The Detroit Red Wings (7-9-3) are on the road, playing the Florida Panthers (10-7-2) tonight in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers hold the last wildcard position in the Eastern Conference. They have a five-point lead over the Red Wings.

Detroit Red Wings

Hot: While the Red Wings are struggling, Raymond has a goal and three assists over his past five games. He assisted on both goals in a 3-2 loss at St. Louis Tuesday.

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Emmitt Finnie — Victor Arvidsson

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard — Marco Kasper — Lucas Raymond

Carter Mazur – Sheldon Dries — Keegan Kolesar

Defense Pairings

William Willander — Moritz Seider

Andreas Englund — Anton Johansson

Ben Chiarot — Justin Faulk

Goalies

Daniil Tarasov (John Gibson is the backup)

Florida Panthers

Story: The Panthers are 2-3 in their last five games. They beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 in their last game. Before that game, they had given up 16 goals in their previous four games. . . Before stopping 38 of 39 against Columbus, goalie Jacob Markstrom had given up three or more goals in his previous four outings. . .The Panthers have a top 10 power play at 24.4%.

Projected Lines

Brady Tkachuk — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk

Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Reinhart — Lars Eller

Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jack Devine

Bokondji Imama — Cole Schwindt — Garnet Hathaway

Defense Pairings

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones

Dmitry Kulikov — Radko Gudas

Goalies

Jacob Markstrom (Akira Schmid is the backup)