Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. St. Louis Blues 2/24/2024

Game Preview: Red Wings vs. Blues 2/24/2024

The Detroit Red Wings are coming off an overtime win on Thursday night to the Avalanche 2-1, while the Blues are coming off a win over the Islanders on Thursday night 4-0.

Detroit Red Wings (30-20-6, 66 Points) vs. St. Louis Blues (30-24-2, 62 Points)

When: Saturday, February 24
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: ABC

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Dylan Larkin – 51
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 25
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 30

St. Louis Blues

Points: Robert Thomas – 65
Goals: Pavel Buchnevich – 22
Assists: Robert Thomas – 46

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

St. Louis Blues

Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Jordan Kyrou
Jake Neighbours – Brayden Schenn – Zachary Bolduc
Brandon Saad – Kevin Hayes – Kasperi Kapanen
Alexey Toropchenko – Oskar Sundqvist – Nathan Walker
Nick Leddy – Colton Parayko
Torey Krug – Matt Kessel
Marco Scandella – Scott Perunovich

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By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 23.2 (8)
PK%: 82.3 (8)
GF P/G: 3.46 (6)
GA P/G: 3.21 (21)
Faceoff %: 49.4 (19)

St. Louis Blues

PP%: 17.9 (22)
PK%: 79.5 (18)
GF P/G: 2.93 (20)
GA P/G: 3.05 (15)
Faceoff %: 48.8 (23)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Robby Fabbri

Fabbri has played in 42 games this season and has 22 points coming on 13 goals and nine assists. Fabbri is tied for fifth on the team in goals. On the power play, he has six points on two goals and four assists.

Fabbri’s Line Assignments

Perron will be on the fourth line playing with Christian Fischer and Daniel Sprong.  He will also play on the second power-play unit with Sprong, Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat, and Moritz Seider.

Fabbri’s career vs. St. Louis

Fabbri in his career against his former team has played in three games and he has four points all coming on goals. He had a goal in their matchup earlier this season.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (16-8-2, 2.75 GAA)

Lyon last played on Thursday against the Avalanche, and he got the win stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced. He is 1-0-0 against the Blues in his career.

St. Louis: Jordan Binnington (20-15-2, 2.85 GAA)

Binnington last played on Thursday against the Islanders, and he picked up his third shutout of the season stopping all 38 shots he faced. In his career against Detroit, he is 2-1-0 in three games, the lone loss came earlier this season when the Red Wings beat the Blues 6-4 on December 12th.

Wrap Up

The Detroit Red Wings picked up a much-needed two points on Thursday night against a very good hockey team, they also got some help as the teams they needed to lose did with the Lightning losing to the Capitals and the Devils losing to the Rangers. They now hold a six-point advantage over the teams outside of the playoff picture and currently hold the top Wild Card spot by one point over the Lightning. This weekend they have a back-to-back and need to find a way to come out of it with a minimum of two points if not three, they have a really good shot at doing so if they continue playing the way they have as of late.

In their last ten games against St. Louis, Detroit is 4-5-1, and have been outscored 39-30 in those ten games. Detroit beat the Blues 6-4 back on December 12th.

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