Morning Skate: Jets at Red Wings
Game 54
7p ET, Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
Jets Blog: Arctic Ice Hockey
I don't care about the Winnipeg Jets.
I care about beating the Winnipeg Jets though.
I hope the Red Wings score 50 goals against Tyler Myers.
The only things I like about Winnipeg is that Kyle is there right now and it's the Slurpee capital of the world.
The Expected Lineups
Forwards
| Gustav Nyquist | Henrik Zetterberg | Justin Abdelkader |
| Darren Helm | Pavel Datsyuk | Tomas Tatar |
| Tomas Jurco | Riley Sheahan | Luke Glendening |
| Drew Miller | Joakim Andersson | Stephen Weiss |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Danny DeKeyser | Kyle Quincey |
| Brendan Smith | Alexi Marchenko |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard (starting) |
| Petr Mrazek |
Scratches: Jonas Gustavsson, Jakub Kindl & Daniel Cleary
Injuries: Johan Franzen (headaches)
Forwards
| Andrew Ladd | Bryan Little | Blake Wheeler |
| Drew Stafford | Mark Scheifele | Mathieu Perreault |
| Michael Frolik | Adam Lowry | Chris Thorburn |
| T.J. Galiardi | Jim Slater | Anthony Peluso |
Defensemen
| Ben Chiarot | Dustin Byfuglien |
| Mark Stuart | Jacob Trouba |
| Tobais Enstrom | Tyler Myers |
Goaltenders
| Michael Hutchinson |
| Ondrej Pavelec |
| JETS | THE MATCH-UP | RED WINGS |
| 28-19-10 (66 pts; 1st in WC) | Record | 31-13-9 (71 pts; 3rd in Atlantic) |
| 2.65 (20th in NHL) | Goals Per Game | 2.91 (9th in NHL) |
| 2.54 (10th) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.40 (5th) |
| 17.4% (22nd) | Power Play % | 25.9% (1st, bitches) |
| 81.9% (14th) | Penalty Kill % | 83.6% (8th) |
| Bryan Little (21 goals) | Goal Leader | Tomas Tatar (23 goals) |
| Andrew Ladd (45 points) | Points Leader | Henrik Zetterberg (48 points) |
- The Red Wings are 11-5-0-1 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time in the regular season against the Winnipeg Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise./
- Last 10 Games: Winnipeg 3-5-2, Detroit 8-2-0/
- Howard is 1-3-1 all-time against the Jets/Thrashers with a 3.15 GAA and .905 SV%./
Let's Go Red Wings.