The Detroit Red Wings (9-6) have lost three of their last four games going into Sunday’s home game against the Chicago Blackhawks (7-5-3). The Blackhawks are in a wildcard position in the Western Conference.
will play 12 games in the next 22 days starting with tonight’s home game against the New York Rangers (6-6-2).
Where: Little Caesars Arena
When: 1 p.m., ET
TV/Radio: NHL Network,FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM
Odds: Detroit (-1.5, +130), Chicago (+1.5, -155), ESPNBet
Hot: JT Compher has three goals and two assists in his past nine games. Coach McLellan has moved him to center on the second line
Not: Marco Kasper (three goals, no assists in 15 games). He’s been moved to the third line
Spotlight: The Red Wings are hoping Patrick Kane’s return will bring more consistency to their offensive attack. He had six shots on goal in the loss to the Rangers.
Story: Coach Todd McLellan said John Gibson will start in goal against the Blackhawks…Andrew Copp has four assists in his past seven games…After a 1-for-15 slump on the power play, the Red Wings now rank 12th in the NHL at 20.8%…Rookie Emmitt Finnie has gone six games without a point.
Detroit Projected Lines
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat — JT Compher — Patrick Kane
Marco Kasper — Andrew Copp– Mason Appleton
James van Riemsdyk– Michael Rasmussen — Jonatan Berggren
Defense Pairings
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson-Travis Hamonic
Subs: Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker, forward Elmer Soderblom
Goalies
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)
Chicago Blackhawks
Story: Jeff Blashill will be facing his former Red Wings team for the first time since became the Blackhawks head coach… Former Red Wings player Tyler Bertuzzi comes to town with the Blackhawks as one of the NHL’s hottest scorers. He has five goals in his past two games, and six in his last four games… In the Blackhawks’ last outing on Friday, goalie Spencer Knight made 33 saves in a 4-0 shutout against the Calgary Flames. He has wins in five of his last seven starts and points in eight of his last nine outings (6-1-2). Knight has posted a 6-3-2 record, a .926 save percentage and a 2.33 goals-against average in 11 games this season…Connor Bedard posted a goal and three assists…Injured: Frank Nazar (lower body), Laurent Brossoit (hip), Jason Dickinson (upper body)
Projected Lines
Ryan Greene — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato — Colton Dach — Ilya Mikheyev
Oliver Moore — Nick Foligno
Defense pairings
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Louis Crevier
Goalies
Spencer Knight (Arvid Soderblom backing up) (Unconfirmed)
