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The Detroit Red Wings will play the Predators in Nashville tonight. Neither of these teams has played each other yet this season. Last season, Nashville bested the Wings in the season series.
The Red Wings are coming off a shootout win in Montreal on Saturday while the Predators are coming off five straight wins, the last two being in a shootout. In its last three games, the Red Wings have played well despite a pair of losses.
The biggest issue facing the Wings is the loss of Niklas Kronwall, who will miss four to eight weeks after being kneed on Saturday. While this is bad, originally is sounded like Detroit was expecting Kronwall to miss as much time as Johan Franzen, so the news that Kronwall could be back around Christmas is good. Detroit will need its top defensive line to step up tonight. While the offense has looked good, both Brian Rafalski and Nicklas Lidstrom have struggled in the last three games. With Kronwall out, look for Rafalski to see some time with Brad Stuart and Lidstrom to play with Jonathan Ericsson.
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