Saros has been solid for the Preds this year, putting up a. The Wings hit a bit of luck tonight as they will face Saros on the second game of the Nashville back-to-back. Mrazek is 5-0-0 against the Predators since 2015 with a. That being said, he hasn’t been good enough to warrant a raise on his $4-million cap hit. Outside of a few outliers, he’s been surprisingly solid in 2018. With rumours afloat about the Red Wings goalies at the trade deadline, Mrazek’s value seems to be at an all-time low.ĭetroit offered Petr Mrazek to Philadelphia in exchange for a 3rd round pick – Flyers declined.Īfter a rough start to the season, Mrazek is sporting a mediocre. Mrazek will get his first start since February 9th, where he allowed 7 goals on 29 shots against the New York Islanders. This defense should leave Red Wigs fans dying of envy. Subban actually leads the entire team with 44 points (15 goals, 29 assists). Subban? That foursome has a combined 111 points so far this season and that’s with Ellis only appearing in 18 games. I don’t even recognize the bottom-2 names, but does it even matter when you’re icing Roman Josi with Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm with P.K. Add to that the experience that Nick Bonino and Scott Hartnell bring to the table and you’ve got a winning combination.Īnd then there’s that defense. The top line of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johanson, and Viktor Arvidsson is easily the Preds most dangerous line, but this team has great depth right through the bottom-9 in guys like Kevin Fiala, Colton Sissons, and Pontus Aberg. He’ll probably play tonight, knocking Jarnkrok down to the third line. Kyle Turris skated this morning after missing the game last night due to an illness. Niklas Kronwall will play the second pair with Danny DeKeyser.ĭFO has Calle Jarnkrok in here twice, but the one in the second line center position is likely just a placeholder. Trevor Daley will fill his spot on the powerplay and Luke Witkowski will draw into the lineup to play the bottom pair with Nick Jensen. That is not good for his trade value as we’re only 11 days from the deadline. The defense took a hit this morning as it was announced that Mike Green would be missing tonight’s game and probably tomorrow’s with an upper-body injury. The top line is rolling with Anthony Mantha finding the scoring sheet again and Henrik Zetterberg is one point away from 60. Hopefully those two can get Andreas Athanasiou going again as he’s been in a slump with one point in his last nine games. Tomas Tatar has three goals in his last three games and Dylan Larkin has five points in his last six games. The newest rendition of a “grind line” remains together as Darren Helm, Frans Nielsen, and Justin Abdelkader will likely find themselves matched up against the Preds top line. He’ll slot onto the fourth line with Luke Glendening and Martin Frk. Tyler Bertuzzi remains in the lineup after being healthy scratched two games ago. Not much of a change to the Red Wings forward lines today. At least they are healthy and have everyone available to go. They are playing against a tired Nashville squad, but haven’t had that much rest themselves. It makes it hard to predict the outcome of this one. They will lose badly to the Buffalo Sabres, but win big against the Washington Capitals. The Wings’ season has been a portrait of inconsistency. They are 4-4-2 in their last ten and coming off of a painful 4-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning. They are 6-2-2 in their last ten games and are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames last night.ĭetroit, as we know, has not trended in the same direction as their former rivals, battling for the basement of the league (currently at 5.8% chance of winning the draft lottery). This year, they are fighting for the top spot in the Central Division. Only last season, this team was two games away from a Stanley Cup. We’re far removed from the old rivalry these two had when the Wings were in the Western Conference, but you could make the argument that it’s more exciting to watch this year’s Nashville Predators.
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