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

The Detroit Red Wings (9-4) wrap up their five-game road trip tonight with a contest against the Vegas Golden Knights (6-2-3). Detroit is 3-1 on the trip.

Where:  T-Mobile Arena

When: 10 p.m., ET

TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM

Odds: Detroit (+1.5, -160), Vegas  (-1.5, +135), ESPNBet

Hot:  Alex DeBrincat brings a six-game points streak (four goals, five assists) into Vegas.

Not: Rookie Emmitt Finnie has cooled off. He hasn’t registered a point in the first four games of this road trip.

Spotlight:  The Red Wings could also use more offensive production from JT Compher. He also doesn’t have a point on the road trip.

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

Story: John Gibson is the probable goalie for the Red Wings against Vegas….  Dylan Larkin’s 18 points tie him for sixth in the NHL scoring race… On Monday, the Red Wings reassigned Auston Watson to Grand Rapids…  Injury: Patrick Kane is close to returning, but the Red Wings haven’t said when.

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-Travis Hamonic

Sub: Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker.

Goalies

John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)

Vegas Golden Knights

Story: Jack Eichel (19 points) is one point behind Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele in the scoring race… Vegas ranks seventh in the NHL with a scoring average of 3.55 goals per game… Defenseman Noah Hanifin is playing after missing 10 games with an undisclosed injury…  Injuries:  Adin Hill (lower body), Mark Stone (upper body)

Golden Knights Projected Lines

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel – Brett Howden

Brandon Saad — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith

Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl — Mitch Marner

Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar

Defense pairings

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin– Zach Whitecloud

Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak

Goalies

Akira Schmid (Carl Lindblom backing up)