The Detroit Red Wings (39-26-8, 86 points) are on the road tonight to play the Pittsburgh Penguins (37-21-16, 90 points). The Red Wings are two points out of a wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference and the Penguins are in second place in the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0 PPG Paints 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, +220), Pittsburgh (+1.5, -270), DRAFTKINGS<\/p>\n
Hot: DeBrincat shows points in nine consecutive games (4-11-15), tying the longest points streak of his NHL career. DeBrincat has registered 20 points (7-13-20) in 13 games during the month of March.<\/p>\n
Not:\u00a0 James van Riemsdyk has one goal in 19 games. <\/p>\n
Spotlight: \u00a0Patrick Kane (1,389 career points) is two points shy of tying of former Detroit player Brett Hull (1,391) for 26th place on the NHL\u2019s all-time scoring list.<\/p>\n
Story: John Gibson will start in goal tonight. . . Look for Detroit coach Todd McLellan to shake up the lines in this game, particularly if the Red Wings start slow. . .The Red Wings have lost three of their last four and those losses have come against teams that matter in their quest to end a nine-year playoff drought. Injuries: Michael Rasmussen (undisclosed),<\/p>\n
Detroit Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Alex DeBrincat \u2014 Andrew Copp \u2014 Patrick Kane<\/p>\n
Emmitt Finnie \u2014 Dylan Larkin \u2014 Lucas Raymond<\/p>\n
David Perron\u2013 J.T. Compher \u2014 Carter Mazur<\/p>\n
James van Riemsdyk \u2014 Marco Kasper \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
Goalies<\/p>\n
\u2018John Gibson (Michal Postava back up)<\/p>\n
Subs: Travis Hamonic, Dominic Shine<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Story: The Penguins are playing the second day of back-to-back games. Former Red Wings player Anthony Mantha put up two goals and an assist in an 8-3 win against the New York Islanders Monday. . . Former Detroit player Elmer Soderblom has two goals and two assists for four points in 12 games playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. . . The Penguins have a plus-21 goal differential. Injuries: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jack St. Ivany (upper body). Malkin is day-to-day and could play tonight.<\/p>\n
Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Egor Chinakhov \u2014 Sidney Crosby \u2014 Bryan Rust<\/p>\n
Anthony Mantha \u2014 Rickard Rakell \u2014 Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n
Tommy Novak \u2014 Ben Kindel \u2014 Avery Hayes<\/p>\n
Elmer Soderblom \u2014 Connor Dewar \u2014 Noel Acciari<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Parker Wotherspoon \u2014 Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n
Samuel Girard \u2014 Kris Letang<\/p>\n
Ryan Shea \u2014 Connor Clifton<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
Stuart Skinner (Arturs Silovs back up)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings (39-26-8, 86 points) are on the road tonight to play the Pittsburgh Penguins (37-21-16,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[1511,93,5,37137,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-533275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-detroit-hockey-now","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl-preview","12":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116325234964728115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533275","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=533275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}