Tonight begins a critical 3 game stretch for the Wings. Nashville defeated Minnesota in a shootout
last night to move 1 point ahead of the Wings and into 4th place,
with 2 games remaining. Detroit needs to
get a win tonight in order to move back ahead of Nashville. That being said, let’s look ahead to
tonight’s game.
Detroit currently leads the season series with St. Louis
3-2. One interesting thing to note is
that the winner of each game has scored 3 goals in 4 of the games, with the
lone outlier being 2 goals scored in the first season matchup back in
November. That means there is a good
chance that tonight’s magic goal number will be 3. Kyle Quincey will be serving a one game
suspension tonight, so it will be interesting to see how Babcock’s juggling of
the defensive pairs will work out.
Elliot gets the nod in goal for St. Louis tonight, which means Detroit
has to spray him with shots when dealing with his NHL best 1.48 GAA, although
his career GAA against Detroit is 2.57 and .918 SV PCT. Let’s hope Detroit comes out of the gate with
a spark, unlike the last time they played a key game, against Nashville, which
ended with a 4-1 loss. I predict that
they will, with Datsyuk and Hudler playing a big role in the game. I’m going against the season trends and
predicting a 4-3 Detroit victory in a HUGE road game. Detroit knows what’s at stake tonight and
does not want to have to play Nashville on the road or the Pacific division
champ. For the sake of a playoff run let’s
hope that I’m right. LGRW
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