The Detroit Red Wings (36-23-7) are heading into a road game against the Dallas Stars (41-14-10). The Red Wings are in the first wildcard position in the Eastern Conference. They are two points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets who are the top team below the Eastern Conference wildcard cut line. The Stars are in second place in the Central Division.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0 American Airlines Arena<\/p>\n
When: 8 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
TV\/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network\/97.1 FM<\/p>\n
Odds:\u00a0 Detroit (+1.5, -175), Dallas (-1.5, +145), DRAFTKINGS<\/p>\n
Hot: Patrick Kane has a four-game points streak with a goal, four assists and 13 shots on goal in his past three games.<\/p>\n
Not:\u00a0 The Red Wings in general, starting this month 2-4 after trying not to talk about their March swoons over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n
Spotlight: Kane\u2019s linemate Alex DeBrincat also has five points in his past four games.<\/p>\n
Story: John Gibson will start tonight. . .\u00a0 The Red Wings called up John Leonard from the Grand Rapids Griffins on an emergency basis. . . Because of injuries, the Red Wings may play 11 forwards and seven defensemen tonight. . . David Perron, acquired last week from Ottawa may be ready to play in the upcoming week. . .\u00a0 The Red Wings are 5-12 in their last 16 games without Dylan Larkin. . .The Red Wings are 18-12-4 on the road. . .\u00a0 Detroit is 2-4 in March. Injuries: David Perron (lower body), Dylan Larkin (lower body), Andrew Copp (lower body), Michael Rasmussen (undisclosed), Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (undisclosed)<\/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
James van Riemsdyk \u2014 Sheldon Dries \u2014 Dominik Shine<\/p>\n
John Leonard \u2014 Mason Appleton<\/p>\n
Defense 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
Travis Hamonic<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)<\/p>\n
Sub: Axel Sandin-Pellikka<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars<\/p>\n
Story: The Stars have won 13 of their last 14. They are avering 4.3 goals per game in that stretch . .Nathan Bastian is back in after being a healthy scratch for two games. . .The Stars acquired defensive Tyler Myers from Vancouver after he wouldn\u2019t waive his no-trade clause to come to Detroit. . . Injuries: Radek Faksa (lower body), Roope Hintz (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (lower body), Tyler Seguin (ACL)<\/p>\n
Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Jason Robertson \u2014 Wyatt Johnston \u2014 Mavrik Bourque<\/p>\n
Sam Steel \u2014 Matt Duchene \u2014 Jamie Benn<\/p>\n
Michael Bunting \u2014 Justin Hryckowian \u2014 Nathan Bastian<\/p>\n
Oskar Back \u2014 Arttu Hyry \u2014 Colin Blackwell<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Esa Lindell \u2014 Miro Heiskanen<\/p>\n
Thomas Harley \u2014 Nils Lundkvist<\/p>\n
Tyler Myers \u2014 Lian Bichsel<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
Jake Oettinger (Casey DeSmith backing-up)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings (36-23-7) are heading into a road game against the Dallas Stars (41-14-10). The Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[147,599,93,5137,5,4,37137,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-503590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-dallas-stars","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-red-wings","11":"tag-detroitredwings","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-preview","15":"tag-red-wings","16":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116229534530120364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503590","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=503590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}