"Toronto Maple Leafs 41 pts (20-12-1)
@
Detroit Red Wings 29 pts (11-13-7)
7 p.m. ET
Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, MI
TV: TSN4
Radio: Sportsnet 590 AM
Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
10/18 DET 3 @ TOR 6 Connor Brown
12/15 TOR @ DET
2/18 TOR @ DET
3/24 DET @ TOR
Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Red Wings
Auston Matthews, 26 Points Dylan Larkin, 24
James van Riemsdyk, 15 Goals Anthony Mantha, 12
Mitch Marner, 18 Assists Dylan Larkin, 19
The Toronto Maple Leafs are right back on the ice after a 2-0 defeat at the Minnesota Wild last night as they make their first visit to the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The Leafs beat up on the Red Wings 6-3 back in mid-October with goals from Zach Hyman, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly and Connor Brown. Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves in the victory.
McElhinney is expected to start again tonight with Frederik Andersen playing in St. Paul last night. McElhinney was fantastic in his last outing with a 41 save shutout of the Edmonton Oilers last Sunday.
Goaltending has not been the issue for the Maple Leafs of late. They were shutout for the first time all season last night and have scored two or fewer goals in five of their last six games. The Leafs offense could get a boost tonight facing the Red Wings, who have given up 3.25 goals per game, the sixth most in the NHL.
Probable Maple Leafs Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Hyman - Patrick Marleau - William Nylander
Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - Connor Brown
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner
Matt Martin - Dominic Moore - Josh Leivo
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Andreas Borgman - Roman Polak
GOALTENDER
Curtis McElhinney (3-2-0, 2.44 GAA, .925 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, RW-Nikita Soshnikov (lower-body) out, C-Auston Matthews (upper-body) out
Probable Red Wings Lineup
FORWARDS
Gustav Nyquist - Henrik Zetterberg - Justin Abdelkader
Tomas Tatar - Dylan Larkin - Anthony Mantha
Darren Helm - Frans Nielsen - Luke Glendening
Luke Witkowski - Andreas Athanasiou - Martin Frk
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Danny Dekeyser - Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson - Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall - Nick Jensen
GOALTENDER
Jimmy Howard (9-9-6, 2.91 GAA, .906 save %, 0 SO)
INJURY REPORT
Johan Franzen (concussion) out
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