The Detroit Red Wings play their third preseason and fourth preseason games tonight, one is a makeup against the Pittsburgh Penguins a makeup from Saturday night and the other against the Buffalo Sabres a regularly scheduled game.
Game 1:
Detroit Red Wings (2-0-0) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (1-2-0)
Date: Monday, September 28
Time: 7:00 pm
Watch: Detroitredwings.com
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Preseason Top Scorers
Detroit Red Wings
Points: Andrew Copp – 2
Goals: Lucas Raymond – 1
Assists: Andrew Copp – 2
Pittsburgh Penguins
Points: Jesse Puljujarvi – 3
Goals: Jesse Puljujarvi – 3
Assists: Tristan Broz – 2
Preseason Team Stats
Detroit Red Wings
Power-Play: 28.6
Penalty Kill: 100.0
GF: 3.00
GA: 1.00
Pittsburgh Penguins
Power-Play: 40.0
Penalty Kill: 77.8
GF: 3.33
GA: 4.00
Projected Lines
Detroit Red Wings
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko – Nate Danielson – Patrick Kane
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – Christian Fischer
Jonatan Berggren – Marco Kasper – Carter Mazur
Ben Chairot – Moritz Seider
Albert Johansson – Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta – Erik Gustafsson
Pittsburgh Penguins
Rutger McGroarty – Noel Acciari – Jesse Puljujarvi
Drew O’Connor – Lars Eller – Valtteri Puustinen
Avery Hayes – Jimmy Huntington – Corey Andonovaski
Vasily Ponomarev – Tristan Broz – Emil Bemstrom
Ryan Graves – Jack St. Ivany
Ryan Shea – John Ludvig
Sebastian Aho – Mac Hollowell
Goalies
Stats with 2023-24 team
Detroit: Cam Talbot (27-20-6, 2.50 GAA) / Sebastian Cossa (22-9-9, 2.41 GAA)
Talbot gets the first two period of this game, he played one period the other night against the Blackhawks stopping all nine shots he faced, last season he was 27-20-6 with a 2.50 goals against average and a .913 save percentage. Cossa will get the third period, he got the third period in the first preseason game stopping all ten shots he faced, last season at Grand Rapids he made 40 appearances going 22-9-9 with a 2.41 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.
Pittsburgh: Alex Nedeljkovic (18-7-7, 2.97 GAA) / Joel Blomqvist (25-12-6, 2.16 GAA)
Nedeljkovic will get the start tonight, he played the other day stopping 13 of the 16 shots he faced. Last season, he was 18-7-7 with a 2.97 goals against average and a .902 save percentage. Blomqvist has played in two games this preseason and has allowed six goals on 35 total shots. Last season in the AHL he made 45 appearances going 25-12-6 with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage.
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Players To Watch
2023-24 stats
Detroit: Marco Kasper (14-21-35)
Kasper last season in 71 games at Grand Rapids recorded 35 points on 14 goals and 21 assists, he was a plus nine. In the playoffs in nine games, he had seven points on four goals and three assists and was a plus one. He played in Wednesday’s game recording an assist and was a plus one in 16:40 of ice time; he also had three shots on goal and a blocked shot.
Pittsburgh: Rutger McGroarty (16-36-52)
McGroarty played last season at Michigan and was impressive, in 36 games he had 52 points on 16 goals and 36 assists, he was a plus 17. In the World Juniors he played in seven games and had nine points on five goals and four assists and he was a plus eight.
Next Up:
Detroit – Tuesday @ Pittsburgh @ 7:00 PM
Pittsburgh – Tuesday vs. Detroit 7:00 PM
Game 2:
Detroit Red Wings (2-0-0) vs. Buffalo Sabres (4-1-0)
Date: Monday, September 28
Time: 7:00 pm
Watch: TBD
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Preseason Top Scorers
Detroit Red Wings
Points: Andrew Copp – 2
Goals: Lucas Raymond – 1
Assists: Andrew Copp – 2
Buffalo Sabres
Points: JJ Peterka – 5
Goals: JJ Peterka – 3
Assists: Henri Jokiharju – 3
Preseason Team Stats
Detroit Red Wings
Power-Play: 28.6
Penalty Kill: 100.0
GF: 3.00
GA: 1.00
Buffalo Sabres
Power-Play: 22.2
Penalty Kill: 69.2
GF: 4.40
GA: 2.80
Projected Lines
Detroit Red Wings
Emmitt Finnie – Jakub Rychlovsky – Elmer Soderblom
Amadeus Lombardi – Joe Snively – Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
Dominik Shine – Cross Hanas – Alex Chaisson
Alexandre Doucet – Gabriel Seger – Isaac Ratcliffe
Tory Dello – Josiah Didier
William Lagesson – Antti Tuomisto
William Wallinder – Brogan Rafferty
Buffalo Sabres
Ty Cheveldayoff – Josh Dunne – Olivier Nadeau
Brett Murray – Konsta Helenius – Isak Rosen
Viktor Neuchev – Mason Jobst – Tyler Tullio
Brendan Warren – Noah Ostlund – Graham Slaggert
Anton Wahlberg
Noah Laaouan – Vsevolod Komarov
Zach Mesta – Nikita Novikov
Colton Poolman – Ethan Prow
Jack Rathbone
Goalies
Stats with 2023-24 team
Detroit: Alex Lyon (18-5-2, 3.05 GAA) / Jack Campbell (1-4-0, 4.50 GAA)
Lyon gets the first two periods tonight, he got the first two periods the other night stopping all 13 shots he faced. Last season, in 44 games he went 21-18-5 with a 3.05 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage. Campbell will get the third period making his Red Wings debut in five games last season he went 1-4-0 with a 4.50 goals against average and a .873 save percentage. In the AHL last season he made 33 appearances going 18-13-1 with a 2.63 goals against average and a .918 save percentage.
Buffalo: Felix Sandstrom (1-2-0, 3.87 GAA) / Scott Ratzlaff (21-26-1, 3.33 GAA)
Sandstrom in two games this preseason has stopped 31 of the 38 shots. Last season he went 1-2-0 with a 3.87 goals against average and a .823 save percentage last season; in the AHL in 24 games went 13-7-3 with a 3.15 goals against average and an .884 save percentage. Ratzlaff this preseason has played in two games stopping all 30 shots he’s faced. Last season, in the WHL he made 52 appearances going 21-26-1 with a 3.33 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
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Players To Watch
2023-24 stats
Detroit: Amadeus Lombardi (5-21-26)
Lombardi last season in 70 games at Grand Rapids had 26 points on five goals and 26 assists, he was a plus five and in the playoffs in five games he had one point on a goal and finished as a minus two. He’s played in both games to this point, in the first game he was a plus one in 13:44 of ice team with a shot on goal, in the second game in 16:21 of ice team he had just two shots.
Buffalo: Anton Wahlberg (5-5-10)
Wahlberg in 43 games in the SHL had ten points on five goals and five assists and was a plus two. At Rochester in nine games, he recorded four points on a goal and three assists and was a plus one; in the playoff in five games he had a goal and was a plus one. In the World Juniors he played in seven games recording three points on a goal and two assists; he was a plus two.
Next Up:
Detroit – Tuesday @ Pittsburgh @ 7:00 PM
Buffalo – Regular Season October 4th vs. New Jersey @ 1:00 PM
