Red Wings Morning Skate: Lightning at Red Wings
7:30p ET, Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI
TV: FS-D
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket/1270 AM
Lightning Blog: Raw Charge
The Red Wings continue their little jaunt through the Atlantic Division with another match up against the Lightning. The Wings were victorious in the first meeting between these two teams, earning a 3-1 victory in the third game of the season.
The Lightning come to town having won their last game, a 4-3 win over the Hurricanes, but they've struggled at the start of the season. Their win over Carolina snapped a 4-game losing streak that saw them shutout in back-to-back games and lose to the Avalanche. The reason for the Bolts' struggles are similar to the Wings: they are having a lot of problems scoring goals.
For all of the issues that the Red Wings have had this season, they only sit 3 points behind Tampa for 2nd in the Atlantic Division. The Wings are coming off a win of their own on Saturday night, and will be looking to build some momentum off of what was their best performance since beating these Lightning.
The Red Wings aren't likely to see too many changes to their lineup from Saturday, although it's possible that Tomas Jurco could potentially draw in based on lines from yesterday's practice. The injured players are still not available, although Mike Green could be ready for the weekend.
The Expected Lineup
Forwards
| Justin Abdelkader | Henrik Zetterberg | Dylan Larkin |
| Tomas Tatar | Riley Sheahan | Gustav Nyquist |
| Tomas Jurco | Darren Helm | Teemu Pulkkinen |
| Drew Miller | Luke Glendening | Landon Ferraro |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Brendan Smith |
| Danny DeKeyser | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Alexey Marchenko | Jakub Kindl |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard |
| Petr Mrazek |
Scratches: Joakim Andersson
Injuries: Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Green, Kyle Quincey, Brad Richards, Johan Franzen
The Expected Lightning Lineup (based off last game)
Forwards
| Alex Killorn | Steven Stamkos | Ryan Callahan |
| Ondrej Palat | Tyler Johnson | Nikita Kucherov |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | Valtteri Filppula | Erik Condra |
| Tye McGinn | Brian Boyle | J.T. Brown |
Defensemen
| Victor Hedman | Anton Stralman |
| Matt Carle | Jason Garrison |
| Braydon Coburn | Andrej Sustr |
Goaltenders
| Ben Bishop |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
Injuries: Mattias Ohlund, Jonathan Drouin, Cedric Paquette
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Game Day Prediction Contest
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