NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

Montreal Canadiens (24-19-4, 52 Pts) at Detroit Red Wings (21-21-5, 47 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Thursday, January 23
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/RDS/FDSNDET
Radio:
Montreal – TSN 690
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Montreal +1.5 ML +110
Detroit -1.5 ML -130
O/U 5.5

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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

The Canadiens won their second straight on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. They’ve now won seven of their last nine, they are averaging 3.33 goals per game in that span while allowing 2.89 goals per game. Jakub Dobes has been a key piece to the Canadiens’ success, he is undefeated in five career starts posting a 1.55 goals-against average and a .941 save percentage.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings are coming off their third straight loss, this time they managed to salvage a point losing 2-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime. They finished a four-game road trip going 1-2-1. It’s been a rough stretch following a seven-game win streak and they enter tonight sitting five points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Laine-Dach-Newhook
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Pezzetta-Evans-Armia

Hutson-Matheson
Guhle-Carrier
Xhekaj-Savard

Montembeault
Dobes

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Copp–Tarasenko
Berggren-Compher-Veleno
Soderblom–Rasmussen–Fischer

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Talbot
Lyon

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Players To Watch:

Montreal Canadiens

Jake Evans this season has 25 points on 11 goals and 14 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 12 times in his career recording seven points on two goals and five assists; in the two previous games this season has three points on two goals and an assist.                                                                        

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Veleno this season has nine points on five goals and four assists. He’s faced the Canadiens 11 times in his career recording five goals; two of those goals came between the previous two meetings this season.

Injury Report:

Montreal Canadiens

D Emil Heineman – Out
D David Reinbacher – LTIR

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – IR
F Tyler Motte – Out
F Patrick Kane – DTD

Next Up

Montreal: January 25 vs. New Jersey Devils
Detroit: January 25 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

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