TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 30: Joe Veleno #90 of the Detroit Red Wings skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on October 30, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 5-4. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings visit the Montreal Canadiens for the second time in 11 days. Game time at Bell Centre is 7:00 PM ET.
Montreal won the first meeting between the teams, 6-1.
Red Wings Notes
- Top Scorer Tyler Bertuzzi will miss his second consecutive game (not vaccinated against Covid-19)
- Lucas Raymond continues to produce (4G-5A-9PTS) offensively for the Red Wings. Raymond leads all NHL rookies in scoring
- Dylan Larkin has 3G-5A-8PTS in his first eight games
- Defenseman Moritz Seider has eight assists in his first nine NHL games. He currently sits second in NHL rookie scoring behind Raymond.
- Goaltender Thomas Greiss has won three of his first five starts of the season
- Joe Veleno played his first game of the season and scored one goal and assisted on another. He earned the 3rd star of the game against Toronto on Saturday
- Detroit is currently 13th in league standings
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Robby Fabbri – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Joe Veleno – Pius Suter – Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov – Michael Rasmussen – Sam Gagner
Givani Smith – Mitchell Stephens – Carter Rowney
Defensemen
Danny DeKeyser – Moritz Seider
Goaltenders
Alex Nedeljkovic (Starting)
Thomas Greiss
Not in lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi (Not vaccinated against Covid-19), Adam Erne (Day-to-Day), Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed), Troy Stecher (Healthy)
Canadiens Notes
- After losing the first five games to start the season, the Canadiens are 2-2 in their last four games.
- Jonathan Drouin continues to lead the Canadiens in scoring through 10 games (2G-5A-7PTS)
- In seven games, Mike Hoffman leads the Canadiens with four goals
- Jake Allen has started eight of the first 10 games for Montreal, 2.91 GAA, .907 SV%
- Brendan Gallagher (undisclosed) is day-to-day
- Mathieu Perreault (eye) is expected to be out until at least November 18
- On Monday, Cole Caulfield was assigned to Laval (AHL) and LW Michael Pezzetta was recalled.
- Carey Price remains out for Montreal
- Montreal currently is 30th in league standings
Montreal Projected Lineup
Forwards
Jake Evans – Nick Suzuki – Tyler Toffoli
Mike Hoffman – Jonathan Drouin – Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta – Adam Brooks – Cedric Paquette
Defensemen
Ben Chiarot – Alexander Romanov
Mattias Norlander – Chris Wideman
Goaltenders
Jake Allen (Starting)
Samuel Montembault
Not in Lineup
Brendan Gallagher (undisclosed), Mathieu Perrault (eye), Sami Niku (Healthy), Jeff Petry (undisclosed)