NHL Game Preview: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 01/10/2025

Chicago Blackhawks (14-25-2, 30 Points) at Detroit Red Wings (18-18-4, 40 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Friday, January 10
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: NHL Network
Radio:
Chicago – 720 WGN
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Chicago  -1.5 ML +200
Detroit +1.5 ML -100
O/U 6

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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks last night picked up a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. They are now 4-6-0 in their last ten and have been averaging 2.7 goals per game in that stretch while allowing an average of 3.9 goals per game. Connor Bedard is on an eight game point streak currently and throughout that streak he has 11 points on four goals and seven assists.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings won their fifth straight game on Tuesday night with a 3-2 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators. They are averaging four goals per game while allowing an average of 2.4 goals per game. The Red Wings need to find some secondary scoring on this win streak if they want to keep winning, in the last five games they’ve been led by Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, Dylan Larkin, and Lucas Raymond who all have eight points.

Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines

Bertuzzi-Bedard-Mikheyev
Hall-Dickinson-Foligno
Dach-Nazar-Teravainen
Smith-Reichel-Donato

Kasier-Jones
Vlasic-Crevier
Allan-Brodie

Soderblom
Mrazek

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Copp–Kane
Tarasenko-Compher-Berggren
Rasmussen-Veleno–Motte

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Talbot
Husso

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Players To Watch:

Chicago Blackhawks

Tyler Bertuzzi this season has 22 points on 14 goals and eight assists. He’s faced his former team six times recording four points on a goal and three assists; he recorded an assist against the Red Wings earlier this season.

Detroit Red Wings

Alex DeBrincat this season has 33 points on 17 goals and 16 assists. He’s faced the team that drafted him 39^th overall in 2016 five times in his career recording six points on two goals and four assists; he scored a goal and tallied an assist in the previous matchup this season.

Injury Report:

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – IR
D Alec Martinez – DTD
D Connor Murphy – DTD

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – DTD
G Alex Lyon – Out

Next Up

Chicago: January 11 vs. Edmonton Oilers
Detroit: January 12 vs. Seattle Kraken

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