The Detroit Red Wings will attempt to start a new win streak when they visit the St. Louis Blues tonight. The Red Wings defeated St. Louis 4-2 in their only meeting so far this season.
The Blues are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games after defeating Florida 4-3 in OT on Tuesday night.
Game time tonight is 8:00 PM ET at Enterprise Arena in St. Louis , MO.
🚨GAMEDAY🚨Direction St Louis pour affronter les Blues. On a pris une fessée lors du dernier match, on va observer notre capacité de réaction. Toujours sans Bertuzzi, Staal et Lindstrom. Seider sera là c’est un soulagement. Puck drop 2h #LGRW https://t.co/k55YOBhuQI
— Red Wings de Detroit FR (@hockeytown_fr) December 9, 2021
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 13-10-3 record
- The Red Wings special teams are currently ranked 28th in the NHL, PP 15.9%, PK 74.7%
- Lucas Raymond continues to lead the Red Wings in scoring with 22 points in 26 games
- Dylan Larkin and Raymond lead Detroit with 10 goals
- Moritz Seider leads all Red Wings defensemen in scoring with 18 points in 26 games
- Seider also leads Detroit with 15 assists
- Tyler Bertuzzi and Marc Staal remain in COVID-19 Protocol
- Alex Nedeljkovic is expected to start and has an 8-4-3 record, 2.69 GAA, and .918 SV% in 17 games
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Robby Fabbri – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Joe Veleno – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina
Givani Smith – Carter Rowney – Sam Gagner
Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Defensemen
Nick Leddy – Filip Hronek
Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider
Dan Renouf – Jordan Oesterle
Goaltenders
Alex Nedeljkovic (starter)
Thomas Greiss
Not in lineup
Luke Witkowski (healthy), Kyle Criscuolo (healthy), Tyler Bertuzzi (COVID-19), Marc Staal (COVID-19), Gustav Lindstrom (lower body)
Blues Notes
Injuries, salary cap constraints, emergency call-ups and COVID.
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) December 8, 2021
Blues GM Doug Armstrong explains how the team is navigating all of it right now with a shorthanded roster. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/6zN8nwkhMa
- St. Louis are currently 3rd in the Central Division with a 13-8-4 record
- The Blues special teams are currently ranked 3rd in the NHL, PP 29.6%, PK 81.9%
- Jordan Kyrou leads St. Louis with 23 points in 24 games
- Brandon Saad leads the Blues with 10 goals in 20 games
- Robert Thomas leads St. Louis with 20 assists
- Defensemen Justin Faulk leads the Blues with a +9 rating
- Third string goaltender Charlie Lindgren is expected to get the start. In 25 games over six NHL seasons, Lindgren has a record of 11-12-2, 2.99 GAA, and .907 SV%
- In order to stay under the salary cap, St. Louis played one player short on Tuesday night against Florida. According to dailyfaceoff.com, the Blues will play one player short again tonight
- Forward Nathan Walker has been recalled from Springfield under emergency conditions and will play tonight
Work ethic. Battler. Competitive.
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) December 8, 2021
Those are characteristics that have defined goalie Charlie Lindgren, who could get some starts for the Blues after a series of wild events last week have brought him back to the NHL. https://t.co/IkU7nwNtGy #stlblues
St. Louis Projected Lineup
Forwards
Brandon Saad – Ryan O’Reilly – Jordan Kyrou
Pavel Buchnevich – Ivan Barbashev – Vladimir Tarasenko
Logan Brown – Brayden Schenn – Oskar Sundqvist
Dakota Joshua – Nathan Walker
Defensemen
Niko Mikkola – Colton Parayko
Torey Krug – Scott Perunovich
Marco Scandella – Robert Bortuzzo
Goaltenders
Charlie Lindgren (starting)
Not in lineup
Robert Thomas (lower body), Tyler Bozak (COVID-19), David Perron (upper body), Justin Faulk (COVID-19), Jordan Binnington (COVID-19), Ville Husso (lower body), Jake Walman (upper body)