Tonight’s matchup at Little Caesars Arena featured the visiting LA Kings. The Kings came into the contest sitting in 30th place in the league, only ahead of Chicago. A surprising development for a team with generally high expectations and given the stage in the season are seeming less and less likely to snap out of it. The Wings came into tonight trying to break their streak of blown leads recently. They’ve lived and died by late lead changes a lot this season.
Jimmy Howard returned to the net after Bernier received back to back starts in the last two games with Howard’s last start being the 6-5 SO loss to Tampa almost a week ago.