Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings 01/13/2024

Game Preview: Red Wings vs. Kings
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The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a tough overtime loss over the Oilers on Thursday, 3-2, while the Kings are coming in off a 3-2 overtime loss of their own against the Panthers on Thursday night.

Detroit Red Wings (20-16-5, 45 Points) vs. Los Angeles Kings (20-10-8, 48 Points)

When: Saturday, January 13
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesar’s Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Alex DeBrincat – 38
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 17
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 22

Los Angeles Kings

Points: Adrian Kempe – 37
Goals: Trevor Moore – 18
Assists: Kevin Fiala – 25

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

Los Angeles Kings

Quinton Byfield – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Alex Laferriere – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Arthur Kaliyev
Carl Grundstrom – Blake Lizotte – Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov – Matt Roy
Andreas Englund – Jordan Spence

By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 21.5 (14)
PK%: 81.9 (11)
GF P/G: 3.51 (7)
GA P/G: 3.39 (24)
Faceoff %: 49.6 (17)

Los Angeles Kings

PP%: 19.8 (18)
PK%: 87.1 (1)
GF P/G: 3.29 (12)
GA P/G: 2.45 (2)
Faceoff %: 50.9 (12)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Patrick Kane

Since joining the Red Wings, Kane has played in 17 games and has recorded 14 points on six goals and eight assists. He has three power-play points on a goal and two assists. He has one point in his last three games, coming on an assist.

Kane’s Line Assignments

Kane is playing on the second line alongside Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher. He will also play on the second power-play unit with DeBrincat, Robby Fabbri, Daniel Sprong, and Moritz Seider.

Kane’s career vs. Los Angeles

In his career against the Kings, Kane has played in 48 games and has 43 points on 15 goals and 28 assists. He recorded an assist in the previous matchup against the Kings and scored the shootout winner.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (8-4-1, 2.54 GAA)

Lyon last started on Thursday against the Oilers, and he suffered the loss, giving up three goals on 47 shots. He faced the Kings last week, stopping 40 of the 43 shots he faced in the Red Wings 3-2 win. 

Los Angeles: Cam Talbot (14-9-5, 2.22 GAA)

Talbot’s last start came on Thursday against the Panthers, a game in which he suffered a loss in overtime as he gave up three goals on 41 shots. In his career against Detroit, Talbot is 7-3-2 in 12 games and has allowed 35 goals on 357 shots.

Wrap Up

The Detroit Red Wings are heading into a back-to-back weekend in which they need at least three points in. It’s surprising they managed to get just one point on Thursday, as they were outshot 47-17. Alex Lyon has really been a present surprise for the Red Wings to this point, and they will need him to continue playing like this with Ville Husso out as it’s keeping them in the playoff race, which they sit two points back heading into this one, but are tied with two other teams and have the Washington Capitals just one point behind them.

In their last ten games against Los Angeles, the Red Wings are 2-6-2 and have been outscored 37-24 in those ten games. The Red Wings beat the Kings in a shootout 4-3 just a week ago.

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