Morning Skate: Red Wings at Panthers
Game 48
7:30p ET, BB&T Center
Sunrise, FL
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
Florida Blog: Litter Box Cats
The Red Wings and Panthers are playing tonight.
I'm stuck in Boston where the snow is trying to smother all of us. I'd much rather be in Florida tonight watching this game behind some cardboard panel. Regardless, if you're stuck in a blizzard or bored out of your mind in lame flyover country (aka Kansas), real hockey is back and that's a good thing.
The Expected Lineups
Forwards
| Gustav Nyquist | Henrik Zetterberg | Justin Abdelkader |
| Darren Helm | Pavel Datsyuk | Tomas Tatar |
| Stephen Weiss | Riley Sheahan | Luke Glendening |
| Drew Miller | Joakim Andersson | Daniel Cleary |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Danny DeKeyser | Kyle Quincey |
| Xavier Ouellet | Brendan Smith |
Goaltenders
| Petr Mrazek (starting) |
| Thomas McCollum |
Scratches: Brian Lashoff
Injuries: Johan Franzen (headaches), Tomas Jurco (back), Jakub Kindl (still not his wrist), Jimmy Howard (groin) & Jonas Gustavsson (shoulder)
Forwards
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
Defensemen
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
| Shawn Thornton | Shawn Thornton |
Goaltenders
| Shawn Thornton (starting) |
| Shawn Thornton |
| PANTHERS | THE MATCH-UP | RED WINGS |
| 20-14-10 (50 pts; 3rd in WC) | Record | 27-11-9 (63 pts; 2nd in Atlantic) |
| 2.32 (25th in NHL) | Goals Per Game | 2.92 (10th in NHL) |
| 2.64 (16th) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.38 (7th) |
| 12.8% (29th) | Power Play % | 25.4% (2nd) |
| 81.5% (16th) | Penalty Kill % | 84.6% (6th) |
| Nick Bjugstad (15 goals) | Goal Leader | Tomas Tatar (21 goals) |
| Nick Bjugstad (27 points) | Points Leader | Henrik Zetterberg (44 points) |
- The Red Wings are 16-4-5-5 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time in the regular season against the Florida Panthers./
- Last 10 Games: Florida 4-5-1, Detroit 8-2-0/
- This will be Mrazek's first career start against the Panthers./
Let's Go Red Wings.