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Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Preview: Time for Redemption

ByChris Giles|
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 30: Joe Veleno #90 of the Detroit Red Wings skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on October 30, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 5-4. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 30: Joe Veleno #90 of the Detroit Red Wings skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on October 30, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 5-4. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings visit the Montreal Canadiens for the second time in 11 days.  Game time at Bell Centre is 7:00 PM ET.

Montreal won the first meeting between the teams, 6-1.

Red Wings Notes

  • Top Scorer Tyler Bertuzzi will miss his second consecutive game (not vaccinated against Covid-19)
  • Lucas Raymond continues to produce (4G-5A-9PTS) offensively for the Red Wings.  Raymond leads all NHL rookies in scoring
  • Dylan Larkin has 3G-5A-8PTS in his first eight games
  • Defenseman Moritz Seider has eight assists in his first nine NHL games.  He currently sits second in NHL rookie scoring behind Raymond.
  • Goaltender Thomas Greiss has won three of his first five starts of the season
  • Joe Veleno played his first game of the season and scored one goal and assisted on another.  He earned the 3rd star of the game against Toronto on Saturday
  • Detroit is currently 13th in league standings

Detroit Projected Lineup

Forwards

Robby Fabbri  – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond

Joe Veleno – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina

Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Sam Gagner

Givani Smith – Mitchell Stephens – Carter Rowney

Defensemen

Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek

Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider

Marc Staal – Jordan Oesterle

Goaltenders

Alex Nedeljkovic (Starting)

Thomas Greiss

Not in lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi (Not vaccinated against Covid-19), Adam Erne (Day-to-Day), Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed), Troy Stecher (Healthy)

Canadiens Notes

  • After losing the first five games to start the season, the Canadiens are 2-2 in their last four games.
  • Jonathan Drouin continues to lead the Canadiens in scoring through 10 games (2G-5A-7PTS)
  • In seven games, Mike Hoffman leads the Canadiens with four goals
  • Jake Allen has started eight of the first 10 games for Montreal, 2.91 GAA, .907 SV%
  • Brendan Gallagher (undisclosed) is day-to-day
  • Mathieu Perreault (eye) is expected to be out until at least November 18
  • On Monday, Cole Caulfield was assigned to Laval (AHL) and LW Michael Pezzetta was recalled.
  • Carey Price remains out for Montreal
  • Montreal currently is 30th in league standings

Montreal Projected Lineup

Forwards

Jake Evans – Nick Suzuki – Tyler Toffoli

Mike Hoffman – Jonathan Drouin – Josh Anderson

Artturi Lehkonen – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Adam Brooks – Cedric Paquette

Defensemen
Ben Chiarot – Alexander Romanov

Brett Kulak – David Savard

Mattias Norlander – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Jake Allen (Starting)
Samuel Montembault

Not in Lineup

Brendan Gallagher (undisclosed),  Mathieu Perrault (eye), Sami Niku (Healthy), Jeff Petry (undisclosed)

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