The Detroit Red Wings will attempt to make it four wins in a row when they host the red hot Seattle Kraken for the first time. The Red Wings defeated Boston 2-1 last night in Boston for Detroit’s 3000th franchise win.
Seattle have now won four of their last five after defeating the Sabres 7-3 in Buffalo on Monday.
Game time tonight is 7:30 PM ET at LCA in Detroit, MI.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 11-9-3 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 24th in the NHL, PP 14.8%, PK 77.6%
- Lucas Raymond continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with 21 points in 23 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 23 games
- Raymond and Seider lead Detroit with 12 assists each
- Marc Staal scored the game winning goal last night, his first goal of the season
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start and has a 4-6-0 record, 3.41 GAA, and .901 SV% in 10 games
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
Marc Staal – Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Thomas Greiss (starter)
Alex Nedeljkovic
Not in lineup
Dan Renouf (healthy), Danny DeKeyser (COVID-19), Joe Veleno (upper body), Kyle Cricuolo (healthy)
Kraken Notes
- Seattle are currently 7th in the Pacific Division with a 8-13-1 record
- The Kraken special teams are currently ranked 19th in the NHL, PP 18.0%, PK 81.6%
- Jaden Schwartz leads Seattle with 12 assists and 17 points in 22 games
- Jordan Eberle leads the Kraken with 11 goals in 22 games
- Defensemen Carson Soucy leads Seattle with a +5 rating
- Former Red Wings forward Riley Sheahan was recently placed on waivers then recalled last weekend
- Goaltender Philipp Grubauer is expected to start and has a 6-9-1 record, 3.03 GAA, and .890 SV% in 17 games
- Goaltender Chris Driedger and former Red Wings forward Calle Jarnkrok were placed on IR today. Forward Kole Lind and goaltender Joey Daccord have been recalled
Seattle Projected Lineup
Forwards
Jaden Schwartz – Yanni Gourde – Jordan Eberle
Marcus Johansson – Alexander Wennberg – Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev – Morgan Geekie – Jared McCann
Ryan Donato – Riley Sheahan – Joonas Donskoi
Defensemen
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Carson Soucy
Haydn Fleury – William Borgen
Goaltenders
Philipp Grubauer (starting)
Joey Daccord
Not in lineup
Calle Jarnkrok (undisclosed), Chris Driedger (undisclosed), Colin Blackwell (healthy), Jeremy Lauzon (healthy), Kole Lind (healthy)