The Detroit Red Wings (40-29-8) are home today to play the Columbus Blue Jackets (38-27-12). The Red Wings and Blue Jackets are tied with 88 points, both two points out of the Eastern Conference\u2019s second wildcard position.<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0 Little Caesars Arena<\/p>\n
When: 7 p.m.. ET<\/p>\n
Odds:\u00a0 Columbus (+1,5, -250), Detroit (-1.5, +205), DRAFTKINGS<\/p>\n
Hot: Dylan Larkin is playing hurt but still has 11 points (5-6-11) in his last 14 games since
Feb. 2 at Colorado<\/p>\n
Not:\u00a0 Michael Rasmussen hasn\u2019t had a point since Jan. 5 (24 games).<\/p>\n
Spotlight: \u00a0Patrick Kane has 507 career goals, tying him with Jean Beliveau for 46th place on the NHL\u2019s all-time list. His 1,395 points has moved him past Luc Robitaille (1,394) for sole possession of 25th place on the NHL\u2019s all-time points list. With 888 career assists, he needs three more to tie Dale Hawerchuk (891) for 22nd place on the NHL\u2019s all-time list.<\/p>\n
Story: John Gibson is the projected starter. . . The Red Wings, 2-6 in their last eight games, are 17-2-1 this season when leading after one period, and 6-1-1 when it\u2019s on home ice. . . Compher is the seventh Illinois-born player in NHL history to reach the 300-point mark, joining Chris Chelios (948), Ed Olczyk (794), Tom Fergus (581), Tony Granato (492), Mike O\u2019Connell (440) and Joe Corvo (310). . . The Red Wings lost 6-5 in a shootout to the Blue Jackets the last time they met on Dec. 4. Injuries: Justin Faulk and Mason Appleton, both questionable, but Faulk skated this morning. Appleton did not (According to MLive\u2019s Ansar Khan)<\/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 JT Compher \u2014 Marco Kasper<\/p>\n
James van Riemsdyk\u2013 Michael Rasmussen\u2013 Carter Mazur<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Simon Edvinsson \u2014 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Ben Chiarot \u2014 Axel Sandin Pellikka or Justin Faulk<\/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<\/p>\n
Story: The Blue Jackets come into Detroit on a six-game losing streak. They lost 2-1 to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. . . The Blue Jackets average 3.05 goals per game and give up an average of 3.06 goals per game. Injuries: Brendan Smith, injured reserve; Damon Severson, Dimitri Voronkov out; Mathieu Olivier, day-to-day. <\/p>\n
Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Mason Marchment-Adam Fantilli- Kirill Marchenko<\/p>\n
Boone Jenner-Sean Monahan-Conor Garland<\/p>\n
Cole Sillinger-Charlie Coyle\u2013Danton Heinen<\/p>\n
Zach Aston-Reese- Isac-Lundestrom-Miles Wood<\/p>\n
Defense Pairings<\/p>\n
Zach Werenski\u2013Denton Mateychuk<\/p>\n
Ivan Provorov\u2013Dante Fabbro<\/p>\n
Jake Christiansen\u2013Erik Gudbranson<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
Jet Greaves (Elvis Merzlikins backup)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings (40-29-8) are home today to play the Columbus Blue Jackets (38-27-12). The Red Wings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,897,230,5179,93,5,4,37137],"class_list":{"0":"post-545788","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-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-preview"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116364289559572962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545788","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=545788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}