Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings 1/4/24

Game Preview Red Wings vs. Kings 1/4/2024
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The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a win on Tuesday night against the Sharks 5-3. The Kings are coming in off a loss to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night, 3-0.

Detroit Red Wings (18-16-4, 40 Points) vs. Los Angeles Kings (20-9-5, 45 Points)

When: Thursday, January 4
Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
Where: Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, CA)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Alex DeBrincat – 38
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 17
Assists: Alex DeBrincat – 21

Los Angeles Kings

Points: Anze Kopitar – 34
Goals: Trevor Moore – 17
Assists: Kevin Fiala – 23

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

Los Angeles Kings

Quinton Byfield – Anze Kopitar – Trevor Moore
Adrian Kempe – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Alex Laferriere
Kevin Fiala – Phillip Danault – Carl Grundstrom
Jaret Anderson-Dolan – 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%: 22.2 (12)
PK%: 80.8 (13)
GF P/G: 3.58 (5)
GA P/G: 3.45 (25)
Faceoff %: 49.6 (18)

Los Angeles Kings

PP%: 18.8 (20)
PK%: 87.0 (1)
GF P/G: 3.38 (10)
GA P/G: 2.35 (1)
Faceoff %: 51.2 (9)

Red Wings Player to Watch: David Perron

Perron is in his second season with Detroit, and 32 games this year, he has 16 points on nine goals and seven assists. He has nine power-play points on five goals and four assists. He has three points on two goals and an assist in his last three games.

Perron’s Line Assignments

Perron is playing on the first line alongside Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond. He will also play on the second power-play unit with Raymond, Robby Fabbri, Daniel Sprong, and Moritz Seider.

Perron’s career vs. Los Angeles

Perron, in his career, has faced the Kings 50 times and has recorded 41 points, scoring 18 goals and 23 assists. In two games against the Kings last season, he had five points on two goals and three assists.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (6-4-0, 2.53 GAA)

Lyon last started on Tuesday against the Sharks, and he picked up the win, stopping 24 of the 27 shots he faced. He has one game against the Kings going 0-1-0, and allowed three goals on 32 shots in that game.

Los Angeles: David Rittich (2-0-0, 1.00 GAA)

Rittich last played on December 27th against the Sharks and allowed one goal on 25 shots in the 5-1 win. In three games against Detroit in his career, he is 3-0-0, having stopped 68 of the 73 shots he has faced.

Wrap Up

The Detroit Red Wings picked up a win on Tuesday over the Sharks and got a much-needed two points despite playing one of their worst games of the season, but they’ve also now won two of their last three games, so there’s a little positive there. This game on the road trip may be the toughest for Detroit, and they can’t play like they did on Tuesday if they want to come out on top. The Red Wings also need Patrick Kane to get going again, as he hasn’t recorded a point in the last two games.

In their last ten games against Los Angeles, the Red Wings are 1-7-2 and have been outscored 38-21 in those ten games. The Red Wings last season went 0-1-1 against the Kings and were outscored 9-7.


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