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.
