The Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7) heading into a road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4). The Red Wings are in the first wildcard position in the Eastern Conference. They are three points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets who are the top team below the Eastern Conference wildcard cut line. The Lightning are in second place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0 Benchmark International Arena<\/p>\n
When: 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
TV\/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network\/97.1 FM<\/p>\n
Odds:\u00a0 Detroit (+1.5, -142), Tampa Bay (-1.5, +120), DRAFTKINGS<\/p>\n
Hot: Patrick Kane has a goal, three assists and nine shots on goal in his past three games.<\/p>\n
Not: The Red Wings are going through some challenging times with four wins in their last 12 games.<\/p>\n
Spotlight: Marco Kasper is stepping up, but the Red Wings need him to play confidently over the next two weeks. They need him on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n
Story: John Gibson will start tonight. . .\u00a0 Coach Todd McLellan said Dylan Larkin and Andrew Copp, both out with leg injuries, will be out two weeks and then they will reassess their situation. . . David Perron, acquired last week from Ottawa, wore a regular jersey in practice and he took line rushes.\u00a0 McLellan said he may be ready to play in a week. . . The Red Wings are 5-11 in their last 16 games without Dylan Larkin. . .The Red Wings are 18-11-4 on the road. . .\u00a0 \u00a0Injuries: Larkin (lower body) day-to-day, Perron (sports hernia surgery)<\/p>\n
Detroit Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Alex DeBrincat \u2014 J.T. Compher \u2014 Patrick Kane<\/p>\n
Emmitt Finnie \u2014 Marco Kasper \u2014 Lucas Raymond<\/p>\n
Mason Appleton \u2014 Michael Rasmussen \u2014 Michael Brandsegg-Nygard<\/p>\n
James van Riemsdyk \u2014 Sheldon Dries\u00a0 \u2014 Dominik Shine<\/p>\n
Defensive Pairings<\/p>\n
Simon Edvinsson \u2014 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Ben Chiarot \u2014 Justin Faulk<\/p>\n
Albert Johansson \u2014 Jacob Bernard-Docker<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)<\/p>\n
Subs: Travis Hamonic, Axel Sandin Pellikka, John Leonard, Eduards Tralmaks<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n
Story: The Lightning have lost six of their last seven, including 5-2 setback against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. . . The Red Wings and Lightning have split two previous games this season: The Red Wings won 2-1 in overtime in Detroit on Oct. 18 and the Lightning won 6-3 in Detroit on Nov. 28. . . Coach Jon Cooper\u2019s team has given up 35 goals in their last seven games (five goals per game). . . Emill Lilleberg wore a non-contact jersey at the morning skate. . .\u00a0Injuries: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle), Lilleberg (facial fracture)<\/p>\n
Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Brandon Hagel \u2014 Anthony Cirelli \u2014 Nikita Kucherov<\/p>\n
Jake Guentzel \u2014 Brayden Point \u2014 Gage Goncalves<\/p>\n
Zemgus Girgensons \u2014 Yanni Gourde \u2014 Pontus Holmberg<\/p>\n
Corey Perry \u2014 Connor Geekie \u2014 Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
J.J. Moser \u2014 Darren Raddysh<\/p>\n
Ryan McDonagh \u2014 Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous<\/p>\n
Victor Hedman \u2014 Declan Carlile<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
Andrei Vasilevskiy (Jonas Johansson backing up)<\/p>\n
Subs: Scott Sabourin, Steven Santini<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7) heading into a road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4). The Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5105],"tags":[93,58,5,189,4,37137,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-499975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-detroit-red-wings","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-lightning","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-nhl-preview","14":"tag-tampa-bay","15":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","16":"tag-tampabay","17":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}