GAMEDAY PREVIEW Game 22: Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks & Projected Line Combos

The Detroit Red Wings were coming off a tough loss to the New York Rangers last night, a game they should have at least managed a point but ended up losing 3-2 in regulation on a controversial goal. The Chicago Blackhawks are coming off a win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.

Detroit Red Wings (11-7-3, 25 Points) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (7-13-0, 14 Points)

When: Thursday, November 30
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Dylan Larkin – 21
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 12
Assists: Dylan Larkin -13

Chicago Blackhawks

Points: Connor Bedard – 17
Goals: Connor Bedard – 10
Assists: Philipp Kurashev – 8

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

Alex DeBrincat – J.T. Compher – Lucas Raymond
Jonatan Berggren – Andrew Copp – Robby Fabbri
Michael Rasmussen – Joe Veleno – David Perron
Klim Kostin – Christian Fischer –Daniel Sprong

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

Chicago Blackhawks

Nick Foligno – Connor Bedard – Philipp Kurashev
Lukas Reichel – Tyler Johnson – Taylor Raddysh
Mackenzie Entwistle – Jason Dickinson – Joey Anderson
Boris Katchouk – Ryan Donato – Reese Johnson

Alex Vlasic – Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski – Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser – Isaak Phillips

By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 22.2 (9)
PK%: 79.5 (16)
GF P/G: 3.62 (4)
GA P/G: 3.00 (13)
Faceoff %: 48.8 (22)

Chicago Blackhawks

PP%: 9.2 (30)
PK%: 78.5 (21)
GF P/G: 2.65 (29)
GA P/G: 3.65 (28)
Faceoff %: 44.3 (32)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Lucas Raymond

Raymond has played in 21 games and recorded 16 points, scoring eight goals and eight assists. He has four power-play points coming on a goal and three assists. He has a six-game point streak, having four goals and two assists in the last six games.

Raymond’s Line Assignments

Raymond will play on the first line tonight with Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher. Raymond is also on the first power play unit with Compher, DeBrincat, David Perron, and Shayne Gostisbehere.

Raymond’s career vs. Chicago

In his career against Chicago, he has played in four games and recorded six points on four goals and two assists. Last season, he recorded a goal in two games against the Blackhawks.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (2-1-0, 1.35 GAA)

Lyon has been red hot for the Red Wings, winning his last two starts and allowing just one goal in those two games on 45 shots. He has never faced Chicago in his career.

Chicago: Petr Mrazek (5-6-0, 3.22 GAA)

Mrazek’s last start came Tuesday against Seattle, in which he got a win, allowing three goals on 36 shots. In his career against his former team, Mrazek has made 12 appearances, going 7-2-1, stopping 242 of the 274 shots he has faced.

Wrap Up:

The Detroit Red Wings need to get back in the win column tonight as they look to keep pace in the playoff chase, and the Blackhawks are an excellent team to do it against; the one thing to watch out for is the shot of first overall pick Connor Bedard who the Red Wings will face for the first time tonight.

In their last ten games against Chicago, the Red Wings are 4-4-2 and outscored 38-31. The Red Wings went 1-0-1 against the Blackhawks last season, with both teams scoring seven goals each.

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