Red Wings lineup tonight: Detroit's projected lineup for game against Buffalo Sabres | Oct 26, 2024

On Friday, the Detroit Red Wings will travel to Buffalo for a big divisional matchup with the Sabres. After starting out their season with a 1-1 record at home through their first two games, the team went on a two-game skid that saw them drop back-to-back games against the Rangers. Since then, however, the Red Wings have bounced back in a big way.

Heading into Saturday's game against the Sabres, the Red Wings are in the midst of a three-game win streak that sees them sitting with eight points in the Atlantic Division, behind only the 5-3-1 Floria Panthers who sit atop with 11 points.

Ahead of the game, Detroit will be dealing with several injuries. In addition to winger Tim Gettinger on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury, Tyler Motte is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, and JT Compher is day-to-day with an illness.

With that in mind, the Detroit Red Wings' lines for tonight are expected to be as follows:

Forwards:

1. LW Lucas Raymond - C Dylan Larkin - RW Alex Debrincat
2. LW Vladimir Tarasenko - C Marco Kasper - RW Patrick Kane
3. LW Michael Rasmussen - C Andrew Copp - RW Christian Fischer
4. LW Joe Veleno - C Jonatan Berggren - RW Olli Maatta

Defensive Pairings:

1. Simon Edvinsson - Moritz Seider
2. Ben Chiarot - Jeff Petry
3. Erik Gustafsson - Justin Holl

Goalie:

• Cam Talbot
• Alex Lyon

Powerplay:

1. Alex Debrincat, Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane, Lucas Raymond, Erik Gustafsson
2. Michael Rasmussen, Marco Kasper, Jonatan Berggren, Vladimir Tarasenko, Moritz Seider

Penalty Kill:

1. Christian Fischer, Andrew Copp, Ben Chiarot, Jeff Petry
2. Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen, Simon Edvinsson, Moritz Seider

Looking at Detroit Red Wings' season so far and upcoming games

As previously mentioned, Detroit got off to a slow start this season, losing their season opener to the Pittsburgh Penguins at home. Although they bounced back two days later with a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators, they wound up losing their next two games the following week to the Rangers.

Coach Derek Lalonde then put Alex Lyon in net on Oct. 19 when the Red wings played the Predators in a rematch on the road. Lyon led the team to a 5-2 win before then shutting out the Islanders just a few days later.

In their most recent outing, the team managed to defeat the New Jersey Devils, who are sitting in second in the Metropolitan Division after a hot start to the season. With three straight wins, Detroit is are riding plenty of momentum into tonight's game, which will be the first of a back-to-back.

Following their clash with Buffalo, the Red Wings will return home for a Sunday meeting with the Edmonton Oilers. They will then close out the month of October with a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 30.