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Gameday Updates: Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins: Line Combinations, Key Matchups

The Red Wings officially "recalled" Drew Miller this morning and by all reports he will indeed be back on the fourth line tonight. No other changes for the Red Wings. Boston made a few changes inserting Jimmy Hayes into the lineup as well as getting their own Millers, Kevin and Colin, back and putting them in for John-Micahel Liles and Joe Morrow.

Line Combinations

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

Defensemen

Danny DeKeyser

Mike Green

Niklas Kronwall

Nick Jensen

Jonathan Ericsson

Xavier Ouellet

Goaltenders

Jared Coreau (starting)

Petr Mrazek

Power Play units:

  1. Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkader-Nielsen-Green
  2. Tatar-Athanasiou-Mantha-DeKeyser-Kronwall

Bruins Line Combinations

Forwards

Brad Marchand

Patrice Bergeron

Frank Vatrano

Tim Schaller

David Krejci

David Pastrnak

Ryan Spooner

Riley Nash

David Backes

Matt Beleskey

Dominic Moore

Jimmy Hayes

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara

Brandon Carlo

Torey Krug

Adam McQuaid

Kevin Miller

Colin Miller

Goaltenders

Tuukka Rask (starting)

Zane McIntyre

Power Play units:

  1. Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak-Spooner-Krug
  2. Vatrano-Kerjci-Backes-Miller-Czarnik

Keys to the Game:

Start Fast

The Red Wings have played some of their best hockey of the season in recent times despite not always getting out to the best starts.