The Detroit Red Wings (26-15-4) play a road game today against the Montreal Canadiens (25-13-6). The Red Wings are in second place in the Atlantic Division, percentage points behind the first place Canadiens.

Where:  Bell Centre

When: 7 p.m. ET

TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM

Odds: Detroit (+1.5, -205), Montreal (-1.5, +170).

Hot: James van Riemsdyk shows two goals and six assists for eight points in his past six games.

Not: Emmitt Finnie has no points in his past seven games. He’s minus-9 in those seven games.

Spotlight: A new member of the NHL’s 500-goal club,  Kane shows 17 points (5-12-17) and a plus-nine rating in 18 games since Nov. 22 vs. Columbus.

Story:  The top spot in the Atlantic Division is on the line tonight. . .  John Gibson will start his fourth consecutive game. He is 11-2-0 with a 2.17 goals-against average, a 0.927 save percentage and two shutouts in 13 appearances since Dec. 2 vs. Boston. . . Detroit is sixth overall in the NHL standings. Coach Todd McLellan’s team is the only squad in the top 15 with a minus goal-differential. . .   The Red Wings are 11-7-3 at road. . .  Lucas Raymond has 13 multi-point games this season… Detroit is 19-1-1 this season when leading after 40 minutes. . . Detroit ranks sixth (24.8%) on the power play in the NHL this season and 15th in penalty-killing (80.2%). . . Injuries: None

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Andrew Copp — Patrick Kane

Marco Kasper — Dylan Larkin — Emmitt Finnie

James van Riemsdyk — J.T. Compher — Lucas Raymond

Elmer Soderblom — Michael Rasmussen — Mason Appleton

Defense Pairings

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson– Jacob Bernard-Docker

Subs: Travis Hamonic,  Sheldon Dries

Goalies

John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)

Montreal Canadiens

Story: The Habs downed Detroit 5-1 on Opening Night in their only other meeting this season. . . Former Detroit player Joe Veleno (four points in 39 games) is Montreal’s fourth line center. . . Lane Hutson (44 points in 44 games is the NHL’s third-highest scoring defenseman. Injuries: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Josh Anderson (upper body)

Line Projections

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Alexandre Texier

Juraj Slafkovsky —  Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov

Zack Bolduc — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher

Sammy Blais —  Joe Veleno — Owen Beck

Defense Pairings

Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson

Lane Hutson — Alexandre Carrier

Arbor Xhekaj — Kaiden Guhle

Goalies

Jacob Fowler (Jakub Dobes backing up)