When: 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Game notes: The Wings’ tradition of playing on Thanksgiving Eve continues with a visit from the Predators, their former Central Division rivals. The Preds, like the Wings, are in a crowded group of squats fighting for a wild-card spot. While the Wings sit in the top WC spot in the East, the Preds sit fourth among a group of four teams with 20 points in the West, thanks to just seven regulation/overtime victories.
If that seems like a familiar status for Nashville, well, it is; the Preds have finished fourth or fifth in their division in five of the past seven seasons (with a pair of division crowns in 2018-19).