# What this game means: A.) Detroit win puts them one point ahead of Nashville and Nashville with only two more games following today's (@PHX, STL) B.) Nashville win gives them the three point lead over Detroit. C.) NEITHER team wants a three point game out of this. It's the worst case scenario for both teams. D.) The game game could very well be THE deciding one for the 5th place seeding.
# A Detroit win would be their 8th straight. The Wings are 9-0-1 in their last 10 (the best record in the league) and have earned points in their last 11 games. Nashville is 7-2-1 in their last 10 (the third best record in the last 10 for the league) so they are nothing to take lightly at all.
Nashville is without their most prolific clutch scorer (Arnott), playing a team with all sorts of big-game experience, away from home, and are mired in a horrific power play slump.