NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 11/23/2024

The Detroit Red Wings will play the Boston Bruins tonight. The Red Wings are coming off a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday, while the Bruins are coming off a 1-0 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.  

Detroit Red Wings (8-9-2, 18 Points) vs. Boston Bruins (9-9-3, 21 Points)

When: Saturday, November 23
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Lucas Raymond – 18
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 11
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 15

Boston Bruins

Points: David Pastrnak – 18
Goals: David Pastrnak – 8
Assists: David Pastrnak – 10

Team Stats

Detroit Red Wings

Power-Play: 30.2
Penalty Kill: 67.3
GF: 2.53
GA: 3.21
Faceoff: 50.8

Boston Bruins

Power-Play: 11.9
Penalty Kill: 76.8
GF: 2.33
GA: 3.29
Faceoff: 51.5

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

Tyler Motte – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond  
Alex DeBrincat – Marco Kasper – Patrick Kane  
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – Christian Fischer 
Vladimir Tarasenko – J.T. Compher – Jonatan Berggren
Simon Edvinsson – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson – Justin Holl

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Boston Bruins

Morgan Geekie – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand – Elias Lindholm – Justin Brazeau
Georgii Merkulov – Charlie Coyle – Trent Frederic
John Beecher – Mark Kastelic – Cole Koepke
Mason Lohrei – Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wortherspoon – Brandon Carlo
Nikita Zadorov – Andrew Peeke

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Cam Talbot (5-3-2, 2.67 GAA)

Talbot is 5-3-2 this season with a 2.67 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. He got the start on Monday and took the loss giving up five goals on 34 shots. In his career against the Bruins, he is 8-5-0 with a 2.77 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. Last season in his lone start he took the loss giving up four goals on 25 shots.  

Boston: Jeremy Swayman (5-7-2, 3.47 GAA)

Swayman is 5-7-2 this season a 3.47 goals against average and a .884 save percentage. He got the start on Monday taking the loss and giving up five goals on 28 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 5-3-0 with a 2.41 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage. Last season he went 2-1-0 against Detroit posting a 2.71 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage.

Korpisalo is 4-2-1 with a 2.38 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. He last played last Thursday picking up the win by shutout stopping all 21 shots he faced. In his career against Detroit, he is 9-4-0 with a 3.17 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage. Last season he went 3-1-0 against the Red Wings posting a 2.92 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage.

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Players To Watch:

Detroit: Vladimir Tarasenko (2-5-7)

Tarasenko has seven points this season on two goals and five assists. In his career against the Bruins, he has 14 points in 17 games on six goals and eight assists. Last season, in three games, he had three points on one goal and two assists.

Boston: David Pastrnak (8-9-17)

Pastrnak has 17 points this season on eight goals and nine assists. In his career against Detroit, he’s played in 28 games recording 33 points on 15 goals and 18 assists. Last season in four games against them he had eight points on three goals and five assists.

Head to Head

The Red Wings last season went 2-2-0 against the Bruins and were outscored 15-14 in the four games. In their last ten meetings, the Red Wings are 5-5-0 and have been outscored by Boston 35-30 in that span.  

Next Up

Detroit: @ New York Islanders – Monday
Boston: vs. Vancouver Canucks – Tuesday

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