The Detroit Red Wings take on the Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia tonight at 7:00 p.m. EST.

The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a miraculous overtime victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins and it is nice to know the Detroit Red Wings can pull off wins in that fashion instead of them always going against Detroit. Mike Babcock switched up his line consistently through Thursday’s game and we could see that again tonight.

Philadelphia Flyers have had a disappointing start of the season and while injuries have impacted the team, their star players do not seem to be able to stay consistent. In net, Steve Mason is winless and his stats are concerning for Flyer fans, but while Ray Emery has picked up both victories for the Flyers, his stats are suspect, as well.

Projected Line-up

Forwards

Justin Abdelkader – Henrik Zetterberg – Gustav Nyquist

Darren Helm – Pavel Datsyuk – Tomas Tatar

Tomas Jurco – Riley Sheahan– Andrej Nestrasil

Joakim Andersson – Luke Glendening – Drew Miller



Defensemen

Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson

Kyle Quincey – Danny DeKeyser

Brendan Smith – Jakub Kindl

Goaltender

Jimmy Howard

The Detroit Red Wings went 1-2-0 against the Philadelphia Flyers last season.

Detroit has not won a regular season game in Philadelphia since Jan. 25, 1997. Even though it is 21 years, it only equates to eight losses.

Stephen Weiss, Daniel Cleary, and Brian Lashoff are the healthy scratches tonight for Detroit.

Johan Franzen did not skate yesterday, which means he will be out of the line-up again for Detroit and will stay in STIR

Henrik Zetterberg has been a a tear for the Detroit Red Wings and now has nine points in his last four games.

Jimmy Howard let in a few goals he wishes he could have back against Pittsburgh, but when he counted on to make the big game saving saves that is exactly what he did.

Prediction: This is going to be a tight game for both teams, but the Detroit Red Wings have the edge in net. 2-1 Detroit.