Wings Prepare for 6th Game against the Blues
Matt over at On the Wings has the Gameday preview up. The Wings haven’t played since Monday and should finally get Mathieu Schneider back into the lineup. Matt has a good take on the importance of Detroit catching Nashville for the division lead:
The Wings have won both games since losing to St. Louis a week ago, notching a statistically impressive 3-1 win over Colorado on Sunday and mounting a comeback to beat the Islanders 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday. The two wins kept them on Nashville’s heels for the division lead, pulling them within 5 points of the Preds, who have dropped their last two. If the playoffs were to start today, the 4th-place Wings would play 5th-place San Jose, a highly undesirable matchup, while the 1st-place Predators would play the 8th-place Minnesota Wild, making catching Nashville very important.
The games against St. Louis were less compelling earlier in the season when the Blue were not playing good hockey. But the games have been much better since Andy Murray was hired as head coach. As Matt points out, the Blues have hit their first rough patch since Murray was hired, losing their last two games.
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