NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 3/14/2025

Detroit Red Wings (31-28-6, 68 Points) at Carolina Hurricanes (39-22-4, 78 pts)

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Friday, March 15
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSN DET/FDSN SO
Radio:
Carolina – The Fan 99.9 FM
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Carolina: -1.5 ML -150
Detroit: +1.5 ML +170
O/U 5.5

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Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings snapped their six-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. They are now 3-6-1 in their last ten games averaging 2.90 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.60 goals per game. Dylan Larkin had his goal streak snapped but he is now on a four-game point streak with three goals and three assists.

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes have won five straight games entering tonight most recently beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1. They are 5-1-0 in March averaging 2.67 goals per game while allowing 1.67 goals per game. Seth Jarvis is on a three-game goal streak.

Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Soderblom–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Kasper-Kane
Tarasenko-Compher-Smith
Motte-Rasmussen-Shine

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Mrazek
Talbot

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:

Jarvis-Aho-Blake
Jost-Kotkaniemi-Hall
Martinook-Staal-Stankoven
Robinson-Jankowski-Roslovic

Slavin-Burns
Chatfield-Walker
Morrow-Gostisbehere

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Players To Watch

Detroit Red Wings

Elmer Soderblom this season has eight points on three goals and five assists. He’s faced the Hurricanes once in his career and that came last Tuesday, and he scored the lone Detroit goal.

Carolina Hurricanes

Jordan Martinook this season has 31 points on 12 goals and 19 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 27 times in his career recording ten points on five goals and five assists; on the 4^th when these two played he had a goal and an assist.

Injury Report:

Detroit Red Wings

LW Carter Mazur – IR  
D Jeff Petry – IR
C Andrew Copp – IR

Carolina Hurricanes

LW William Carrier – OUT 
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR 
D Dmitry Orlov – OUT 
RW Andrei Svechnikov – DTD

Next Up

Detroit: March 16 vs. Vegas Golden Knights  
Buffalo: March 15 at Philadelphia Flyers

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