NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1/14/2025

San Jose Sharks (13-26-6, 32 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (20-18-4, 44 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Tuesday, January 14
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/NBCSCA/FDSNDET
Radio:
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

San Jose: +1.5 ML +188
Detroit +1.5 ML -235
O/U 6

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San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks have lost three straight entering tonight’s game, most recently they lost 3-1 to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. San Jose has been outscored 9-4 in the last three games. William Eklund enters tonight’s game with points in six of the last eight games as he has six points on four goals and two assists.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings have won seven straight games most recently beating the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Sunday. In the Red Wings’ last seven games, they are averaging 4.4 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game. Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat continued their point streak, now up to seven straight games. Now Lucas Raymond is on a five-game point streak.

San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Graf-Granlund-Zetterlund
Eklund-Celebrini- Toffoli  
Goodrow-Kunin-Smith
Wennberg-Sturm-Dellandrea

Walman-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Thrun-Rutta

Georgiev
Askarov

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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

Husso
Talbot

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Players To Watch:

San Jose Sharks

William Eklund this season has 31 points on nine goals and 22 assists. Eklund has faced the Red Wings three times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assist; the two goals came in the matchup earlier this season.

Detroit Red Wings

Dylan Larkin this season has 37 points on 18 goals and 19 assists. He’s faced the Sharks 16 times in his career recording 13 points on four goals and nine assists; in the previous matchup this season he had a goal and an assist.

Injury Report:

San Jose Sharks

C Logan Couture – LTIR
G Vitek Vanecek – IR
F Nikolai Kovalenko – IR
F Klim Kostin – IR

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – IR
G Alex Lyon – Out

Next Up

San Jose: January 16 at Columbus Blue Jackets
Detroit: January 16 at Florida Panthers

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