Not sure if the Wings planned a morning skate, but the weather here probably put an end to it even if they had planned to skate.

added 11:58am, I am an idiot, they play in Brooklyn, no idea what the weather is like.

from Brian Compton of NHL.com,

The Game
The New York Islanders are hopeful defenseman Johnny Boychuk will play for the first time since Dec. 27 when they host the Detroit Red Wings at Barclays Center on Friday.

Boychuk has missed 18 games because of a lower-body injury. New York has the worst defense in the NHL; it is averaging 35.3 shots against per game and has allowed a League-high 201 goals in 55 games. The Islanders have allowed at least four goals in 14 of their past 18 games, including a 4-3 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.

Detroit has lost its past two games. Friday begins a stretch in which the Red Wings play 10 games in 17 days.

They said it
"There's a huge urgency of the games we have coming. The games we have ahead of us will make the latter games matter if you take care of business. We need to make those games matter at the end of the year by winning right now. Certainly the games we have coming up are critical, but they're not any more critical than the ones that we've had, but they're critical. It's a critical junction." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

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