Red Wings vs. Coyotes Gameday Updates, Line Combinations, Key Matchups
The Expected Lineups (Subject To Change)
Forwards
| Justin Abdelkader | Henrik Zetterberg | Dylan Larkin |
| Teemu Pulkkinen | Pavel Datsyuk | Darren Helm |
| Tomas Tatar | Riley Sheahan | Gustav Nyquist |
| Drew Miller | Luke Glendening | Brad Richards |
Defensemen
| Niklas Kronwall | Mike Green |
| Danny DeKeyser | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Alexey Marchenko | Brendan Smith |
Goaltenders
| Jimmy Howard (starting) |
| Petr Mrazek |
Power Play Units
- Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkader-Richards-Kronwall
- Tatar-Datsyuk-Sheahan-Pulkkinen-Green
Scratches: Jakub Kindl, Joakim Andersson, Tomas Jurco
Injuries: Johan Franzen, Kyle Quincey
The Expected Coyotes Lineup
Forwards
| Tobias Rieder | Martin Hanzal | Mikkel Boedker |
| Max Domi | Antoine Vermette | Anthony Duclair |
| Jordan Martinook | Dustin Jeffrey | Craig Cunningham |
| Brad Richardson | Boyd Gordon | Kyle Chipchura |
Defensemen
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Michael Stone |
| Klas Dahlbeck | Zbynek Michalek |
| Nicklas Grossmann | Connor Murphy |
Goaltenders
| Mike Smith |
| Anders Lindback |
Let's Go Red Wings!!!
Key Match-ups
Double-D vs. Double-Ds
Danny DeKeyser versus Domi and Duclair. Can the young(ish) defenseman help stop the young Coyotes phenoms in this game? This should be a fun and jiggly matchup to watch.
Justin Abdelkader vs. Shane Doan
Ever since it hit me the other day that Justin Abdelkader's best case scenario is becoming the next Shane Doan, I've been in kind of an existential funk because I think Shane Doan is a disgusting farthammer who should be way more hated in hockey than he is for a career's worth of dirty hits. However, He is well-liked and his style of play is basically sanctioned in a league run by old farts who don't care about head shots as much as they care about how well they can sell the headshot artists.