Old rivals Detroit come to the UC for a Sunday matinee. Talk the game in real time with the rest of The-Rink staff and Rinkrats on the comment thread on the bottom of the page.
Detroit Red Wings (17-18-7) at Chicago Blackhawks (22-16-6)
12:30PM Eastern/11:30AM Central
RADIO: WGN 720
TV: NBC, WGN
PROJECTED GOALIES:
Detroit:
Petr Mrazek (3-5-1, 3.78 GAA, .885 save%)
Chicago:
Jeff Glass (3-1-1, 3.01 GAA, .918 save%)
PROJECTED LINES/PAIRINGS:
Detroit:
Nyquist-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Tatar-Larkin-Athanasiou
Helm-Nielsen-Abdelkader
Frk-Booth-Mantha
DeKeyser-Green
Ericsson-Daley
Kronwall-Jensen
Chicago:
Saad-Toews-HInostroza
Hartman-Schmaltz-Kane
Duclair-Kampf-DeBrincat
Bouma-Wingels-Sharp
Keith-Oesterle
Murphy-Seabrook
Forsling-Rutta
STATISTICAL COMPARISIONS:
Power Play:
Detroit 19.5% (15th)
Chicago 15.8% (26th)
Penalty Kill:
Detroit 80.5 (18th)
Chicago 82.7% (8th)
Corsi FOR % (5-on-5):
Detroit 48.7% (21st)
Chicago 53.3% (2nd)
Faceoffs:
Detroit 48.6% (24th)
Chicago 49.5% (21st)
SUMMARY:
This is a game that used to mean more than a badly needed two points for the Blackhawks. But with the Wings now a bottom-deeding team in the Eastern Conference, not quite s much. Still, with the likes of Justin Abdelkader and Niklas Kronwall on the ice, there’s sure to be some lingering bad blood. And, the Wings have enough firepower upfront to present the Hawks with some problems.
We’ll recap later today or tonight. Join the conversation below!
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