Hot off three consecutive victories, the Detroit Red Wings will host Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals tonight at LCA in Detroit, MI. Game time is 7:30 PM ET.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 3rd in the Atlantic Division with a 7-5-2 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 25th in the NHL, PP 17.4%, PK 72.3%
- Tyler Bertuzzi continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with nine goals and 15 points in 11 games
- Moritz Seider leads all Red Wings and all rookies with nine assists
- Lucas Raymond remains the top rookie scorer in the NHL with 14 points in 14 games
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start and has a 4-3-0 record, 3.24 GAA, and .906 SV%
- At morning optional skate, Coach Blashill indicated that Lucas Raymond, Marc Staal and Filip Hronek were banged up in the Edmonton game and are game-time decisions for tonight’s lineup
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Pius Suter – 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 – Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Thomas Greiss (starting)
Alex Nedeljkovic
Not in lineup
Carter Rowney (healthy), Jordan Oesterle (healthy), Troy Stecher (undisclosed), Jakub Vrana (shoulder)
Capitals Notes
- Washington are currently 3rd in the Metropolitan Division with a 6-2-4 record
- The Capitals special teams are currently ranked 21st in the NHL, PP 18.6%, PK 78.8%
- Alex Ovechkin leads the Capitals in scoring with 11 goals and 21 points in 12 games
- Ovechkin scored goal #741 on Monday against Buffalo. He is now tied with Brett Hull for 4th all-time in goals scored
- Evgeny Kuznetsov leads the Capitals with 11 assists
- Goaltender Vitek Vanecek is expected to start and currently has a 3-2-3 record, 2.51 GAA, and .906 SV%
- Former Red Wing Anthony Mantha has a shoulder injury and will not play
- Hendrix Lapierre was assigned back to Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) for the remainder of the season yesterday
- Center Aliaksei Protas and goaltender Zach Fucale were recalled from the Hershey Bears (AHL) yesterday
Washington Projected Lineup
Forwards
Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary – Connor McMichael – Daniel Sprong
Axel Jonsson Fjallby – Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway
Carl Hagelin – Alexei Protas – Brett Leason
Defensemen
Martin Fehervary – John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov – Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk – Justin Schultz
Goaltenders
Zach Fucale (starting)
Ilya Samsonov
Not in lineup
Vitek Vanecek (shoulder), Dennis Cholowski (healthy), Matt Irwin (healthy), Anthony Mantha (shoulder), Nic Dowd (lower body), T.J. Oshie (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip)