Preview: Red Wings seek to start a new win streak at St. Louis

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.

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

• 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

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)