Looking ahead to tonight’s game, here are the projected lines. Boston held a short skate and Detroit will be shuffling due to injuries to two top forwards, so expect a bit of guesswork below.
Forwards
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Frank Vatrano
Tim Schaller - David Krejci - David Pastrnak
Ryan Spooner - Riley Nash - David Backes
Matt Beleskey - Dominic Moore - Austin Czarnik
Defense
Zdeno Chara - Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug - Adam McQuaid
Joe Morrow - John-Michael Liles
The Millers Kevan and Colin are still hurt.
UPDATE: Our boy Jake posted about the Millers being good to go.
Goalie
Depending on how Tuukka Rask’s brain is feeling today; may be a game-time decision on whether he or Zane McIntyre gets the nod. is fine and will start tonight.
For Detroit, we’ll see a similar lineup to their last couple games.
Forwards
Gustav Nyquist - Henrik Zetterberg - Anthony Mantha
Andreas Athanasiou - Frans Nielsen - Tomas Tatar
Justin Abdelkader - Riley Sheahan - Tomas Jurco
Drew Miller - Luke Glendening - Darren Helm
Drew Miller just cleared waivers, but due to injuries, he will likely stick around for a few days while Larkin and Vanek heal.
Defense
Danny DeKeyser - Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall - Nick Jensen
Jonathan Ericsson - Xavier Ouellet
Goalie
Jared Coreau was pulled in the last matchup between these teams, so expect him to get a shot at redemption. Somebody’s suggesting that the Wings should trade Petr Mrazek once Jimmy Howard returns from injury.