Tampa Bay at Detroit

A young Detroit team is impressive, 14th in goals scored, ninth in goals allowed, with the second best penalty killing in hockey. The Red Wings are 5-1-1 at home after a 4-2 win over New Jersey. They outshot the Devils 31-17, and Jimmy Howard finished with 15 saves. Tampa Bay is in town in first place, but has a suspect defense at 15th in goals allowed and 19th in penalty killing. The Lightning is 2-5 against the Atlantic division and 4-11 in their last 15 Sunday games. Detroit gets up to play good teams at home, 4-1 at home against a team with a road winning percentage of greater than .600. And in head-to-head competition, the home team is 13-6-1 in the last 20 meetings between these teams, with Tampa Bay just 2-9-1 in the last 12 meetings in Detroit. Play Detroit.