While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to move up the Eastern Conference standings, their captain Victor Hedman keeps checking off milestones. The Lightning and their hulking defenseman will finish a two-game homestand Saturday night against the sizzling Detroit Red Wings in the opener of four matchups between the Atlantic Division foes.

Find the injury report for the Detroit Red Wings (21-19-4), which currently has three players listed on it, as the Red Wings prepare for their matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning (24-16-3) at

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Detroit Red Wings have a pair of huge games against Atlantic Division opponents up first on the four-game road trip.

The Tampa Bay Lightning got back in the win column on Thursday night, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena to earn a season series split with their Western Conference opponent. Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the three-round shootout.

Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Motte exited Tuesday’s game versus the San Jose Sharks with an upper-body injury. The incident occurred late in the second period when Motte appeared to lose an edge and crashed into the boards behind Sharks goaltender Alexander Georgiev.

Detroit is looking to respond after a 6-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, which ended its season-high seven-game winning streak. Two goals from Vladimir Tarasenko and one goal from Lucas Raymond saw the Red Wings pull within 4-3 just before the midway mark of the third period, but Detroit ultimately couldn’t find the equalizer.

The Detroit Red Wings might've narrowly missed out on ... The Red Wings also trail the Tampa Bay Lightning by just five points in the race for third place in the Atlantic Division.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will kick off their two-game homestand with a cross-conference matchup against the Anaheim Ducks tonight at 7 p.m. The Bolts (23-16-3) are coming off a disheartening 6-2 loss to a key division rival in the Boston Bruins.

The Anaheim Ducks and the host Florida Panthers, who are set to meet on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., both lost on Thursday.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are a few games behind the rest of the NHL, but it’s still time to grade every Lightning player’s performance through the first half of the season.