The Detroit Red Wings attempt to make it three wins in a row when they travel to play the always difficult Boston Bruins.
Boston are 6-4-0 during their last 10 games after a 3-2 victory at home against Vancouver on Sunday.
Game time tonight is 7:00 PM ET at TD Garden in Boston, MA.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 10-9-3 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 24th in the NHL, PP 15.0%, PK 78.1%
- Lucas Raymond continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with 21 points in 22 games
- Dylan Larkin leads Detroit with 10 goals
- Tyler Bertuzzi leads the Red wings with a +9 rating
- Moritz Seider leads all Red Wings defensemen in scoring with 14 points in 22 games
- Raymond and Seider lead Detroit with 12 assists each
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start and has a 4-6-0 record, 3.41 GAA, and .901 SV% in 10 games
- Grand Rapids forward Kyle Criscuolo has been recalled to Detroit on an emergency loan
- Filip Hronek missed yesterday’s practice due to non-COVID related illness. He is expected to be in the lineup tonight.
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Pius Suter – Givani Smith
Sam Gagner – Carter Rowney – Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Defensemen
Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek
Jordan Oesterle – Moritz Seider
Dan Renouf – Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Thomas Greiss (starter)
Alex Nedeljkovic
Not in lineup
Marc Staal (healthy), Danny DeKeyser (COVID-19), Joe Veleno (upper body), Kyle Cricuolo (healthy)
Bruins Notes
- Boston are currently 5th in the Atlantic Division with a 11-7-0 record
- The Bruins special teams are currently ranked 6th in the NHL, PP 25.5%, PK 83.6%
- Brad Marchand leads the Bruins in scoring with nine goals, 15 assists and 24 points in 18 games
- Marchard was suspended for three games yesterday and will not play tonight
- Defensemen Charlie McAvoy leads Boston with a +5 rating
- Goaltender Linus Ullmark is expected to start and has a 5-3-0 record, 2.76 GAA, and .914 SV% in eight games
- Forward Jake DeBrusk has requested a trade and will be back in the Bruins lineup tonight
Boston Projected Lineup
Forwards
Taylor Hall – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak
Nick Foligno – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith
Tomas Nosek – Trent Frederic – Karson Kuhlman
Jake DeBrusk – Erik Haula – Curtis Lazar
Defensemen
Derek Forbort – Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk – Brandon Carlo
Mike Reilly – Jakub Zboril
Goaltenders
Linus Ullmark (starting)
Jeremy Swayman
Not in lineup
Connor Clifton (healthy), Anton Blidh (upper body), Brad Marchand (suspended)