Red Wings vs. Lightning: Gameday Updates, Lineups, Keys to the Game

Just a reminder that the ice is going to be “they played an NBA game on this earlier today” quality.

FORWARDS

Dominik Kubalik – Dylan Larkin – Tyler Bertuzzi
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – David Perron
Jakub Vrana – Joe Veleno – Robby Fabbri
Filip Zadina – Pius Suter – Oskar Sundqvist

DEFENSE

Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Filip Hronek
Olli Määttä – Gustav Lindström

GOALTENDERS

Ville Husso
Magnus Hellberg

Tampa Bay Lightning

FORWARDS

Brandon Hagel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Cirelli – Steven Stamkos – Alex Killorn
Ross Colton – Nick Paul – Vlad Namestnikov
Patrick Maroon – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Corey Perry

DEFENSE

Victor Hedman – Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev – Nick Perbix
Ian Cole – Cal Foote

GOALTENDERS

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott

• Bear Down Hard: This is a great experience for a lot of the kids on the roster to get a reminder how hard you’ve got to work and what you’ve got to do to keep focus when you’re pushing for a spot. The Wings are playing with house money where a playoff berth wouldn’t be the worst thing. They’ve done well to keep focus and work for each other. I’m worried about a game where that all unravels and I REALLY don’t want it to be this one.
• Give the Refs a Rulebook about How High-Sticking Works: I’m going to be mad about this either forever until the next thing that makes me this mad comes along.
• If the Bolts wanna be mad, let them: I don’t know the feelings inside the Bolts room. They don’t have big dumb Erik Cernak in the lineup and I’m sure they’re mad they lost in OT to Buffalo on a shorthanded goal because Steven Stamkos tried drawing another call and the refs didn’t bite. Let them lose composure.