The Red Wings held their morning skate ahead of tonight’s rematch with the Buffalo Sabres (7 PM EDT start on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit/97.1 FM), and with Tyler Motte out, the only change in the Wings’ lineup will be Erik Gustafsson in for Justin Holl (per the Hockey News’s Sam Stockton).
The Sabres didn’t hold a morning skate after last night’s 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders, but Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will be tonight’s goaltender, and it sounds like the Sabres are going to make lineup changes as they hope to snap a 2-game losing streak.
After the morning skate, Alex DeBrincat and coach Derek Lalonde spoke with the media: