Toronto at Detroit

What the New York Yankees have been to baseball the Detroit Red Wings have been to hockey. This is an annual playoff team, it is just a matter of how far they will go. They have been a tough out at home through the years, and at 11-3-2 thus far this season it is status quo for this team once again. Toronto is coming off a 4-1 home stand, but has spent a lot of time on home ice with just two road games over the last month, and they dropped both of those. This is a tough venue for a team that has had the luxury of playing the bulk of their games at home for an extended stretch, and one that had not recorded a road win in a month. They must also do so tonight with no rest where they are 5-11 in their last 16. Detroit owns a 482-233-27 record in their last 742 here, so play on Detroit.