GAMEDAY PREVIEW Game 18: Detroit Red Wings vs. New Jersey Devils & Projected Line Combos

The Detroit Red Wings are returning home following their trip to Sweden, in which they picked up a point out of a possible four, and they most recently lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. The New Jersey Devils are coming in off a loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Detroit Red Wings (8-6-3, 19 Points) vs. New Jersey Devils (8-7-1, 17 Points)

When: Wednesday, November 22
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 – 17
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 11
Assists: Dylan Larkin -12

New Jersey Devils

Points: Jesper Bratt – 23
Goals: Tyler Toffoli – 9
Assists: Jack Hughes – 16

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Veleno – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat – J.T. Compher – Michael Rasmussen
David Perron – Andrew Copp – Robby Fabbri
Jeff Petry – Christian Fischer – Daniel Sprong

Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Justin Holl
Shayne Gostisbehere – Olli Maatta

New Jersey Devils

Erik Haula – Jack Hughes – Curtis Lazar
Tyler Toffoli – Dawson Mercer – Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat – Michael McLeod – Alexander Holtz
Maxwell Willman – Chris Tierney – Nathan Bastian

Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton
Kevin Bahl – John Marino
Colin Miller – Luke Hughes

By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 20.0 (14)
PK%: 78.8 (16)
GF P/G: 3.59 (7)
GA P/G: 3.35 (21)
Faceoff %: 49.6 (20)

New Jersey Devils

PP%: 39.0 (1)
PK%: 77.2 (20)
GF P/G: 3.69 (6)
GA P/G: 3.81 (29)
Faceoff %: 52.8 (6)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Lucas Raymond

Raymond has 13 points this season, coming on seven goals and six assists. He has two points on one goal and one assist on the power play. He has scored a goal in three straight games.

Raymond’s Line Assignments

Raymond plays on the top line with Joe Veleno and Dylan Larkin. Raymond is also on the first line of the power play with Larkin, David Perron, Alex DeBrincat, and Shayne Gostisbehere.

Raymond’s career vs. New Jersey

In his career against New Jersey, he has played in seven games and recorded five points, coming on a goal and four assists. In the lone game against the Devils this season, he didn’t record a point.

Between the Pipes:

Detroit: Alex Lyon (0-1-0, 3.08 GAA)

Lyon made his Red Wings debut last Friday against the Maple Leafs and allowed three goals on 29 shots. In his career, he is 0-2-0 against the Devils in three games and allowed nine goals on 42 shots.

New Jersey: Vitek Vanecek (7-4-0, 3.79 GAA)

Vanecek’s last start came on Saturday against the Rangers, in which he allowed four goals on 34 shots. Vanecek has made five appearances in his career against the Red Wings, going 3-1-1, stopping 123 of the 137 shots he has faced. He faced Detroit in the season opener, picking up the win and stopping 32 of the 35 shots he faced.

Wrap Up:

The Red Wings have a tough stretch, as they will play three games in five days. They need points as they have fallen out of a playoff spot, and the mark focused on for a playoff team is being in a spot by Thanksgiving; well, with a win and a Carolina loss, Detroit is back in a playoff spot on Thanksgiving, so Detroit needs two points tonight, but it won’t be easy against this Devils team that despite their struggles out of the gate are talented.

In their last ten games against New Jersey, the Red Wings are 4-6-0 and have been outscored 35-27. The Red Wings lost their season opener to the Devils 4-3.

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