Tune in at 7:30 PM ET as the Flyers take on the Red Wings. Patrick Pellegrini will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
Welcome to the live blog for tonight's game between the Flyers and the Red Wings.
The starting goalies for tonight are: For the Flyers Sergei Bobrovsky. For the Wings Joey MacDonald
A Detroit win tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers will tie the Wings with the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and 1975-76 Flyers for the longest home win streak in NHL history
A win tonight for the Red Wings would mean 20 straight victories for the Wings at Joe Louis Arena, matching an NHL record.
This is the first of two meetings, with the other to be played on March 6. In their only meeting last season, the Flyers won for the first time in 22 years in Detroit when they beat the Red Wings 3-2 on Jan. 2, 2011
Statistically, Philadelphia has the best chance of any in the League of ending Detroit's home supremacy. Their 18-8-2 record away from home is the NHL's best.
Puck drop from Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, is just moments away.
We are underway!
| 18:00 | Great pace has been set by both teams in the first two minutes, indicating a great game ahead.
|17:30| Red Wings with the first quality scoring chance of the night but Bobrovski is there to make the big pad save.
| 15:00| Datsyuk sets up a good chance for Franzen but his slap shot is nicely blocked by the Flyers' defenceman.
Zetterberg follows up with another chance, this time off of a turnover, but once again Bobrovski is in position for the save.
PENALTY - Schenn heads to the box for tripping. Red WIngs power play coming up.
GOAL - Kronwall finds the back of the net giving the Wings the first goal of the game. 1-0 Detroit.
@Flames12 That has to be the most frustrating experience ever. I'll do my best to keep you updated, but it's just not the same as watching on TV.
Red Wings goal reads: 07:08 DET PPG - NIKLAS KRONWALL (12) SLAP - ASST: H. ZETTERBERG (31) AND T. BERTUZZI (16)
Wings have been called for delay of game as Hudler bats the puck out of the air and over the glass. Flyers chance to answer on the PP.
| 10:30| Flyers are unable to generate many chances in the first 90 seconds of the PP. 25 seconds remain on their man advantage.
