The Detroit Red Wings (40-28-8) are home today to play the Minnesota Wild (43-21-12) in a nationally televised game. The Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets are tied for the final Eastern wildcard position, but the Senators officially hold the spot because of the tiebreaker system. The Wild are in third place in the Central Division.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0 Little Caesars Arena<\/p>\n
When: 1 p.m.. ET<\/p>\n
Odds:\u00a0 Minnesota (-1,5, +205), Detroit (+1.5, -250), DRAFTKINGS<\/p>\n
Hot: Patrick Kane has eight points in five games. He is highly critical to Detroit\u2019s offense<\/p>\n
Not:\u00a0 Dominik Shine has played six or fewer minutes in four of his last five games with Detroit.<\/p>\n
Spotlight: \u00a0Detroit forward Alex DeBrincat needs one goal for his third 40-goal season.<\/p>\n
Story: Coach Todd McLellan hasn\u2019t said who will start in goal for Detroit. . .The Red Wings announced before the game that they had signed Noah Dower Nilsson to a three-year entry level contract. He was a 2023 third-round pick. Injuries: Justin Faulk and Mason Appleton, both questionable.<\/p>\n
Detroit Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Alex DeBrincat \u2014 Andrew Copp \u2014 Patrick Kane<\/p>\n
Emmitt Finnie \u2014 Dylan Larkin \u2014 Michael Rasmussen or Carter Mazur<\/p>\n
David Perron\u2013 JT Compher \u2014 Lucas Raymond<\/p>\n
James van Riemsdyk\u2013 Marco Kasper \u2014 Dominik Shine or Mason Appleton<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Simon Edvinsson \u2014 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Ben Chiarot \u2014 Axel Sandin Pellikka<\/p>\n
Albert Johansson \u2014 Jacob Bernard-Docker<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backup)<\/p>\n
Sub: Travis Hamonic, Dominik Shine, Carter Mazur<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Story: The Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Saturday and they are 5-5 in their last 10 games. Zach Bogosian was injured in that game. He is questionable today. Former Red Wings player Jeff Petry is a possible replacement. Former Detroit player Robby Fabbri is also on the Minnesota roster, but probably be a healthy scratch. Injuries: Only Bogosian.<\/p>\n
Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Kirill Kaprizov \u2014 Ryan Hartman \u2014 Mats Zuccarello<\/p>\n
Marcus Johansson \u2014 Joel Eriksson Ek \u2014 Matt Boldy<\/p>\n
Vladimir Tarasenko \u2014 Danila Yurov \u2014 Nick Foligno<\/p>\n
Yakov Trenin \u2014 Michael McCarron \u2014 Marcus Foligno<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Quinn Hughes \u2014 Brock Faber<\/p>\n
Jonas Brodin \u2014 Jared Spurgeon<\/p>\n
Jake Middleton \u2014 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
Filip Gustavsson (Jesper Wallstedt backup)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings (40-28-8) are home today to play the Minnesota Wild (43-21-12) in a nationally televised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,897,230,5179,93,5,2603,38,4,37137],"class_list":{"0":"post-542291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-columbus","11":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","12":"tag-columbusbluejackets","13":"tag-detroit-red-wings","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-how-to-watch","16":"tag-minnesota-wild","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-nhl-preview"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116352917615870315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542291","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=542291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}