Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings will host the Buffalo Sabres in a home and home matchup that will conclude with a matinee game on Monday in Buffalo. These two games are pivotal for the Red Wings and will go a long way in indicating if this team makes any kind of charge towards the playoffs.
Detroit won the first two games 4-3 and 3-2, against Buffalo in November. The Sabres are currently 28th in the NHL standings and are 3-4-3 in their last 10 games.
Game time is 7:00 PM ET at LCA in Detroit, MI.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 5th in the Atlantic Division with a 16-17-5 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 29th in the NHL, PP 14.0%, PK 77.7%
- Dylan Larkin leads Detroit with 32 points in 33 games
- Tyler Bertuzzi leads the Red Wings with 17 goals in 30 games
- Moritz Seider lead the Red Wings with 21 assists
- Seider leads all Detroit defensemen in scoring with 24 points in 38 games
- Bertuzzi continues to lead the Red Wings with a +12 rating
- Alex Nedeljkovic is expected to start and has an 10-10-4 record, 2.84 GAA, and .916 SV% in 26 games
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Givani Smith – Joe Veleno – Sam Gagner
Defensemen
Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek
Marc Staal – Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Alax Nedeljkovic (starter)
Thomas Greiss
Not in lineup
Riley Barber (lower body), Carter Rowney (undisclosed), Jordan Oesterle (healthy)
Sabres Notes
- Buffalo are currently 6th in the Atlantic Division with a 11-19-6 record
- The Sabres special teams are currently ranked 16th in the NHL, PP 20.2%, PK 78.9%
- Kyle Okposo leads Buffalo with 23 points in 34 games
- Jeff Skinner leads the Sabres with 13 goals in 34 games
- Okposo and defenseman Rasmus Dahlin lead Buffalo with 16 assists each
- Mark Jankowski leads the Sabres with a +4 rating
- Goaltender Aaron Dell is expected to start and has a 1-5-0 record, 3.87 GAA, and .887 SV% in 8 games
Buffalo Projected Lineup
Forwards
Rasmus Asplund – Tage Thompson – Victor Olofsson
Jeff Skinner – Dylan Cozens – Alex Tuch
Vinnie Hinostroza – Mark Jankowski – Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork – Cody Eakin – John Hayden
Defensemen
Rasmus Dahlin – Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson – Colin Miller
Robert Hagg – Mark Pysyk
Goaltenders
Aaron Dell (starting)
Michael Houser
Not in lineup
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower body), Will Butcher (healthy), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (undisclosed)