Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Edmonton Oilers 2/13/2024

The Detroit Red Wings kick off their road trip against the Edmonton Oilers tonight and are coming off an overtime win over the Canucks on Saturday night 4-3 while the Oilers are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Kings on Saturday.

Detroit Red Wings (27-18-6, 60 Points) vs. Edmonton Oilers (30-17-1, 61 Points)

When: Tuesday, February 13
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Where: Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Dylan Larkin – 47
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 23
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 28

Edmonton Oilers

Points: Connor McDavid – 71
Goals: Zach Hyman – 31
Assists: Connor McDavid – 50

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

Edmonton Oilers

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
Evander Kane – Leon Draisaitl – Corey Perry
Dylan Holloway – Ryan McLeod – Warren Foegele
Sam Gagner – Derek Ryan – Connor Brown
Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse – Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak – Vincent Desharnais

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By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 22.8 (11)
PK%: 81.6 (10)
GF P/G: 3.49 (4)
GA P/G: 3.22 (21)
Faceoff %: 49.2 (19)

Edmonton Oilers

PP%: 26.4 (4)
PK%: 81.8 (8)
GF P/G: 3.42 (6)
GA P/G: 2.79 (9)
Faceoff %: 52.2 (7)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Dylan Larkin

Larkin has played in 45 games this season and has 47 points coming on 23 goals and 24 assists. He ranks first on the team in goals and points and fourth on the team in assists. On the power play, he has 19 points on eight goals and 11 assists. He had his 13-game point streak snapped on Saturday but before that, he had 16 points on ten goals and six assists over that 13-game period.

Larkin’s Line Assignments

Larkin will center the first line with Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond. He will also play on the first power-play unit along with Raymond, J.T. Compher, David Perron, and Shayne Gostisbehere

Larkin’s career vs. Edmonton

Larkin in his career against the Oilers, has played in 15 games and has 14 points on six goals and eight assists. He had an assist in their matchup earlier this season

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (14-6-2, 2.54 GAA) / Ville Husso (9-5-2, 3.53 GAA) / James Reimer (4-6-2, 3.22 GAA)

Lyon last started on Saturday against the Canucks in which he picked up the win in overtime giving up three goals on 31 shots. He has faced Edmonton once in his career coming just last month in which he suffered the loss giving up three goals on 47 shots.

Husso is returning to the Red Wings net tonight having last played on December 18^th against the Ducks when he left due to injury after allowing two goals on eight shots. In his career against the Oilers, he is 1-1-1 in three games.

Reimer last appeared against Dallas on January 23^rd when he came in relief of Lyon for the third period and stopped all six shots he faced. In his career against the Oilers, he is 7-5-6 in 19 games.

Edmonton: Stuart Skinner (23-11-1, 2.45 GAA)

Skinner last played on Saturday against the Kings in which he suffered the loss giving up three goals on 25 shots. In his career against Detroit, he is 0-1-0.

Wrap Up

The Red Wings since the calendar flipped to 2024 are now 10-2-2 after their win over the Canucks on Saturday. February was going to be a question mark month for this team as that’s when they fell out of it last season but in their first game of the month, they beat one of the best teams in the league to this point. Things will be a little tough going forward as they are on a four-game road trip against teams in or fighting for a playoff spot in the Western Conference and then they return home to take on the Avalanche who are fighting for the division lead in the Central Division. If in those five games, the Red Wings can find a way to manage to come away with six-seven points they’ll be in great shape going forward and should be buying at the trade deadline.

In their last ten games against Edmonton, Detroit is 4-5-1, and have been outscored 36-30 in those ten games. Detroit lost in overtime 3-2 back on January 11^th to Edmonton.