Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Arizona Coyotes 03/08/2024

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

The Detroit Red Wings will play the first of a back-to-back tonight against the Arizona Coyotes. The Red Wings are coming off a 7-2 loss to the Avalanche on Wednesday night, while the Coyotes are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Wild last night.

Detroit Red Wings (33-23-6, 72 Points) vs. Arizona Coyotes (25-33-5, 55 Points)

When: Friday, March 8
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Where: Mullett Arena (Tempe, AZ)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Dylan Larkin – 54
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 26
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 34

Arizona Coyotes

Points: Clayton Keller – 53
Goals: Clayton Keller – 23
Assists: Matias Maccelli – 33

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

Arizona Coyotes

Clayton Keller – Barrett Hayton – Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli – Nick Bjugstad – Lawson Crouse
Alex Kerfoot – Logan Cooley – Dylan Guenther
Michael Carcone – 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%: 80.4 (12)
GF P/G: 3.48 (6)
GA P/G: 3.26 (22)
Faceoff %: 49.6 (18)

Arizona Coyotes

PP%: 22.6 (15)
PK%: 76.1 (26)
GF P/G: 2.89 (25)
GA P/G: 3.35 (24)
Faceoff %: 45.7 (32)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Shayne Gostisbehere

Gostisbehere has played in 61 games this season and has 40 points coming on nine goals and 31 assists. He leads the defenseman in assists and points. On the power play, he has 23 points on two goals and 21 assists.

Gostisbehere’s Line Assignments

Gostisbehere is on the third defensive pairing with Olli Maatta. He will also play on the first power-play unit with Alex DeBrincat, Robby Fabbri, Lucas Raymond, and Patrick Kane.

Gostisbehere’s career vs. Arizona

Gostisbehere in his career against his former team has played in ten games and he has recorded ten points on three goals and seven assists. Last season, in one game against Arizona he had a goal.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (18-11-2, 2.89 GAA)

Lyon last played on Wednesday against the Avalanche, and he got the loss giving up five goals on 40 shots. He has never faced the Coyotes in his career.

Arizona: Connor Ingram (17-16-3, 2.85 GAA) / Karel Vejmelka (8-16-2, 3.51 GAA)

Ingram last played last Tuesday against the Blackhawks and he suffered his ninth straight loss giving up four goals on 31 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 1-0-0

Vejmelka last played on Thursday against the Wild, and he took the loss giving up three goals on 26 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 1-0-1.

Wrap Up

The Detroit Red Wings have dropped three straight games and tonight is a must-win as they need to snap that skid and pick up a crucial two points against the Coyotes before a tough game tomorrow night against the Vegas Golden Knights. The New York Islanders are hard-charging and are not far behind the Red Wings or the Lightning as they now trail by two points. This is the toughest stretch and test for Detroit without their leader and captain Dylan Larkin, but someone like David Perron or Patrick Kane needs to step up and be leaders in the locker room and get things right to help lead the Red Wings back to the playoffs.

In their last ten games against Arizona, Detroit is 5-3-2, and have been outscored 36-33 in those ten games. This is the first matchup between the two teams this season, last year they split the season series with each team winning at home in a shootout.

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