Updates
No lineup changes for the #Sens tonight vs Detroit. Hogberg starts
— Brent Wallace (@tsn_wally) February 29, 2020
And from the Detroit side: [crickets]
UPDATE:
#RedWings Timashov in the lineup tonight. Blashill also said Fabbri, Bertuzzi and Lindstrom all available tonight but final lineup decisions made after warmups.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) February 29, 2020
#RedWings Blashill also said Timashov won’t travel with team back to Detroit, has to pick up passport and will hopefully join the team by Monday.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) February 29, 2020
Projected Lineups
Red Wings
Fabbri-Larkin-Bertuzzi
Mantha-Filppula-Gagner
Helm-Glendening-Erne
Abdelkader-Nielsen-Ehn
Nemeth-Biega
Daley-Hronek
Cholowski-Goloubef
Bernier
Howard
Senators
Tkachuk-Norris-Ryan
Balcers-Tierney-Brown
Paul-Anisimov-Hawryluk
Boedker-Peca-Sabourin
Chabot-Hainsey
Reilly-Zaitsev
Englund-Jaros
Hogberg
Anderson
Keys to the Game
- Don’t Panic. The Wings’ mistakes go from “oops I spilled a cup of water” to “oops I sunk the city of Atlantis” very, very quickly. It’s fine for Twitter to be like “oh my Gord here we go again” but if that’s what’s running through the players minds after coughing up two goals the game is already over.
- Be a hero. No, not any of the players, I’m talking to any Wings fan brave enough to attend the game. Start a LGRW chant, throw an octopus, cheer about anything remotely good. The team has shown they can’t motivate themselves effectively, and Wings fans travel extremely well, so make the most of it and bring some energy for our sad lads.
- Wash your hands. This is not an idiom, it’s just a general reminder. I’ll also add “drink water” so that you don’t wake up miserable tomorrow should you need a lot of liquid courage to get you to watch the game.
