NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1/25/2025

NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1/25/2025

Tampa Bay Lightning (26-18-3, 55 Pts) at Detroit Red Wings (22-21-4, 48 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Saturday, January 25
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSN Sun/FDSNDET
Radio:
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Tampa Bay -1.5 ML -142
Detroit +1.5 ML +120
O/U 6.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning snapped a two game skid with a 4-3 comeback win in overtime over the Chicago Blackhawks last night. With the win they moved back into the third spot in the Atlantic Division.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings snapped a three-game skid on Thursday night with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Detroit got goals from Jonatan Berggren, Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat, and Dylan Larkin who was playing in his 700th career game. The Red Wings are 7-3-1 in January and are averaging 3.45 goals per game while allowing 3.09 goals per game.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Point-Eyssimont
Girgensons-Paul-Geekie
Chaffee-Glendening-Atkinson

Hedman-Raddysh
McDonagh-Crozier
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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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:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel this season has 49 points on 25 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 17 times in his career recording 18 points on six goals and 12 assists; he had three points in the matchup last Saturday on a goal and two assists.

Detroit Red Wings

Lucas Raymond this season has 52 points on 19 goals and 33 assists. He’s faced the Lightning 11 times in his career recording six points on five goals and an assist; one of those goals came last Saturday.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

D J.J. Moser – IR
D Erik Cernak – DTD

Detroit Red Wings

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

Next Up

Tampa Bay: January 28 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit: January 27 vs Los Angeles Kings

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