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Wings Concerned About Lack Of Net Front Presence

03/04/2018 at 2:23pm EST

from Dana Wakiji of the Wings' website,

Having lost the last two games, the Red Wings are shaking things up a little bit...

Tyler Bertuzzi-Henrik Zetterberg-Gustav Nyquist

Justin Abdelkader-Dylan Larkin-Anthony Mantha

Andreas Athanasiou-Frans Nielsen-Darren Helm

Luke Witkowski-Luke Glendening-David Booth (Martin Frk extra)

"Z's line's been real good, but we need more lines going," Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "We're hoping to get a little bit more net presence on each line and we'll see if it will give us a spark."

"I think that looking at how the lines are set up, we have net front guys on each line that go to the net," Abdelkader said. "We gotta continue to get pucks around the nets and make it hard on the goalie. I thought we did a better job last game, but we need to continue if you want to score goals in this league. Get pucks there and get bodies to the net.

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added 3:38pm, Watch the game day preview below...

With Carley Johnston, Ken Kal, Jeff Blashill, Jonathan Ericsson, Anthony Manta, and Justin Abdelkader.

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