The Detroit Red Wings (10-7-1) play a road game tonight against the New York Rangers (10-7-2). The Rangers hold a wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference, and the Red Wings are one point behind New York in that race.
Where: Madison Square Garden
When: 7 p.m., ET
TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM
Odds: Detroit (+1.5, -215), New York (-1.5, +170), ESPNBet
Hot: Alex DeBrincat shows 13 points (8-5-13) in 10 games since Oct. 25 vs. St. Louis.
Not: Andrew Copp has one goal in 18 games this season, and that came in the second game of the season. He also has only three shots on goal in the past seven games, and all three came in Friday’s win against Anaheim.
Spotlight: Moritz Seider played his 346th consecutive NHL game, passing John Ogrodnick (345) for the longest ironman streak to begin a Red Wings career in franchise history. Seider is tied with Dawson Mercer for the fifth-longest active ironman streak among all NHL skaters behind Brent Burns (943), Nick Suzuki (473), DeBrincat (392), and Charlie Coyle (347).
Story: Coach Todd McLellan called out his Red Wings after they blew a three-goal lead and fell to Buffalo 5-4 in overtime Saturday. “Until this group figures out what’s important at certain times of the game, we’re going to have those nights,” McLellan said. “Simple as that.” It was top players making many of the mistakes, including Seider, who had two turnovers which cost his team goals… After blowing the lead, the Red Wings are now 9-0-1 when leading after two periods…Detroit is 1-3-1 in its last five…Rookie Emmitt Finnie has no points in his past nine games.
Detroit Projected Lines
Alex DeBrincat — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Emmitt Finnie — JT Compher — Patrick Kane
Marco Kasper — Nate Danielson– Mason Appleton
James van Riemsdyk (unconfirmed) — Andrew Copp — Michael Rasmussen
Defense Pairings
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson — Jacob Bernard-Decker
Subs: forward Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan Berggren, Travis Hamonic
Goalies
Cam Talbot (John Gibson backing up).
New York Rangers
Story: The Rangers rank second in the NHL in goals-against average (2.47 goals per game) and sit 30th in scoring (2.58 goals per game)…Their power play ranks 22nd (16.7%). New York has won three in a row and four of its last five. That includes a 2-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night.
Injured: Will Borgen (upper body)
Projected Lines
Will Cuylle — Mika Zibanejad — J.T. Miller
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Jonny Brodzinski
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Taylor Raddysh
Defense Pairings
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Braden Schneider
Urho Vaakanainen — Matthew Robertson
Jonathan Quick (Igor Shesterkin backing up)
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Scott Morrow
