The Detroit Red Wings will finish their trip to Sweden today by taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs in an original six-matchup. The Red Wings are coming in off an overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators, while the Maple Leafs haven’t played since Saturday when they beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2.
Detroit Red Wings (8-5-3, 19 Points) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (8-5-2, 18 Points)
When: Friday, November 17
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: Avicii Arena (Stockholm, SWE)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit
Scoring Leaders
Detroit Red Wings
Points: Dylan Larkin – 17
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 11
Assists: Dylan Larkin – 12
Toronto Maple Leafs
Points: Williams Nylander – 22
Goals: Auston Matthews – 13
Assists: William Nylander – 12
Expected Line Combinations
Detroit Red Wings
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
David Perron – J.T. Compher – Andrew Copp
Robby Fabbri – Joe Veleno – Daniel Sprong
Klim Kostin – Michael Rasmussen – Christian Fischer
Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Shayne Gostisbehere – Justin Holl
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Tyler Bertuzzi – John Tavares – William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson – Max Domi – Calle Jarnkrok
Noah Gregor – David Kampf – Ryan Reaves
Morgan Reilly – T.J. Brodie
Mark Giordano – Jake McCabe
Simon Benoit – William Lagesson
By The Numbers:
League Ranking
Detroit Red Wings
PP%: 21.4 (14)
PK%: 79.4 (15)
GF P/G: 3.69 (5)
GA P/G: 3.38 (20)
Faceoff %: 49.9 (20)
Toronto Maple Leafs
PP%: 28.3 (6)
PK%: 72.0 (27)
GF P/G: 3.53 (9)
GA P/G: 3.53 (27)
Faceoff %: 51.8 (10)
Red Wings Player to Watch: Dylan Larkin
Larkin has 17 points this season, coming on five goals and 12 assists. On the power play he has 11 points coming on three goals and eight assists. In his last five games, he has two points coming on a goal and an assist.
Larkin’s Line Assignments
Larkin will center the top line with Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond. Larkin is also on the first line of the power play with DeBrincat, David Perron, Jeff Petry, and Shayne Gostisbehere.
Larkin’s career vs. Toronto
In his career against Toronto, he has played in 24 games and has recorded 23 points, scoring 11 goals and 12 assists. Last season, in four games against the Maple Leafs, he had six points on three goals and three assists; he also had a hat trick on April 2nd.
Between the Pipes:
Detroit: Alex Lyon (0-0-0, 0.00 GAA)
Lyon is making his Red Wings debut tonight, and in his career, he is 1-0-1 against the Maple Leafs in two games and allowed four goals on 65 shots.
Toronto: Ilya Samsonov (3-1-2, 3.79 GAA)
Samsonov’s last start came on Saturday against Vancouver, where he allowed two goals on 33 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, Samsonovhas made five appearances, going 3-2-0, stopping 99 of the 108 shots he has faced. He faced Detroit three times last season, going 1-2-0, and allowed six goals on 61 shots.
Wrap Up
The Red Wings need to take advantage when they are on the power play, as the Maple Leafs are in the bottom five of the league in penalty kill. Toronto is a tough team and is 5-3-2 in their last ten and have won two straight; this is a game the Red Wings can make a statement to the rest of the Atlantic Division that they are for real in 2023-24.
In their last ten games against Toronto, the Red Wings are 2-8-0 and have been outscored 46-28. The Red Wings last season finished 2-2-0 against the Maple Leafs and outscored them 12-11.
