Memorable Night Ahead for Millers; Buffalo @ Detroit

Red Wing, Drew Miller and Sabres' goalie, Ryan will meet for the third time in their NHL careers, but tonight will mark their first ever meeting in Detroit, the hometown of the Miller family.

“It’s always been a fun experience playing against Drew; it hasn’t happened often in our careers,” older brother, Ryan said.

Drew, who scored Thursday against the Wild, hopes to find the net for the first time against his silver-medallist, Olympic-MVP brother but says it's not going to be easy and never was, even as a kid.

A win over the Sabres would get the Red Wings into 8th spot in the Western conference, with Calgary set to meet Vancouver Sunday night to claim that spot back. A loss could prove to be very costly with Nashville and Calgary showing no signs of making the chase an easy one, for the Red Wings. Calgary rides a 4-game winning streak -- one of them in Detroit, and Nashville knocked off Anaheim in SoCal last night, 1-0; all but putting the Ducks out of the playoff picture.

Early in the season, the Wings visited Buffalo in what turned out to be a disaster for the boys in Red, as they were dismantled 6-2.

Now the Wings seek consistency, looking to build a playoff-clinching win-streak beginning Thursday against the Wild.

Jimmy Howard stopped 21 of 22 shots in that win and will make his 15th consecutive start tonight to face home-coming Ryan Miller.

Scary Pairs:

Datsyuk & Holmstrom:

5v5 TOI - 506.2 min, HOOK-UPS - 9, MIN/HU - 43:00, +10

Cleary & Filppula:

5v5 TOI - 233 min, HOOK-UPS - 8, MIN/HU - 37:30, +1