First off a few quotes from two of the injured Wings...
"I did everything I can off the ice to get back healthy," Weiss said. "Last few days felt really good, so seemed to turn the corner again."
"I don't know how long it's going to take so I'm just going to take it step-by-step and listen to all the advice they give me and do all the rehab and then we'll see when I get back," Gustavsson said.
more on Stephen Weiss and Jonas Gustavsson from Ansar Khan of Mlive...
Then we have this dandy via Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times,
Valtteri Filppula (above) is the only Lightning player to have been a teammate of GM Steve Yzerman; they were with the Red Wings. And the Finnish center will never forget the first time he met Yzerman, getting an immediate taste of the Hall of Famer's sense of humor.
"It wasn't really a conversation. I didn't say anything; I was just listening," Filppula said. "He said, 'I never thought I'd play for so long that I'd have to play with a Fin.' "
Filppula smiled. "Later, I found out it was a joke, so I was happy about that."
Game notes below...
DETROIT RED WINGS
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight marks the 38th all-time meeting between DET and TB
- Tonight marks the 1st of 4 meetings this season between DET and TB, 1st of 2 in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. TB: 26-7-2-2
- DET’s all-time home record vs. TB: 14-2-1-1
- TB won 4 of 5 meetings vs. DET in 2013-14, outscoring DET 14-8
- Prior to last season, TB had one just 1 time ever at Joe Louis Arena
- Jimmy Howard is 3-1-1 with a 1.98 GAA and .935 SV% vs. TB
- Pavel Datsyuk has 14 points (7-7-14) in 11 games vs. TB
- Daniel Cleary has 7 points (2-5-7) in 14 games vs. TB
- Henrik Zetterberg has 8 points (3-5-8) in 11 games vs. TB
- Johan Franzen has 6 points (2-4-6) in 8 games vs. TB
- Drew Miller was briefly a member of TB in 2009-10, skating in 14 games before DET claimed him off waivers on 11/11/09
- TB’s top career scorers vs. DET: Brenden Morrow (12-9-21 in 41 GP), Eric Brewer (3-7-10 in 50 GP) and Matthew Carle (0-6-6 in 17 GP)
- TB F Valtteri Filppula had 251 points (100-151-251) in 483 games with DET from 2005-13
- TB F Vladislav Namestnikov is the nephew of former Red Wings Slava Kozlov
- TB head coach Jon Cooper is a former head coach for Lansing Catholic Central, the Jr. B Metro Jets (Waterford Twp.) and Honeybaked Midget Major (Oak Park)
- DET is 3-2-2 vs. TB since Steve Yzerman took over as the team’s general manager in May 2010
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
Nov. 9, 2009 – Five years ago to date, Red Wings great and current Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman takes his rightful place in hockey history as he’s inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Former Detroit teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille were also in the Class of 2009.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
The Lightning continue their three-game road trip this evening with a matchup against the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena...The Bolts have won five consecutive games, which includes winning four straight games at Amalie Arena from Oct. 28-Nov. 6...The team is averaging 5.4 goals per game during their five game streak...Tonight's matchup is the first of four meetings between the Red Wings and Lightning this season...Last season the Lightning went 4-1-0 against Detroit, including a record of 2-1-0 against them at Joe Louis Arena...Entering last season, the Bolts had only one franchise victory in the Motor City but won in their first two trips against the Red Wings in Detroit...Both teams struggled on the power-play during the season series in 2013-14, with both teams combining for a goal each on 33 opportunities during the man-advantage.
TONIGHT'S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay comes into tonight's game red-hot, winning five straight games while the Red Wings have dropped three of their past four contests...The Lightning play their second half of a back-to-back situation tonight, owning a record of 1-2-0 in those scenarios this season....The Lightning tied their franchise's third best mark with seven goals on the road on Saturday night against Columbus, a feat done four times prior to last night...The Bolts now rank tied for first with Pittsburgh with the most goals scored this season (54)...The Lightning rank first in the NHL for regulation/OT victories this season with 10...The Lightning's +16 goal differential ranks second behind Pittsburgh's (+28) for the best in the NHL.
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