According to oddsmakers at RealBets, Tampa Bay is favored at home tonight, as the Lightning are getting odds of -160 to win, while the Red Wings are getting a money line of +145 to win.
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On a night that was deemed “Rivalry Night” by NBC, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat their rival, the Detroit Red Wings in a pretty interesting match-up. “Nobody uses that as an excuse, that’s why it’s probably not talked about enough”. They’re a playoff team. Veteran Pavel Datsyuk is starting to warm up after starting the season on injured reserve, registering nine points in his last nine games with a plus-6 rating in that span. Detroit will need more supplementary scoring from Tomas Tatar (one point in his last five games) and Gustav Nyquist (points in two of his last 10 contests).ABOUT THE LIGHTNING (27-18-4): Nikita Kucherov has recorded at least one point in 16 of his last 18 games to take over the team lead with 41 – three better than Stamkos.
Blashill, long-timem friends with Cooper, said he’s leaned on his buddy for advice this season, his first as an National Hockey League coach. “Our friendship goes beyond the two jobs we now hold”.
It’s been over a week since the team has played together. “But, the fact that it’s Detroit, we’re neck-in-neck, same amount of points, right in our division, had a nice little series past year in the playoffs, all those things, maybe it is a good thing that we have that boost”. Lightning D Braydon Coburn found RW J.T. Brown wide open on the back door to score the game’s opening goal. He is going get a big raise this summer, but more immediately, he’s the kind of player that will propel the Lightning in their continued resurgence this season. BIshop said he enjoyed every minute of his first All-Star experience, grateful to get a chance to share it with a lot of friends and family, who made the trip.
“Beside a few mocking text messages that come back and forth between us, we haven’t talked a whole lot”, Cooper said. “When I saw it I didn’t even nkow it was the new one”, Bishop said.
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Left-shooting defenseman Niklas Kronwall costs the Atlantic Division’s Detroit Red Wings $4.75 million per season through the end of the 2018-19 season. “Losing points to this team, you can’t be happy about it”. “We’re in a good position team-wise to make a run in the last 30 some games, and probably a long season”.
