Game Day Updates
#RedWings Blashill: Dennis had a little irritation today coming in. He was scheduled to play & then he wasn’t 100%. I don’t know if it’s a healthy scratch. Could he have played? Yes he could’ve played. Was he 100%? No. And we got other guys who are 100%, so I just went that way.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) February 7, 2020
I feel a little irritation every day, Dennis. I got you.
With no skate I’m just going to guess that Cholowski is feeling happier and will be in. If (when) I’m proven wrong, we’ll let you know. [Update: the Wings tweeted out an anticipated lineup that’s the same as last night’s, so Bowey in for Cholowski]
The Jackets also didn’t skate this morning because they’re all super excited about the hockey analytics conference they’re hosting this weekend (waves in the direction of Peter & Prashanth).
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Lineups
Detroit
Forwards
Robby Fabbri – Dylan Larkin – Darren Helm
Tyler Bertuzzi – Valtteri Filppula – Justin Abdelkader
Andreas Athanasiou – Luke Glendening – Taro Hirose
Givani Smith – Christoffer Ehn – Adam Erne
Defense
Madison Bowey – Filip Hronek
Patrik Nemeth- Alex Biega
Trevor Daley – Gustav Lindstrom
Goalies
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Columbus
Forwards
Nick Foligno – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Gustav Nyquist – Boone Jenner – Cam Atkinson
Sonny Milano – Riley Nash – Emil Bemstrom
Nathan Gerbe – Ryan MacInnis – Eric Robinson
Defense
Zach Werenski – Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov – David Savard
Markus Nutivaara – Scott Harrington
Goalies
Elvis Merzlikins
Matiss Kivlenieks
Keys to the Game
Keep up the structure
Going from the Sabres to the Jackets is going to be a bit of a step up in terms of overall team comportment. The Wings were able to limit their breakdowns (and still found a way to give up three goals). Have to be even tighter than that.
Don’t go on the power play
I know they score more than they allowed on Thursday but I’m not looking forward to Gustav Nyquist scoring shorthanded against us.
Score on a breakaway
Just once, please?
