GDT: 12/28/13 "It's Not TV, It's HBO Upsets" - Red Wings VS Panthers

[Panthers Rock]

Get ready as your Florida Panthers take on the Detroit Red Wings! Game time at 7:00pm EST live from BB&T Center!

Going For 4-0 On HBO


TV: Live on FSN Florida and Center Ice.
Radio: Listen Live on 560 WQAM​

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[fieldset=Standings]

Link To Current NHL Standings
Florida:

Wins | Losses | OTL/SOL | Total Points
14 |19 |5 | 33

Detroit:

Wins | Losses | OTL/SOL | Total Points
17|13|9|43

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[fieldset=Injuries]

Detroit:

Player | Date Of Incident | Status |Injury
Darren Helm |2013-12-05| expected to be activated from injured reserve for Saturday's game against Florida| shoulder
Stephen Weiss| 2013-12-11| on injured reserve and is out indefinitely| sports hernia surgery
Jimmy Howard| 2013-12-11 |on injured reserve and will miss at least 2-4 weeks| sprained MCL
Justin Abdelkader |2013-12-15| expected to be activated from injured reserve for Saturday's game against Florida| head
Johan Franzen |2013-12-16| on injured reserve| head
Jonathan Ericsson |2013-12-24 |will miss at least 3-5 weeks |broken ribs
Henrik Zetterberg |2013-12-28| was activated from injured reserve for Saturday's game against Florida |herniated disc
Jonas Gustavsson| 2013-12-28 |questionable for Saturday's game against Florida| sore groin

Florida:​

Player | Date Of Incident | Status |Injury
Ed Jovanovski |2013-09-25 |on injured reserve| hip surgery
Jesse Winchester |2013-12-16 |on injured reserve |bruised hand
Scottie Upshall |2013-12-24 |will miss at least 1-2 weeks| upper body
Erik Gudbranson| 2013-12-27| on injured reserve |orbital bone surgery
Tim Thomas| 2013-12-28 |probable for Saturday's game against Detroit| lower body

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[fieldset=Line Combinations (Subject To Change)]

Detroit:

LW |C| RW
Tomas Jurco|Pavel Datsyuk|Todd Bertuzzi
Justin Abdelkader|Henrik Zetterberg|Daniel Alfredsson
Drew Miller|Joakim Andersson|Tomas Tatar
Danny Cleary|Luke Glendening|Gustav Nyquist

LD|RD
Niklas Kronwall|Dan DeKeyser
Jakub Kindl|Kyle Quincey
Brendan Smith|Brian Lashoff

Florida:

LW| C |RW
Tomas Fleischmann|Nick Bjugstad|Jonathan Huberdeau
Sean Bergenheim|Aleksander Barkov|Brad Boyes
Shawn Matthias|Marcel Goc|Tomas Kopecky
Scott Gomez|Drew Shore|Jimmy Hayes

LD|RD
Brian Campbell|Tom Gilbert
Alex Petrovic|Dylan Olsen
Dmitry Kulikov|Mike Weaver

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[fieldset=Expected Starting Goaltenders]

Detroit:

Jonas Gustavsson

GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO
16|10|3|2| 2.35| .915|0

VS.

Florida:

Scott Clemmensen

GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO
10|4|3|1| 3.00| .892|0

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[fieldset=Special Teams]

Detroit:

PP%|PP Rank|PK%|PK Rank
18.0%|15th|84.6%|8th

Florida:

PP%|PP Rank|PK%|PK Rank
11.2%|30th|73.5%|29th

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[FIELDSET="Team Leaders"]

Detroit:

Goals|Pavel Datsyuk|14
Assists|Niklas Kronwall|21
Points|Henrik Zetterberg|30
+/-|Henrik Zetterberg|+12
PIM|Kyle Quincey|43
W|Jonas Gustavsson|10
L|Jimmy Howard|8
GAA|Petr Mrazek|1.90
SV%|Jonas Gustavsson|0.915
SO|Jimmy Howard|2

Florida:

Goals|Brad Boyes|9
Assists|Tomas Fleischmann|14
Points|Tomas Fleischmann|19
+/-|Scottie Upshall|+3
PIM|Erik Gudbranson|74
W|Tim Thomas|9
L|Tim Thomas|10
GAA|Tim Thomas|2.75
SV%|Tim Thomas|.909
SO|None|N/A

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[fieldset=News And Notes]

"Clemmensen had the opportunity to step in and was really solid,'' coach Peter Horachek said. "His confidence has gone up. When goalies sit for a while, it's difficult to step back in. Clemm has been doing it for a long time, is the consummate pro. He's definitely stepped up and that has been important.''

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/#storylink=cpy

George Richards' Blog of the Miami Herald:Your Source For Reliable, Early Panthers Info!​

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[fieldset=Red Eye: The Enemy Watch]

Henrik Zetterberg has been absent for a while but finally makes his return tonight from injury with the Red Wings. Zetterberg, along with Datsyuk, have become the 1-2 punch of the Red Wings over the last few seasons and the brightest spots on a somewhat dimming team. Can Zetterberg's return help life the Wings back up or will the Panthers dominance on HBO continue?​

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[fieldset=Red Hot: Cat Of The Night]

Aleksander Barkov, 2nd overall pick from this past summer's draft, is on a tear scoring 6 points in his last 7 games.​

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Last Game VS. Red Wings


Last Game Played

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LET'S GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!

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[Panthers607]

This has victory written all over it! 3-2 SO Panthers.

 

[CoolburnIsGone]

I thought Thomas was starting tonight??

 

[JP Mick]

Hopefully I'll be watching this game on Gamecenter Live with no blackouts. If so, I can finally get rid of my stupidly expensive cable tv, yay! *fingers crossed*

This is going to be a tough one, but let's get a win boys!

 

[Ghoste]

I thought Thomas was starting tonight??

Most likely going against the Habs tomorrow.

I miss the feeling of a win. Lets get it done tonight.

-ghoste

 

[JP Mick]

I thought Thomas was starting tonight??

That was just everyone assuming he would start, it sounds like they want to give him another day.

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Our kids have shined vs DET so far. So I'm calling Shore gets an assist and Petro blasts one from from the point. Cats 3-1

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Can someone explain this to me: Thomas is 2-0 vs the Wings this year. Clemmer owns the Habs (is 7-1 against them all time). So why is Thomas in tomorrow and not today? Especially when the team plays again Tuesday, that's one less day off for him (2 instead of 3).

 

[Prominence Problem]

Pumped to watch the game with my friends who are Wings fans.

Will be rockin my new Brian Campbell autographed Panthers jersey tonight at the bar.

I like to live dangerously!

 

[Mogo]

3-2 win if they show up
6-1 blow it if Team Dineen 2013 shows up

 

[Mogo]

Can someone explain this to me: Thomas is 2-0 vs the Wings this year. Clemmer owns the Habs (is 7-1 against them all time). So why is Thomas in tomorrow and not today? Especially when the team plays again Tuesday, that's one less day off for him (2 instead of 3).

It's called managment by Florida Panthers(TM)

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Can someone explain this to me: Thomas is 2-0 vs the Wings this year. Clemmer owns the Habs (is 7-1 against them all time). So why is Thomas in tomorrow and not today? Especially when the team plays again Tuesday, that's one less day off for him (2 instead of 3).

I think the reasoning is you need the goalie to be the best guy on the day 2 of a B2B since the skaters will be more tired. Clemm should benefit behind the D tonight (if they show up) and tomm Thomas will be counted on more.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I think the reasoning is you need the goalie to be the best guy on the day 2 of a B2B since the skaters will be more tired. Clemm should benefit behind the D tonight (if they show up) and tomm Thomas will be counted on more.

This makes sense, but I think

It's called managment by Florida Panthers(TM)

it's this

 

[JP Mick]

Pumped to watch the game with my friends who are Wings fans.

Will be rockin my new Brian Campbell autographed Panthers jersey tonight at the bar.

I like to live dangerously!

I hope you will be the only one cheering at that bar, just try not to get beat up eh!

 

[Effe]

So finally prepared for a Panthers game, aka went out and started to drink before the game.

 

[JP Mick]

So finally prepared for a Panthers game, aka went out and started to drink before the game.

Akvavit?

 

[Panthers607]

Akvavit?

sjung hopp faderallan lej

 

[Effe]

Akvavit?

I wish But i just got Gunniess and a hell of a lot shots that tasted cinnamon. But the good thing with this is that i hopefully wont remember this game tomorrow because it will be bloody.

 

[Panthers607]

Fireball shots... eughh. Disgusting.

 

[Panthers607]

vCash on the Cats tonight, let's go baby!!!

 

[JP Mick]

Fireball shots... eughh. Disgusting.

Hopefully it was Goldschläger instead.

 

[hockey dude]

Akvavit?

They closed the other thread. No offence taken, man. All the best!

 

[Aspie with attitude]

Let's go Panthers.

 

[Panthers607]

oh look it's social media night, awesome....

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

It will be a tough game. The Wings will be looking for revenge.