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Red Wings @ Kings: Preview/ Gamethread

Los Angeles Kings v Detroit Red Wings (Staples Center)

Time: 7.30 PM

TV: Fox Sports West

Enemy reading: Winging it in Motown

Red Wings (projected) lineup:

Nyquist-Zetterberg-Alfredsson
Abdelkader-Sheahan-Bertuzzi
Tatar-Andersson-Miller
Cleary-Glendenning-Eaves

Kronwall-Smith
Quincey-DeKeyser
Lashoff-Kindl

Howard

Mrazek

Injured: Johan Franzen (concussion), Darren Helm (groin), Pavel Datsyuk (lower body *cat call*), Ericsson (ribs…mmm); Scratched: Mikael Samuelsson, Alexey Marchenko

Kings (projected) lineup:

King-Kopitar-Carter
Brown-Stoll-Williams
Frattin-Richards-Toffoli
Clifford-Fraser-Lewis

Muzzin-Doughty
Mitchell-Voynov
Regehr-Martinez

Quick

Injured: still nobody omg; Scratched: Tanner Pearson, Jordan Nolan, Matt Greene

Game notes:

  • The Wings are coming off a loss to the dumb Sharks. Thanks for nothing Detroit.
  • No Pavel Datsyuk tonight. He’s missing another game with a mysterious lower-body injury.
  • Still no Tanner Pearson. #whygodwhy #lifehasnomeaning
  • More hashtags: #stayfreedalecmartinez
  • Rolling 10 game possession numbers via Extraskater: Kings_and_red_wings_rolling_10-game_5v5_close_ff__medium
  • Remember when this happened?
  • Prediction: Kings win 3-2 because Darryl Sutter is a genius.

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