The Detroit Red Wings host the Vegas Golden Knights after an exciting 4-3 victory in OT against Buffalo last night. Game time is 6:00 PM ET at LCA in Detroit, MI.
Vegas are on a two game winning streak after a convincing 5-2 win last night in Montreal.
Red Wings Notes
- Rookie defenseman Moritz Seider scored the OT goal (his 1st NHL goal) in Buffalo and leads all rookie defensemen in scoring with 10 points in 12 games
- Detroit return home after a four game road trip where they went 1-3-0
- Detroit is currently 21st in league standings with a 5-5-2 record
- Detroit is currently 28th in special teams, PP 15.0%, PK 69.1%
- Rookie Lucas Raymond had three assists in Buffalo and now leads all NHL rookies in scoring with 13 points in 12 games
- Tyler Bertuzzi scored two goals and four points in Buffalo and lead the Red Wings with eight goals and 13 points in 9 games
- Thomas Greiss 3-3-0, 3.45 GAA, .897 SV% is expected to start in goal
- Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves on Saturday and now has a 2-2-2 record, 3.03 GAA, and a .910 SV%
- Dylan Larkin (Personal) remains out of the lineup for the Red Wings
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi – Pius Suter – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Joe Veleno – Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov – Mitchell Stephens – Sam Gagner
Givani Smith – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Defensemen
Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek
Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider
Marc Staal – Jordan Oesterle
Goaltenders
Thomas Greiss (expected to start)
Alex Nedeljkovic
Not in lineup
Carter Rowney (Healthy), Gustav Lindstrom (lower body), Dylan Larkin (Personal), Troy Stecher (Healthy), Jakub Vrana (shoulder)
Golden Knights Notes
- Vegas are 19th in league standings with a 6-5-0 record
- Vegas special teams rank 26th in the NHL, PP 9.5%, PK 80.0
- The Golden Knights scored their first two PP goals of the season on Saturday night and are now 2/21 with the man advantage
- Chandler Stephenson leads the Golden Knights with 5G, 7A, and 12PTS.
- Jonathan Marchessault also has five goals to lead Vegas
- Goaltender Laurent Brossoit 1-0-0, 2.97 GAA, .920 SV% is expected to make his second start of the season
Vegas Projected Lineup
Forwards
Reilly Smith – Nicolas Roy – Jonathan Marchessault
William Carrier – Chandler Stephenson – Evgenii Dadonov
Mattias Janmark – Keegan Kolesar – Michael Amadio
Brett Howden – Jake Leschyshyn – Jonas Rondbjerg
Defensemen
Alex Pietrangelo – Nicolas Hague
Alec Martinez – Shea Theodore
Dylan Coghlan – Brayden McNabb
Goaltenders
Laurent Brossoit (starting)
Robin Lehner
Not in lineup
Ben Hutton (healthy), Jack Eichel (neck), Max Pacioretty (fractured foot), Mark Stone (lower body), Zach Whitecloud (upper body), Nolan Patrick (undisclosed), William Karlsson (broken foot)