HIT 'EM FIRST:
The Islanders are 11-0-0 when scoring first this season, but have only opened the scoring in one third of their 33 games. The Islanders are 7-12-3 when allowing the first goal - and have allowed the first goal in eight of their last nine games.
"I think we've proven our resilience and as a group we should be tired of proving our resilience," Weight said. "Most of those leads we've given up - or at least half - is the fault of us showing up at 7:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. game and yes it's good, but we want to start at 7:05 p.m. tonight."
"If you should give up a goal or two it's good to know you have the confidence in your team and the players have the confidence in their abilities to come back."
ISLANDERS PROJECTED LINES:
RED WINGS PROJECTED LINES:
| FORWARDS |
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| LEFT WING | CENTER | RIGHT WING |
| GUSTAV NYQUIST | HENRIK ZETTERBERG | JUSTIN ABDELKADER |
| TOMAS TATAR | DYLAN LARKIN | ANDREAS ATHANASIOU |
| DARREN HELM | FRANS NIELSEN | LUKE GLENDENING |
| ANTHONY MANTHA | DAVID BOOTH | MARTIN FRK |
| DEFENSE |
| --- |
| DANNY DEKEYSER | MIKE GREEN |
| JONATHAN ERICSSON | TREVOR DALEY |
| NIKLAS KRONWALL | NICK JENSEN |