Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Arizona Coyotes 3/14/2024

Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Arizona Coyotes 3/14/2024

The Detroit Red Wings return home tonight to take on the Arizona Coyotes. The Red Wings are coming off a 7-3 loss to the Sabres on Tuesday, while the Coyotes are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Wild on Tuesday night.

 Detroit Red Wings (33-26-6, 72 Points) vs. Arizona Coyotes (26-35-5, 57 Points)

When: Thursday, March 14
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: Bally Sport Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Alex DeBrincat – 54
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 26
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 35

Arizona Coyotes

Points: Clayton Keller – 55
Goals: Clayton Keller – 25
Assists: Matias Maccelli – 34

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

David Perron – J.T. Compher – Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri – Andrew Copp – Alex DeBrincat
Michael Rasmussen – Joe Veleno – Patrick Kane
Jonatan Berggren – Austin Czarnik – Christian Fischer
Ben Chiarot – Moritz Seider
Jake Walman– Shayne Gostisbehere
Jeff Petry – Olli Maatta

Arizona Coyotes

Clayton Keller – Nick Bjugstad – Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse – Logan Cooley – Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli – Alex Kerfoot – Michael Carcone
John Leonard – Jack McBain – Liam O’Brien
J.J. Moser – Sean Durzi
Juuso Valimaki – Michael Kesselring
Travis Dermott  – Josh Brown

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By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 23.0 (10)
PK%: 80.7 (11)
GF P/G: 3.42 (6)
GA P/G: 3.35 (23)
Faceoff %: 49.9 (16)

Arizona Coyotes

PP%: 22.4 (12)
PK%: 75.8 (26)
GF P/G: 2.89 (23)
GA P/G: 3.36 (24)
Faceoff %: 45.7 (32)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Alex DeBrincat

DeBrincat has played in 65 games this season and has 54 points coming on 23 goals and 31 assists. DeBrincat is second on the team in goals and points, and he is third in assists. On the power play, he has 18 points on ten goals and eight assists.

DeBrincat’s Line Assignments

DeBrincat will be on the second line playing with Robby Fabbri and Andrew Copp.  He will also play on the first power-play unit with Kane, Lucas Raymond, Robby Fabbri, and Shayne Gostisbehere.

DeBrincat’s career vs. Arizona

DeBrincat in his career against Arizona has played in 16 games and he has 15 points on six goals and nine assists.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (18-13-2, 3.03 GAA)

Lyon last played on Tuesday against the Sabres, and he got the loss giving up four goals on 13 shots, he was pulled near the end of the first period. He is 0-1-0 in his career against Arizona with that loss coming last Friday when he gave up four goals on 24 shots.

Arizona: Connor Ingram (18-17-3, 2.86 GAA) / Karel Vejmelka (8-17-2, 3.46 GAA)

Ingram last played on Sunday against the Blackhawks and he suffered a loss allowing six goals on 40 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 1-0-0 with that win coming last Friday when he shut them out.

Vejmelka last played last Tuesday against Minnesota and he suffered a loss giving up two goals on 29 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 1-0-1 in two games.

Wrap Up

Tonight is almost as close to a must-win as you can get with the Islanders taking on the Buffalo Sabres you need to find a way to get two points to either keep pace with them or even take back that final Wild Card spot that you held three weeks ago and had a ten point lead before you let it slip away. This team is badly missing Dylan Larkin and needs to find a way to step up, maybe the skirmish yesterday at practice between Lucas Raymond and Ben Chiarot will ignite some fire in the boys for tonight’s game.

In their last ten games against Arizona, Detroit is 4-4-2, and have been outscored by the Coyotes 36-28 in those ten games. Detroit lost to Arizona last Thursday 4-0.

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