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Gameday Updates: Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators: Line Combinations, Key Matchups

#RedWings optional morning skate, a lot of guys doing off-ice today. pic.twitter.com/rFs0D8pCmd

— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) December 29, 2016

With another optional skate, we've got the lines/pairs the same as what was reported in yesterday's practice.

Line Combinations

Forwards

Tomas Tatar

Henrik Zetterberg

Anthony Mantha

Gustav Nyquist

Frans Nielsen

Tomas Vanek

Riley Sheahan

Dylan Larkin

Luke Glendening

Drew Miller

Andreas Athanasiou

Steve Ott

Defensemen

Danny DeKeyser

Xavier Ouellet

Niklas Kronwall

Ryan Sproul

Jonathan Ericsson

Nick Jensen

Goaltenders

Jared Coreau (starting)

Petr Mrazek

Power Play units:

  1. Tatar-Zetterberg-Larkin-Mantha-Kronwall
  2. Nyquist-Nielsen-Vanek-Sheahan-Smith

Senator Line Combinations

Forwards

Ryan Dznigel

Kyle Turris

Bobby Ryan

Mike Hoffman

Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Curtis Lazar

Tom Pyatt

Derick Brassard

Mark Stone

Casey Bailey

Chris Kelly

Chris Neil

Defensemen

Marc Methot

Erik Karlsson

Dion Phaneuf

Cody Ceci

Mark Borowiecki

Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Mike Condon (starting)

Matt O'Connor

Power Play units:

  1. Hoffman-Turris-Stone-Phanuef-Karlsson
  2. Dzingel-Brassard-Ryan-Ceci-Wideman

Keys to the Game:

Score the First Goal

The Red Wings have a hard time scoring goals right now.