Here’s our update from Ottawa. Sounds like the only possible changes for tonight’s game is that Frans Nielsen will be a game-time decision, per Dana Wakiji:
UPDATED LINEUPS
| Detroit Red Wings | ||
|---|---|---|
| LW | C | RW |
| Tomas Tatar | Henrik Zetterberg | Gustav Nyquist |
| Andreas Athanasiou | Dylan Larkin | Anthony Mantha |
| Darren Helm | Frans Nielsen | Justin Abdelkader |
| Scott Wilson | Luke Glendening | Martin Frk |
| LD | RD | |
| Jonathan Ericcson | Trevor Daley | |
| Xavier Ouellet | Mike Green | |
| Niklas Kronwall | Nick Jensen | |
| G | ||
| Jimmy Howard | ||
| Petr Mrazek |
Power Play
PP1 – Nyquist, Zetterberg, Abdelkader, Tatar, Daley
PP2 – Larkin, Nielsen, Mantha, Frk, Green
| Ottawa Senators | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tom Pyatt | Derick Brassard | Mark Stone |
| Zack Smith | Kyle Turris | Ryan Dzingel |
| Mike Hoffman | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Chris Didomenico |
| Alexandre Burrows | Nate Thompson | Jack Rodewald |
| LD | RD | |
| Johnny Oduya | Erik Karlsson | |
| Dion Phaneuf | Cody Ceci | |
| Fredrik Claesson | Chris Wideman | |
| G | ||
| Craig Anderson | ||
| Mike Condon |
Power Play Unit
PP1 –, Burrows, Brassard, Stone, Hoffman, Karlsson
PP2 – Dzingel, Smith, Didomencio, Phaneuf, Wideman
Feed the Kids
There can be little to no doubt right now that the Athanasiou-Larkin-Mantha line is the best offensive line the Red Wings have right now.