TAMPA, Fla. — The Detroit Red Wings won’t have forward Justin Abdelkader in the lineup tonight for Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning due to the hand injury that idled him for the final four regular season games.
Abdelkader skated again this morning at Amalie Arena and has been skating for several days, but he remains listed as day-to-day.This means, according to coach Mike Babcock, that Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg will play on the same line.
Here are the Red Wings’ anticipated lines:
Darren Helm-Pavel Datsyuk-Henrik Zetterberg
Gustav Nyquist-Riley Sheahan-Tomas Tatar
Stephen Weiss-Joakim Andersson-Tomas Jurco
Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Landon Ferraro
Daniel Cleary and Teemu Pulkkinen are healthy scratches.
On defense:
Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson
Danny DeKeyser-Alexey Marchenko
Kyle Quincey-Marek Zidlicky
Brendan Smith and Jakub Kindl are healthy scratches.
In goal:
Petr Mrazek (starting)
Jimmy Howard
Jonas Gustavsson
Here are the Lightning’s anticipated lines:
Alex Killorn-Steven Stamkos-Ryan Callahan
Ondrej Palat-Tyler Johnson-Nikita Kucherov
Vladislav Namestnikov-Valtteri Filppula-Cedric Paquette
Brenden Morrow-Brian Boyle-J.T. Brown
On defense:
Victor Hedman-Andrej Sustr
Matt Carle-Braydon Coburn
Nikita Nesterov-Anton Stralman
In goal:
Ben Bishop (starting)
Andrei Vasilevskiy
