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WGD: Game 49: Red Wings vs. Flames

Jan 18, 2019, 10:00 ESTUpdated: Jan 16, 2019, 22:41 EST

The Red Wings start their Western Canada road trip tonight with a game against the Calgary Flames. In the only other game this season where these two teams played each other, the Red Wings lost 5-3. Tonight, they look to extend their short winning streak to three games.

THE RED WINGS

LW	C	RW
Tyler Bertuzzi Rating: 74.9#34 LW	Dylan Larkin Rating: 78.8#25 C	Gustav Nyquist Rating: 75.1#50 RW
Thomas Vanek Rating: 72.8#56 LW	Frans Nielsen Rating: 72.6#90 C	Anthony Mantha Rating: 75.1#40 RW
Darren Helm Rating: 70.9#143 LW	Luke Glendening Rating: 69.7#172 C	Andreas Athanasiou Rating: 76.2#43 RW
Justin Abdelkader Rating: 69.6#118 LW	Christoffer Ehn Rating: 71.7#118 C	Martin Frk Rating: 69.2#114 RW

Defensive Pairings
Niklas Kronwall Rating: 71.8#75 LD	Mike Green Rating: 74.5#28 RD
Jonathan Ericsson Rating: 69.6#121 LD	Filip Hronek Rating: 72.7#44 RD
Dan DeKeyser Rating: 71.2#93 LD	Dennis Cholowski Rating: 71.8#56 RD

No change tonight to the Red Wings lines.

THE FLAMES

LW	C	RW
Johnny Gaudreau Rating: 84.9#3 LW	Sean Monahan Rating: 82.4#11 C	Elias Lindholm Rating: 78.9#24 RW
Matthew Tkachuk Rating: 80.2#10 LW	Mikael Backlund Rating: 73.7#64 C	Michael Frolik Rating: 75.0#42 RW
Sam Bennett Rating: 70.7#147 LW	Mark Jankowski Rating: 72.2#97 C	Austin Czarnik Rating: 69.9#102 RW
Andrew Mangiapane Rating: 71.2#91 LW	Derek Ryan Rating: 71.1#134 C	Garnet Hathaway Rating: 69.1#115 RW

Defensive Pairings
Mark Giordano Rating: 80.5#4 LD	T.J. Brodie Rating: 77.3#11 RD
Noah Hanifin Rating: 75.6#22 LD	Rasmus Andersson Rating: 70.4#83 RD
Oliver Kylington Rating: 71.5#85 LD	Dalton Prout Rating: 68.9#99 RD

The Flames are performing better than everyone expected this year, but there’s a reason they are at the top of their division. Their top line has been devastating and they get good secondary scoring from their second line. The only disappointment this year has been James Neal, who’s been relegated to the bottom-6.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Jimmy Howard vs. Mike Smith

HOW TO WATCH

Puck drop for tonight’s game will be at 9:00 P.M. ET and you’ll be able to watch the game on Fox Sports Detroit or Sportsnet West if you’re tuning in from the Calgary area.