Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Little Caesars Arena
TV: FSD, FS-SW+
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket, AM 1270
Stars Blog: Defending Big D
I’m all for this team losing and putting themselves in the best position to land Rasmus Dahlin and chase Ken Holland out of town, but even I’ll admit, I enjoyed Saturday’s win over the Blackhawks. The Red Wings came off their bye week in Pittsburgh this past Saturday and looked very flat. They answered nicely with an emphatic 4-0 win against their biggest rival in Chicago. It was the Red Wings largest win at the United Center since the 2009 Western Conference Finals when they won Game 4 6-1. The Red Wings look to win back-to-back games as they sit only six points back from the 2nd Wild Card spot. Both Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader have been ruled out for this one as well as they remain injured.
As for the Dallas Stars, they played yesterday in Boston, coming away with a 3-2 victory in Beantown thanks to Tyler Seguin’s sick overtime winner. The Stars have won 3 of their last 4 and currently sit in the 1st Wild Card spot in the Western Conference and only remain 6 points behind the 1st-place Jets for the Central Division lead. Every game will count down the stretch for both of these teams, so it should be a fairly entertaining hockey game tonight at LCA.
Projected Lines
Detroit
Mantha-Z-Nyquist
Bertuzzi-Larkin-AA
Tatar-Nielsen-Frk
Witkowski-Turgeon-Booth
Dekeyser-Daley
Kronwall-Green
Ericsson-Jensen
Howard
Mrazek
Stars
Benn-Seguin-Radulov
Janmark-Hanzal-Shore
Roussel-Faksa-Pitlick
Elie-Spezza-Ritchie
Lindell-Klingberg
Hamhuis-Pateryn
Johns-Honka
Bishop
Lehtonen
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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!
