Henrik Zetterberg	Pavel Datsyuk	Justin Abdelkader
Johan Franzen	Valtteri Filppula	Daniel Cleary
Gustav Nyquist	Joakim Andersson	Damien Brunner
Patrick Eaves	Cory Emmerton	Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall	Jonathan Ericsson
Danny DeKeyser	Jakub Kindl
Kyle Quincey	Brendan Smith
Jimmy Howard

Franzen

“It's not like a few guys just got hot out of nowhere. It's because we're playing this way. It's keeping it straight and simple and throwing pucks to the net and going for rebounds. It's desperation.” - Johan Franzen on the team's win streak

“Our top lines have been playing great and getting big goals. But anytime you can get depth scoring, it just helps so much, gives you an even broader attack. I think all four lines are playing really well.” - Niklas Krownall

Kronwall

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Howard

Jimmy Howard will be between the pipes again.

The Stars will have their backup goalie Richard Bachman in net.

Bachman

Babcock

“I think we've gotten a lot better as a team. All you've got to do is look back at our first segment, our penalty killing was 70 percent and our power play was 0-for. We just continued to get better as a team.” - Mike Babcock

The Stars will be without D-Man Trevor Daley tonight.

Daley

Leave It All On The Ice - Detroit has to come out and compete hard all game long. It's do or die time!

Play Disciplined - The Wings can't afford to take penalties. Play smart, move your feet, and stay out of the penalty box.

Get Good Goaltending and Play Solid Defense - Jimmy Howard has been really good and so has been the team defense. Detroit will need more of that tonight.

On April 27, 1951

Finishing the season with 43 goals and 43 assists, Gordie Howe is named a First Team All-Star for the first time in his illustrious career.

"Great moments... are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game..." - Herb Brooks in Miracle

Tonight, the Red Wings will look to extend their own miracle run, the jaw-dropping playoff streak which could improve to 22 in the coming hours, when they take on the Dallas Stars in The Lone Star State. A number of scenarios would put the Red Wings in the postseason tonight, but the easiest one is to walk away with at least one point tonight against a Dallas team that has suddenly come down to Earth after a recent winning streak. Nevertheless, the red hot Wings will no doubt have a tough game to play against a Stars team hoping to play spoiler and shine in their season's curtain call. While Detroit has a rich history of coming up big in crunch time, it all comes down to these three periods at American Airlines Center.

Welcome to the Detroit Red Wings Game Day Blog, where you can get behind-the-scenes information, thoughts from players and staff, and up-to-date news on anything and everything Red Wings on game day.

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From everyone at the Detroit Red Wings and Olympia Entertainment, thank you for another amazing regular season.

Jimmy Howard’s diving save
Howie dives on the puck in front of the wide open net for a clutch save.

Another dominant game by the Detroit Red Wings took them to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators and within one point of clinching the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

Thanks for tuning in to our Game Day Blog...tune in Saturday when we take on the Dallas Stars.

Stars of the Game powered by Ram Trucks are...

1. Johan Franzen (1 Goal, 1 Assist)

2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 Goal, 2 Assist)

3. Valtteri Filppula (1 Goal)