Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3

Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots for the shutout in Game 3. Melanie Maxwell | Mlive.com

DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings, following their 3-0 victory in Game 3, are riding a wave of momentum into Game 4 tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Joe Louis Arena (7 p.m., Fox Sports Detroit, NBCSN).

Or maybe they're not.

"I've reminded (players) for two straight days now and will remind them again -- I don't believe in momentum in playoffs, to be honest with you," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said after today's morning skate. "I think it starts with the drop of the puck here tonight.

"When there's a series like this and it's tight, I don't believe that (carryover). There's a new game tonight and we got to be better than we were the last game if we're going to have success. They want to be better. We know we have to be better."

The Red Wings lead the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series 2-1.

Petr Mrazek has shut out the Lightning in each of his past two starts against them at the Joe (including 4-0 on March 28). He has stopped a combined 45 shots in those games.

It is the only two times the Lightning, the highest-scoring team during the regular season, have been shut out this season.

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said there's a chance injured defenseman Jason Garrison could return tonight.

"He could play but the longer this goes the more chance he has of playing," Cooper said. "He's becoming closer and closer to a game-time decision."

As for his team's confidence level, Cooper said: "I think we're in pretty good spirits, actually, given the scenario that we're down 2-1 but we haven't left a game saying 'Oh my gosh, we are way out of our league!' We've kind of felt the opposite.

"I know it may not have felt like that in Game 3, but you go back and look at the tape, some of these chances we've missed leaves you scratching your head a little bit. Unfortunately we're down 2-1 but that group in there, they're not lacking confidence, I know that."

The Red Wings, not surprisingly, will use the same lines and defense pairs:

Justin Abdelkader-Henrik Zetterberg-Gustav Nyquist

Darren Helm-Pavel Datsyuk-Tomas Tatar

Joakim Andersson-Riley Sheahan-Tomas Jurco

Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Landon Ferraro

Stephen Weiss, Teemu Pulkkinen and Daniel Cleary will be healthy scratches.

On defense:

Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson

Danny DeKeyser-Kyle Quincey

Brendan Smith-Marek Zidlicky

Jakub Kindl and Alexey Marchenko will be healthy scratches.

In goal:

Petr Mrazek (starting)

Jimmy Howard

Jonas Gustavsson (healthy scratch)

Game 5 will be 3 p.m. or 6 p.m.

According to Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, Game 5 of this series on Saturday will start at 3 p.m. if the Chicago-Nashville series ends tonight. If Nashville wins tonight to force a Game 6, Game 5 between Detroit and Tampa Bay would start at 6 p.m.

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