The Detroit Red Wings (9-7) play a home game Thursday against the Anaheim Ducks (11-4-1). The Ducks lead the Pacific Division and the Red Wings are not in a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference
Where: Little Caesars Arena
When: 7 p.m., ET
TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM
Odds: Detroit (-1.5, +180), Anaheim (+1.5, -235), ESPNBet
Hot: The Ducks team had won seven in a row before losing Tuesday to Colorado
Not: Emmitt Finnie has gone seven games without a point.
Spotlight: Center Nate Danielson will get more of an opportunity to show what he can do at the NHL level.
Story: The Red Wings lost 5-2 to the Ducks in Anaheim on Halloween. John Gibson was in net for Detroit that night. He will also start Thursday against his former team. In Gibson’s nine outings this season, he has surrendered four or more goals five times… Detroit has been outscored 10-2 in its three-game losing streak…A 1-for-20 slump on the power play has dropped Detroit to 17th (18.9%) in the NHL rankings…The Red Wings’ scoring average of 2.75 goals per game now ranks 25th in the NHL.
Detroit Projected Lines
Alex DeBrincat — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Emmitt Finnie — JT Compher — Patrick Kane
Marco Kasper — Nate Danielson– Mason Appleton
James van Riemsdyk– Andrew Copp — Michael Rasmussen
Defense Pairings
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson — Jacob Bernard-Decker
Subs: Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker, forward Elmer Soderblom
Goalies
John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up).
Anaheim Ducks
Story: The Ducks rank second in the NHL with a 3.94 goals per game scoring average. They have scored four or more goals 10 times in 16 games… Anahein’s 3.13 GAA ranks 17th… Leo Carlsson is second in the NHL scoring race with 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 16 games… Injuries: Mikael Granlund is out week-to-week; Radko Gudas is on injured reserve; Ryan Strome is day-to-day.
Ducks Projected Lines
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Cutter Gautheir — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Nikita Nesterenko — Ryan Poehling — Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston — Jansen Harkins — Frank Vatrano
Defense Pairings
Jackson Lacombe — Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — Ian Moore
Goalies
Lukas Dostral (Former Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek backing up)
