Game Day Updates
Fleury will play, Bean to sit
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) April 12, 2021
Teravainen continues to be a huge concern for Canes. Had COVID, then the concussion. Brind’Amour calls Teravainen the “big question mark.” Says he expects McGinn back but calls Teravainen the “wild card.”
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) April 12, 2021
Jeff Blashill said he’s not making lineup decisions until after trade deadline passes for Red Wings at Carolina tonight.
He did say Gustav Lindstrom will get into the lineup at some point.— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) April 12, 2021
Detroit Lines
Larkin – Zadina
Filpulla – Rasmussen – Mantha
Svetchnikov – Namestnikov – Nielsen
Erne – Glendening – Helm
DeKeyser – Hronek
Staal – Stetcher
Djoos – Biega
Cholowski
Bernier
Greiss
Carolina Lines
Svetchnikov – Aho – Fast
Niederreiter – Trochek – Necas
Martinook – Staal – Foegele
Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie
Slavin – Hamilton
Skjei – Pesce
Gardiner – Fleury
Reimer
Mrazek
Three Keys to the Game
Get those prospects integrated into the team. Let’s see some big nights tonight for guys like Cholowski and Svechnikov. With other players out due to injury or because they’ve been traded, it’s really time for these guys to sink their teeth into this roster and hang on like a bulldog on a steak.
Do it for standings pride! The Wings are one win shy of being on equal footing with Columbus in the wins column. Columbus outpaces Detroit by four points thanks to more OTLs, so catching them in the standings is not possible tonight, but just saying that we have the same number of wins as another team in our division would feel pretty nice.
Stay out of the shootout. It’s a Monday night, for cryin’ out loud. You guys want to do OT and shootouts, do them on a day when we don’t have work tomorrow. Now excuse me while I go and complete my withering into old age like the guy who drinks from the wrong chalice in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
