Detroit Red Wings @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: TVAS-D, TSN4, FDSNDET

This is the Hockey Hall of Fame induction game, so there will be a pregame ceremony. The induction itself is on Monday.

The Leafs last game was at home on November 5 against the Boston Bruins, which Toronto won by a score of 4-0 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 7-5-2 for a 0.571 Points %.

The Detroit Red Wings last played away on November 6 against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Red Wings won by a score of 4-1 in regulation, and their current league record is 6-5-1 for a 0.542 Points %.

Them

Detroit has one very obvious elite forward line, and a very good top pair, and that's really about it. They are 31st in Even-Strength Corsi and 27th in Expected Goals. They're also fourth in Save %, which is likely contributing to their wins significantly.

Their power play, though, it's got the highest rate of Expected Goals in the NHL, better than Colorado. (The Oilers are still mediocre like the Leafs, but both those teams will rise up the list.) The top unit is the Wings' top line with Lucas Raymond and one of Moritz Seider or Erik Gustafsson. They play a lot more than half the minutes.

They have a terrible PK, allowing the forth most Expected Goals Against.

Lines

Last Game (2024-11-06) via Daily Faceoff

Alex DeBrincat - Dylan Larkin - Patrick Kane
Andrew Copp - J.T. Compher - Lucas Raymond
Jonatan Berggren - Marco Kasper - Vladimir Tarasenko
Michael Rasmussen - Joe Veleno - Christian Fischer

Simon Edvinsson - Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot - Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson - Erik Gustafsson

Alex Lyon - named as starter yesterday
Ville Husso - emergency recall today
Cam Talbot

Us

With Auston Matthews still sitting out – he was not at optional morning skate – the lines and pairings were the same as last game at yesterday's practice.

Lines

David Alter via Daily Faceoff

Matthew Knies - Max Domi - Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty - John Tavares - William Nylander
Bobby McMann - Pontus Holmberg - Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz - David Kämpf - Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly - Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit - Conor Timmins

Anthony Stolarz - starter
Joe Woll

The Game

Well this is obvious. Shut down the top line and the top PP unit, stay out of the box, and get a lot of pucks on net. Cam Talbot has been the better goalie, by Alex Lyon has been very good.

Did I mention stay out of the box? Because they should try that.

Update

The retroactive date means Matthews has to be out until Monday. By placing him on IR, a roster spot is freed up for Connor Dewar. There is ample cap space, so the next question is how to make room for Jani Hakanpää after the extended conditioning stint is over.

There are two extra defenders right now on the roster. One of them is going to be moved so Hakanpää can be activated.

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