Game 21 Preview: Detroit returns home to host St. Louis

The Detroit Red Wings return home against the St. Louis Blues after losing all four road games within six days.  Three days off and a return to home ice should help rejuvenate an exhausted Red Wings team.

St. Louis are on a one game winning streak after defeating Vegas 5-2 on Monday night.

Tonight the Red Wings host St. Louis at LCA in Detroit, MI.  Game time is 7:30 PM ET.

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Red Wings Notes

• Detroit are currently 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 8-9-3 record
• The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 23rd in the NHL, PP 15.8%, PK 78.7%
• Lucas Raymond continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with 12 assists and 19 points in 20 games
• Tyler Bertuzzi and Dylan Larkin lead Detroit with nine goals each
• Bertuzzi also leads the Red wings with a +9 rating
• Moritz Seider leads all Red Wings defensemen in scoring with 13 points in 20 games
• Alex Nedeljkovic is expected to start and has a 4-3-3 record, 2.83 GAA, and .914 SV% in 12 games
• Coach Blashill announced on Tuesday that defenseman Troy Stecher (wrist) and center Mitchell Stephens (lower body) will be out until after the Olympic break in February
• The Red Wings recalled 27-year-old defenseman Dan Renouf from Grand Rapids this morning.  Renouf played 18 games with Colorado last year

Detroit Projected Lineup

Forwards

Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond

Robby Fabbri – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina

Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne

Givani Smith – Joe Veleno – Sam Gagner

Defensemen

Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek

Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider

Jordan Oesterle – Gustav Lindstrom

Goaltenders

Alex Nedeljkovic (starter)

Thomas Greiss

Not in lineup
Marc Staal (illness), Dan Renouf (healthy), Carter Rowney (healthy)

Blues Notes

• St. Louis are currently 2nd in the Central Division with a 10-6-2 record
• The Blues special teams are currently ranked 5th in the NHL, PP 28.9%, PK 82.0%
• Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues in scoring with  18 points in 18 games
• Kyrou and Brandon Saad lead St. Louis with eight goals
• Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 15 assists
• Defenseman Justin Faulk leads the Blues with a +8 rating
• Goaltender Jordan Binnington is expected to start and has a 7-5-2 record, 2.79 GAA, and .914 SV% in 14 games

St. Louis Projected Lineup

Forwards

Jordan Kyrou – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Vladimir Tarasenko

Brandon Saad – Oskar Sundqvist – Ivan Barbashev

Klim Kostin – Tyler Bozak – James Neal

Defensemen

Marco Scandella – Colton Parayko

Torey Krug – Justin Faulk

Scott Perunovich – Niko Mikkola

Goaltenders  

Jordan Binnington (starting)

Ville Husso

Not in lineup

Brayden Schenn (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (undisclosed), Jake Walman (healthy)