Time: 8:00pm ET
Place: Bridgestone Arena
TV: FSD, FSTN
Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket, 1270 AM
Predators blog: On the Forecheck
Wings are coming into Nashville after a 4-1 butt kicking by the Lightning in Tampa on Thursday. I’m not sure we’ve heard Blashill use the term “bitterly” before, but he is “bitterly frustrated” and “bitterly disappointed” about the loss in Tampa.
Preds sit atop the Central Division with a small points cushion and have gone 6-2-2 their last 10. They are coming in off a loss to the Flames, and in general they feel they haven’t been performing their best lately. They have been rallying in the third period, and as you all know stopping third period rallies is something we are not necessarily proficient at, to put it politely.
We’ll be seeing the Preds back at home on Tuesday as part of a four game homestand before we hit the road for…ever. Just about forever.
It’s hard to predict how solid the Preds will play, but if we do manage to run the score up on them that lead won’t feel safe until about an hour after the game ends.
Let’s Go Red Wings!
Projected Lineups
Red Wings
(Based on AA not being sick still)
Anthony Mantha – Henrik Zetterberg – Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar- Dylan Larkin – Andreas Athanasiou
Darren Helm – Frans Nielsen – Justin Abdelkader
Tyler Bertuzzi – Luke Glendening – Martin Frk
Jonathan Ericsson – Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall – Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser – Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Predators
(From Leftwinglock)
Filip Forsberg – Ryan Johansen – Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala – Calle Jarnkrok – Craig Smith
Scott Hartnell – Nick Bonino – Austin Watson
Miikka Salomaki – Colton Sissons – Pontus Aberg
Roman Josi – Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm – PK Subban
Alexei Emelin – Yannick Weber
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
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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.
First off, if you don’t have an SBN Username, make one! We’d love to have you, plus it’s much easier to track your predictions season-long. Then make your guess on the winning team, final score, and who the Red Wings player of the game will be. Enter the required information into the form below using the formats indicated. 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. Only one submission per person, please. The Red Wings 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 3 points. Each correct final score prediction is worth 5 points. If you get all three correct, you’ll receive 15 points.
Good luck!
