7:30p ET, Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI
TV: Fox Sports Detroit, NBCSN
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket/1270 AM
Lightning Blog: Raw Charge
The Montreal Massacre is over and it’s on to the Lightning.
Detroit finds itself in a somewhat familiar situation. A few weeks ago the Red Wings had the opportunity to face the Jets and Oilers with both opponents coming to the Joe on the second night of a back-to-back (the Wings lost both games). Tonight against Tampa Bay will be that exact same scenario.
The Lightning took on the Islanders last night in Brooklyn and skated to a 4-0 win. The thing about Tampa is that they’ve alternated wins and losses since the start of November. Which would mean good things tonight. It’s basically guaranteed that the Wings will win and they’re going to work really hard to get their 2 points.
Why will they work really hard? Because Luke Glendening may have worked his way into a top-6 role. Yup. This is not a mistake. Glendening is going to get in on the forecheck and create space for his linemates.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
It will definitely be interesting. A few other lineup notes… Petr Mrazek will start in net and Niklas Kronwall will get the night off. We’ll likely see Ryan Sproul get back on the ice.
Detroit Expected Lineup
Forwards
| Justin Abdelkader | Henrik Zetterberg | Tomas Tatar |
| Dylan Larkin | Frans Nielsen | Luke Glendening |
| Gus Nyquist | Darren Helm | Anthony Mantha |
| Drew Miller | Riley Sheahan | Tyler Bertuzzi |
Defensemen
| Danny DeKeyser | Mike Green |
| Brendan Smith | Ryan Sproul |
| Jonathan Ericsson | Alexey Marchenko |
Goaltenders
| Petr Mrazek |
| Jimmy Howard |
Scratches: Niklas Kronwall, Steve Ott, Xavier Ouellet
Injuries: Andreas Athanasiou
Lightning Expected Lineup
Forwards
| Vladislav Namestnikov | Steven Stamkos | Nikita Kucherov |
| Ondrej Palat | Tyler Johnson | Alex Killorn |
| Ryan Callahan | Valtteri Filppula | Brayden Point |
| Brian Boyle | Cedric Paquette | J.T. Brown |
Defensemen
| Victor Hedman | Nikita Nesterov |
| Jason Garrison | Andrej Sustr |
| Slater Koekkoek | Braydon Coburn |
Goaltenders
| Ben Bishop |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
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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.
