Red Wings lineup tonight: Detroit's projected lineup for game against Ottawa Senators| Dec. 5, 2024

The Detroit Red Wings are back in action tonight against the Ottawa Senators. Neither of these teams is off to a hot start, and the Red Wings are 10-11-4 on the year. They'll be visiting the 10-12-2 Senators with the hope of getting on track.

Detroit has lost three games in a row. It has a few injuries to deal with but will likely use a lineup like the one below to try and break the streak and turn its season around.

Forwards:

1. LW Michael Rasmussen - C Dylan Larkin - RW Lucas Raymond
2. LW Tyler Motte - C JT Compher - RW Alex DeBrincat
3. Jonatan Berggren - C Marco Kasper - RW Vladimir Taresenko
4. LW Joe Veleno - C Andrew Copp - RW Christian Fischer

Defensemen:

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

PowerPlay Unit:

1. Michael Rassmussen, Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider
2. Andrew Copp, Marco Kasper, Jonatan Berggren, Vladimir Terasenko, Erik Gustafsson

Goaltenders:

1. Ville Husso
2. Sebastian Cossa

Patrick Kane, Alex Lyon and Cam Talbot remain off the ice with injuries for the time being.

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Red Wings odds and upcoming games

The Red Wings are underdogs in tonight's road contest with the Senators. Here are the full odds:

• Favorite: Senators (-180)
• Underdog: Red Wings (+150)
• Total: 6

The Senators have been favored 13 times this season, but they've gone 5-8 in those contests. Detroit has been underdogs 20 times this year and they've won eight of those games.

Detroit is the underdog tonight (Imagn)

For Ottawa, 14 of its 24 games have hit over six total goals. Detroit has had this happen in 11 of 25 contests, so it doesn't look like there will be an abundance of goals scored tonight.

The Red Wings will take on the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday at 7 p.m. EST. Then on Monday at the same time, they will see the Buffalo Sabres. On Dec. 12, they'll take on the Philadelphia Flyers at 7 p.m.

They close out that week with a Dec. 14 outing against the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7 p.m.. The following week, they begin play with another outing against the Flyers, this time on Dec. 18 at 7 p.m.

They then have a back-to-back on Dec. 20 and 21 with the Montreal Canadiens. It is a home-and-home series and both games will be at 7 p.m.