The Detroit Red Wings (31-16-4) plays a road game tonight against the Minnesota Wild (28-14-9). The Red Wings are in second place in the Atlantic Division, while the Wild are third in the Central Division

Where:  Grand Casino Arena

When: 9:30 p.m. ET

TV/Radio: ESPN/97.1 FM

Odds: Detroit (+1.5, -205,) Minnesota  (-1.5, +170), ESPN

Hot: Lucas Raymond boasts five goals and 12 assists for 17 points in 15 games.

Not: Rookie Emmitt Finnie doesn’t have a point in his past 13 games.

Spotlight: Patrick Kane didn’t get a point against the Maple Leafs. Kane (1,372 career points) is still three points away from passing Mike Modano (1,374) for the most NHL points by a U.S.-born player in Kane (872 career assists) is also one assist away from tying Phil Esposito (873) for 24th on the NHL’s all-time list. He has collected 20 points (5-15-29) and a plus-12 rating in 21 games since Nov. 22 vs. Columbus.

Story:  The Red Wings beat Toronto 2-1 on Dylan Larkin’s OT goal Wednesday. . . They have the NHL’s sixth-best power play at 24.8%. Their penalty-killing is 17th at 79.8% . . Detroit is 21-0-2 this season when scoring four-or-more goals (excluding shootout-deciding goals). Injuries: None

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Andrew Copp — Patrick Kane

Lucas Raymond — Dylan Larkin — James van Riemsdyk

Emmitt Finnie — J.T. Compher — Marco Kasper

Elmer Soderblom — Michael Rasmussen — Mason Appleton

Defense Pairings

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson– Jacob Bernard-Docker

Goalies

Cam Talbot (John Gibson backing up)

Subs: Travis Hamonic,

Minnesota Wild

Story: Minnesota beat the Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday. The Wild are seventh in goals-against (2.82) and 16th in goals for at (3.18) . . Injured: Matt Boldy (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Johansson (lower body)

Status report

Line Combinations

Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello

Yakov Trenin — Danila Yurov — Vladimir Tarasenko

Marcus Foligno — Hunter Haight — Vinnie Hinostroza

Ben Jones — Nico Sturm — Tyler Pitlick

Quinn Hughes — Brock Faber

Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon

Daemon Hunt — David Jiricek

Filip Gustavsson (Jesper Wallstedt backing up)

Subs: David Spacek, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

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