Red Wings at Predators - Gameday Updates, Projected Lineups and Keys to the Game

Gameday Updates

Projected Lineups

Detroit Red Wings

Robby Fabbri - Dylan Larkin - Anthony Mantha
Filip Zadina - Vladislav Namestnikov - Sam Gagner
Adam Erne - Luke Glendening - Darren Helm
Bobby Ryan - Michael Rasmussen

Danny DeKeyser - Filip Hronek
Marc Staal - Troy Stecher
Jon Merrill - Patrik Nemeth
Dennis Cholowski

Thomas Greiss
Calvin Pickard

Nashville Predators

Forwards

Filip Forsberg - Ryan Johansen- Eeli Tolvanen
Calle Jarnkrok - Mikael Granlund - Viktor Arvidsson
Nick Cousins - Erik Haula - Rocco Grimaldi
Yakov Trenin - Colton Sissons - Mathieu Olivier

Defense

Mattias Ekholm - Alexandre Carrier
Roman Josi - Dante Fabbro
Ben Harpur - Matt Benning

Goalies

Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne

Keys to the Game

Win the Special Teams Battle

Apparently I’m going to keep all the same keys from Tuesday, but I think this one is going to be even more key, as I figure we’re going to get more penalties called tonight than we did more-recently

Patience

A team trying desperately to score seems more likely to make mistakes to force offense, which tends to just cause turnovers on rushes that turn into odd-man situations for your goalie. Don’t do that. Just try to make it so the Helm-Glendening-Erne line isn’t your most dangerous.

Score some *Goal* for your Goalie

I asked for three or more on Tuesday and clearly that was a bridge too far.