The Detroit Red Wings (6-3) start a five-game road trip tonight with a game against St. Louis Blues (3-5-1)
Where: Enterprise Center
When: 8:15 p.m.
TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM
Odds: Detroit (-1.5,+210), St. Louis Blues (+1.5, -300), ESPNBet
Hot: Emmitt Finnie is tied for second among NHL rookie scorers with eight points in nine games.
Not: Elmer Soderblom is a healthy scratch again. He’s played four games and has no points and is minus-3
Spotlight: Alex DeBrincat has 34 shots on goal, more than twice as many as everyone on the Detroit roster except Dylan Larkin and Moritz Seider. Emtt
Absence: Patrick Kane has missed the last four games with an undisclosed upper body injury. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard was sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins Monday.,
Story: The Red Wings (6-3) own the NHL’s 10th-best record are coming off an ugly two-game road trip… John Gibson should start in net tonight vs. the Blues…Todd McLellan said he’s leaning toward playing Cam Talbot against Los Angeles and coming back with Gibson playing against his former team, Anaheim. But that is not etched in stone. Injury: Patrick Kane isn’t with the team, but he’s skating, and should retjoin the team on this trip.
Detroit Projected Lines
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat — Marco Kasper — Mason Appleton
Andrew Copp — JT Compher — Jonatan Berggren
Elmer Soderblom — Michael Rasmussen — James van Riemsdyk
Defense Pairings
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson-Jacob Bernard-Docker
Goalie
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)
St. Louis
Story: The Blues are 0-3-1 in their last four, including a 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday… At Enterprise Center, the Blues are 4-1-4 in their last nine meetings against Detroit…St. Louis ranks 31st with a 4.33 goals-against average. Injuries: Robert Thomas (upper body), Jake Neighbors (lower body)
Projected Lines
Blues projected lines
Pavel Buchnevich — Pius Suter — Jimmy Snuggerud
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Oskar Sundqvist — Jimmy Snuggerud
Alexey Torpochenko — Nick Bjugstad– Nathan Walker
Defense Pairings
Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker — Logan Mailloux
Jordan Binnington (Joel Hofer backing up)