NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 11/16/2024

NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 11/16/2024

The Detroit Red Wings will take on the Los Angeles Kings tonight. The Red Wings are coming off a 6-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks last night while the Kings are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.  

Detroit Red Wings (7-8-1, 15 Points) vs. Los Angeles Kings (9-6-3, 21 Points)

When: Saturday, November 16
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, CA)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Lucas Raymond – 16
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 9
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 14

Los Angeles

Points: Anze Kopitar – 20
Goals: Alex Laferriere – 9
Assists: Anze Kopitar – 15

Team Stats

Detroit Red Wings

Power-Play: 29.8
Penalty Kill: 65.2
GF: 2.56
GA: 3.19
Faceoff: 51.8

Los Angeles Kings

Power-Play: 15.8
Penalty Kill: 80.3
GF: 3.17
GA: 2.94
Faceoff: 50.8

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

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

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Los Angles Kings

Trevor Moore – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Kevin Fiala – Phillip Danault – Akil Thomas
Andre Lee – Alex Turcotte – Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson – Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Andreas Englund – Jordan Spence

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Cam Talbot (5-2-1, 2.34 GAA)

Talbot this season is 5-2-1 with a 2.34 goals against average and a .927 save percentage, he got the start on Wednesday and got the win stopping 31 of the 33 shots he faced. In his career against Los Angeles, he is 13-10-0 with a 2.78 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. He played with the Kings last season.

Los Angeles: David Rittich (5-4-0, 2.71 GAA)

Rittich this season is 5-4-0 with a 2.71 goals against average and a .887 save percentage, he last played on Wednesday and took the loss giving up a goal on five shots. In his career against Detroit, he is 3-0-1 with a 1.84 goals against average and a .922 save percentage, last season in his lone start he suffered an overtime loss giving up three goals on 30 shots.  

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Players To Watch:

Detroit: Vladimir Tarasenko (2-3-5)

Tarasenko this season has five points on two goals and three assists. In his career against the Kings he has 26 points in 29 games on 12 goals and 14 assists. Last season in his lone game he had one point on an assist.

Los Angeles: Quinton Byfield (2-7-9)

Byfield this season has nine points on two goals and seven assists. He’s faced Detroit four times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assist which all came last season.

Head to Head

The Red Wings last season swept the season series with the Kings outscoring them 9-6. In their last ten meetings, the Red Wings are 3-5-2 and have been outscored by Los Angeles 36-28 in that span.

Next Up

Detroit: @ San Jose Sharks – Monday
Los Angeles: vs. Buffalo Sabres – Wednesday

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