NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 2/8/2025

NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 2/8/2025

Tampa Bay Lightning (29-20-4, 62 Pts) at Detroit Red Wings (28-21-5, 61 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Saturday, February 8
Time: 1:00 pm EST
TV: ABC/ESPN+
Radio:
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Tampa Bay +1.5 ML -118
Detroit -1.5 ML -104
O/U 6

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning picked up their second straight win, both over the Ottawa Senators, this one on Thursday was 5-1, and they’ve outscored the Senators 9-4 in those two games. They are 5-4-1 in their last ten, averaging 2.40 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.50 goals per game. They currently hold the third spot in the Atlantic Division and lead the Red Wings by one point.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings picked up their seventh straight win on Tuesday with a 5-4 shootout win over the Seattle Kraken. They are averaging 3.57 goals per game over the win streak while allowing an average of 1.86 goals per game. Cam Talbot hasn’t lost since January 18th against these same Lightning but he also posted a 2-0 shutout against them on January 25th. He has been 5-0-0 since January 18th, with a 1.78 goals against average and a .944 save percentage. Elmer Soderblom is on a five-game point streak recording two goals and three assists. Jonatan Berggren is on a four-game point streak recording a goal and three assists.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Goncalves-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Paul-Guentzel
Sheary-Girgensons-Chaffee
Atkinson-Glendening-Eyssimont

Hedman-Raddysh
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Halverson

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines:

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

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Talbot
Lyon

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov this season has 79 points on 25 goals and 54 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 38 times in his career recording 49 points on 21 goals and 28 assists; in the previous two matchups this season he’s recorded a goal and two assists.

Detroit Red Wings

Michael Rasmussen this season has 15 points on eight goals and seven assists. He’s faced the Lightning 22 times in his career recording 11 points on six goals and five assists; he scored a goal in one of the two matchups this season against Tampa Bay.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

D J.J. Moser – IR
G Jonas Johansson – DTD
C Anthony Cirelli – DTD

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – IR

Next Up

Tampa Bay: February 9 at Montreal Canadiens
Detroit: February 22 vs. Minnesota Wild  

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