{"id":188710,"date":"2026-03-12T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:12:29","slug":"nhl-game-preview-detroit-red-wings-at-tampa-bay-lightning-with-line-combinations-03-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188710\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 03\/12\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 03\/12\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 03\/12\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-1-18.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Ryan Sun<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7, 79 pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4, 82 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>Date: Thursday, March 11<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/FDSN DET\/The Spot\/MTN<br \/>Radio: 97.1 The Ticket\/102.5 FM The Bone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings suffered a 4-3 loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. They are now 2-2-1 in March, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning dropped their second straight on Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets. They\u2019re 1-4-0 in March, averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing 4.8 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>DeBrincat-Copp-Kane<br \/>Finnie-Kasper-Raymond<br \/>Appleton-Compher-Brandsegg Nyg\u00e5rd<br \/>van Riemsdyk-Rasmussen-Shine<\/p>\n<p>Edvinsson-Seider<br \/>Chiarot-Faulk<br \/>Johansson-Bernard Docker<\/p>\n<p>Gibson<br \/>Talbot<\/p>\n<p>Buy Detroit Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/detroit-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get Your Detroit Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Guentzel-Point-Goncalves<br \/>Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov<br \/>Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg<br \/>Perry-Geekie-Bjorkstrand<\/p>\n<p>Moser-Carlile <br \/>McDonagh-D\u2019Astous<br \/>Hedman-Santini<\/p>\n<p>Vasilevskiy<br \/>Johansson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Tampa+Bay&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Tampa Bay Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>J.T. Compher had a goal in one of the two games against the Lightning earlier this season. <\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Yanni Gourde had two goals in one of the two games against the Red Wings this season. <\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>F David Perron \u2013 IR<br \/>F Dylan Larkin \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>F Nick Paul\u00a0\u2013 Out<br \/>D Maxwell Crozier \u2013 IR<br \/>F Anthony Cirelli\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/anthony-cirelli-leaves-stadium-series-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DTD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-calgary-flames-at-new-jersey-devils-with-line-combinations-03-12-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NHL-Game-Preview-Calgary-Flames-at-New-Jersey-Devils-with-Line-Combinations-03.12.2026-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 03\/12\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-boston-bruins-with-line-combinations-3-12-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/David-Pastrnak-Jeremy-Swayman-Boston-Bruins-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jeremy Swayman and David Pastrnak celebrating a win\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-washington-capitals-at-buffalo-sabres-with-line-combinations-03-12-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-43-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-washington-capitals-at-buffalo-sabres-with-line-combinations-03-12-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 03\/12\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals (32-27-7, 71 pts) at Buffalo Sabres (40-19-6, 86 pts) Venue: KeyBank CenterDate: Thursday, March 12Time: 7:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/MNMT2\/MSN\/MSG-B\/Radio: 93.3 WMMR FM\/550 WGR AMPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Washington Capitals News &amp; Notes: The Capitals suffered a 4-1 loss to the Flyers last night. 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