The Detroit Red Wings (9-5) will play 12 games in the next 22 days starting with tonight’s home game against the New York Rangers (6-6-2).

Where:  Little Caesars Arena

When: 7 p.m., ET

TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM

Odds: Detroit (-1.5, +210), New York  (+1.5, -300), ESPNBet

Hot:  The Red Wings goaltending and defensive play has improved this season, evidenced by the fact they have yielded two or fewer goals in seven of their 14 games (50%).

Not: Marco Kasper (three goals, no assists in 14 games) is still playing at the level he was last season.

Spotlight:  The Red Wings are hoping Patrick Kane’s return will bring more consistency to their offensive attack. He may help Kasper as well.

Absence: Patrick Kane has missed the last nine games with an undisclosed upper body injury. He may play tonight.

Story: Cam Talbot is the probable Detroit starter in net. …  Red Wings are 6-1-0 this season when allowing two goals or fewer … The Red Wings are 5-2-0 against Western Conference opponents … The Red Wings are 7-2-0 this season when leading or tied after one period… The Red Wings have won 17 consecutive offside challenges dating back to March 9, 2019 at Tampa Bay.

Detroit Projected Lines

Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat — Marco Kasper — Patrick Kane

Andrew Copp — JT Compher — Mason Appleton

Elmer Soderblom — Michael Rasmussen — James van Riemsdyk

Defense Pairings

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson-Travis Hamonic

Sub: Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker.

Goalies

Cam Talbot (John Gibson backing up)

New York Rangers

Story: The Rangers lead the NHL in road wins (6) and in road points (13)… Overall, the Rangers have points in four of their last six games (3-2-1) and six of their last nine contests (4-3-2)…New York has won six consecutive games against the Red Wings. The Rangers have points in 26 of their last 30 games against Detroit (18-4-8), dating to Nov. 5, 2014…Mika Zibanejad has points in 12 of his last 15 contests (8G-10A) against the Red Wings…The Rangers have allowed 2.43 goals against per game, tied for the fewest in the league

Projected Lines

Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad – Taylor Raddysh

Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Alexis Lafreniere

Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Jonny Brodzinski

Juuso Parssinen– Sam Carrick — Jaroslav Chmelar

Defense pairings

Vladislav Gavrikov– Adam Fox

Carson Soucy– Will Borgen

Connor Mackey — Braden Schneider

Goalies

Igor Shesterkin (Jonathan Quick backing up) (Unconfirmed)