The Detroit Red Wings play their 3rd road game in four nights when they visit Vegas tonight. Game time is 10:00 PM ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Detroit have lost their opening two games of a four-game road trip. Detroit won the first meeting 5-2 just 11 days ago.
Vegas is on a one-game losing streak after being on the wrong side of a 4-2 game with Carolina on Tuesday.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 8-8-2 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 24th in the NHL, PP 16.7%, PK 77.6%
- Tyler Bertuzzi continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with nine goals and 17 points in 14 games
- Moritz Seider leads all Red Wings and all rookies with 10 assists
- Lucas Raymond remains the top rookie scorer in the NHL with 17 points in 17 games
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start and has a 4-5-0 record, 3.20 GAA, and .907 SV% in eight games
- Dylan Larkin had a false-positive COVID-19 test and will play tonight
- Marc Staal missed this mornings practice because of a non-COVID -19 related illness and will not play tonight
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Sam Gagner – Joe Veleno – Carter Rowney
Defensemen
Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek
Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider
Jordan Oesterle – Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Thomas Greiss
Alex Nedeljkovic
Not in lineup
Givani Smith (healthy), Marc Staal (illnes), Troy Stecher (undisclosed), Jakub Vrana (shoulder), Mitchell Stephens (lower body)
Golden Knights Notes
- Vegas are currently 4th in the Pacific Division with a 9-7-0 record
- The Golden Knights special teams are currently ranked 23rd in the NHL, PP 14.3%, PK 80.0%
- Chandler Stephenson leads the Golden Knights in scoring with 10 assists and 15 points in 15 games
- Jonathan Marchessault leads Vegas with nine goals
- Nicolas Roy leads the Golden Knights with a +6 rating
- Goaltender Robin Lehner is expected to start and has a 7-5-0 record, 2.83 GAA, and .918 SV% in 12 games
- LW Sven Baertschi was recalled Tuesday is expected to make his Vegas debut tonight
- Center Adam Brooks was claimed off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday
Vegas Projected Lineup
Forwards
Evgenii Dadonov – Chandler Stephenson – Mark Stone
Keegan Kolesar – Nicolas Roy – Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark – Jake Leschyshyn – Paul Cotter
Sven Baertschi – Brett Howden – Jonas Rondbjerg
Defensemen
Nicolas Hague – Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton – Dylan Coghlan
Goaltenders
Robin Lehner (starting)
Laurent Brossoit
Not in lineup
Mike Amadio (Covid-19), Alec Martinez (face), William Carrier (Covid-19), William Karlsson (foot), Jonathan Marchessault (Covid-19)