The Detroit Red Wings (5-3) are home tonight to play the St. Louis Blues (3-3-1)
Where: Little Caesars Arena
When: 7 p.m.
TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM
Odds: Detroit (-1.5,+210), New York Islanders (+1.5, -300), ESPNBet
Hot: Dylan Larkin owns an eight-game points streak (6-7–12) to start the season.
Not: Marco Kasper was minus-4 with no points in the road losses to Buffalo and the New York Islanders. He is minus-6 with one goal scored on the season.
Spotlight: Red Wings’ defensive corps. After starting strong, the units gave up 11 goals in two road losses. The defensemen had some difficulty sorting out their coverages in both games.
Absence: Patrick Kane has missed the last three games with an undisclosed upper body injury.
Story: The Red Wings are coming off an ugly two-game road trip… John Gibson should start in net tonight vs. the Blues…Larkin is the eighth active player to record at least two season-opening points streaks of seven or more games…The Red Wings rank fourth in the NHL with an 90.4% penalty killing efficiency. The team’s power play has fallen to 19th at 90%.
Injury: Patrick Kane is skating, but won’t play tonight.
Detroit Projected Lines
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Mason Appleton
Alex DeBrincat — Marco Kasper — Lucas Raymond
Andrew Copp — JT Compher — Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
James van Riemsdyk — Michael Rasmussen — Jonatan Berggren
Defense Pairings
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson-Jacob Bernard-Docker
Goalie
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)
St. Louis
Story: The Blues have lost three out of their last four, including a 7-3 decision to the Utah Mammoth on Thursday…Injuries: Milan Lucic: Day-To-Day (Lower Body), Alexey Toropchenko: Day-To-Day (Upper Body)
Projected Lines
Blues projected lines
Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jordan Kyrou
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jake Neighbours
Mathieu Joseph — Pius Suter — Jimmy Snuggerud
Nathan Walker — Oskar Sundqvist — Nick Bjugstad
Defense Pairing
Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux
Jordan Binnington (Joel Hofer backing up)
