Red Wings vs. Kings: Notes, Lines, Goalies, How to Watch

The Detroit Red Wings (7-3) play the second game of a five-game road trip tonight with a contest against the Los Angeles Kings (5-3-3)

Where:  Crypto.com Arena

When: 10:30 p.m., ET

TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM

Odds: Detroit (+1.5,-215), Los Angeles Kings (-1.5, +170), ESPNBet

Hot: With eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 10 games, Dylan Larkin finds himself tied for fourth in the NHL scoring race.

Not: Defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka is minus-8 when no other player on Detroit’s roster is worse than minus-3.

Spotlight: Lucas Raymond may need to start shooting the puck more. He has nine shots in eight games.

Absence: Patrick Kane has missed the last five games with an undisclosed upper body injury.

Story: The Red Wings (7-3) own the NHL’s 8th-best record and are coming off a 5-2 win in St. Louis … Todd McLellan is expected to play Cam Talbot against Los Angeles and Gibson against his former team, Anaheim, on Friday…The NHL average save percentage is .889, and Detroit is at .882. Injury: Patrick Kane is skating and expected to rejoin the team on this trip.

Detroit Projected Lines

Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat — Marco Kasper — Mason Appleton

Andrew Copp — JT Compher — Jonatan Berggren

Elmer Soderblom — Michael Rasmussen — James van Riemsdyk

Defense Pairings

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson-Trevor Hamonic

Goalie

Cam Talbot  (John Gibson backing up)

Los Angeles

Story: The Kings are coming off a 4-0-1 five-game road trip, including a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday…Los Angeles has given up four or five goals in six of their 11 games this season …  Injuries:  Warren Foegele (upper body) won’t play, while Kyle Burroughs (upper body) is getting closer to a return.

Kings Projected Lines

Andrei Kuzmenko– Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe

Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield–Alex Laferriere

Joel Armia — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore

Jeff Malott — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry

Defense Pairings

Brian Dumoulin — Drew Doughty

Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

Mikey Anderson — Cody Ceci

Goalies

Darcy Kuemper (Anton Forsberg backing up)