
| Jon Merrill | Marek Zidlicky |
| Eric Gelinas | Adam Larsson |
Goaltenders
| Cory Schneider (starting) |
| Scott Clemmensen |
| DEVILS | THE MATCH-UP | RED WINGS |
| 13-18-7 (21 pts; /th in East WC) | Record | 19-9-9 (47 pts; 3rd in Atlantic) |
| 2.10 (28th in NHL) | Goals Per Game | 2.81 (14th in NHL) |
| 2.68 (20th) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.35 (7th) |
| 20.5% (9th) | Power Play % | 24.3% (1st) |
| 78.7% (23rd) | Penalty Kill % | 87.7% (2nd) |
| Mike Cammalleri (11 goals) | Goal Leader | Tomas Tatar & Gustav Nyquist (15) |
| Adam Henrique & Jaromir Jagr (21 points) | Points Leader | Henrik Zetterberg (32 points) |
- The Red Wings are 44-36-1-1 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time in the regular season against the New Jersey Devils.
- Last 10 Games: Detroit 3-3-4, New Jersey 2.5-3
- Howard is 2-2-0 with a 2.27 GAA and .901 SV% in 4 career games against the Devils./