The Detroit Red Wings (5-4-3) are home tonight to take on the Chicago Blackhawks (4-8-0). The Red Wings are 4-1-3 in their last eight games. That includes a 2-1-1 western road trip. Coach Todd McLellan’s team is three points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and rank 21st in the NHL. The Blackhawks rank 31st out of the NHL’s 32 teams.

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Emmitt Finnie — Victor Arvidsson

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond

Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp — J.T. Compher

Carter Mazur – Nate Danielson — Keegan Kolesar

Defense Pairings

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider

Andreas Englund or Axel Sandin-Pellikka — Anton Johansson –

William Wallinder — Justin Faulk

Goalies

John Gibson is the probable starter. Danill Tarasov is the backup if he is cleared to play today.

Chicago Blackhawks

Projected Lines

Roman Kantserov-Connor Bedard- Ryan Greene

Tyler Bertuzzi-Anton Frondell-Ryan Donato

Oliver Moore-Frank Nazar-Patrick Kane

Cole Smith-Jordan Greenway-Teuvo Teravainen

Defense Pairings

Alex Vlasic— Ian Cole

Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov

Kevin Korchinski — Sam Rinzel

Goalies

Spencer Knight (Arvid Soderblom backing up)