Morning Skate: Red Wings at Kings
10p ET, Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket/1270 AM
King Blog: Jewels From The Crown
Hey guess who's back? Kyle Quince is back. At least we think so. The Wings apparently maybe need to move a few more dollars around to make the cap space. They needed an injury or something to make it all work... and bam! Drew Miller apparently got hurt at the perfect time last night!
#RedWings hoping to get MRI done on Drew Miller tomorrow after he suffered lower-body injury early in third period, Ken Holland said.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) January 11, 2016 So if all goes... well? Miller's MRI shows he's got a boo boo and he goes to LTIR. Abracadabra! Quincey comes back! As far as the defensive pairs go, who the hell knows. Sadly, I would guess Brendan Smith sits. I personally think that's a dumb idea, but there is no way in hell the team would healthy scratch Jonathan Ericsson. We'll definitely know more after the Red Wings actual morning skate (if they have one) and/or Jeff Blashill chats with the media.
Detroit's Expected Lineup
Forwards
| Gus Nyquist | Henrik Zetterberg | Justin Abdelkader |
| Darren Helm | Pavel Dastyuk | Tomas Tatar |
| Brad Richards | Riley Sheahan | Dylan Larkin |
| Joakim Andersson | Luke Glendening | Tomas Jurco |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Danny DeKeyser | Alexey Marchenko |
| Kyle Quincey | Mike Green |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard |
| Petr Mrazek |
Scratches: Brendan Smith :(
Injuries: Drew Miller, Johan Franzen, Teemu Pulkkinen
LA's Expected Lineup
Forwards
| Milan Lucic | Anze Kopitar | Tyler Toffoli |
| Tanner Pearson | Jeff Carter | Marian Gaborik |
| Dwight King | Trevor Lewis | Dustin Brown |
| Michael Mersch | Vincent Levavalier | Jordan Nolan |
Defensemen
| Brayden McNabb | Drew Doughty |
| Jake Muzzin | Alec Martinez |
| Luke Schenn | Christian Erhoff |
Goaltenders
| Jonathan Quick |
| Jhonas Enroth |
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Game Day Prediction Contest
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