> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Preview: Red Wings vs Maple Leafs in a double back-to-back - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/preview-red-wings-vs-maple-leafs-in-a-double-back-to-back/ - Published: 2024-01-14T17:09:05.000Z - Updated: 2024-01-14T18:55:55.000Z - Description: Leafs get to try that winning a game thing again. This time with Samsonov in net. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: Game Coverage ### Detroit Red Wings @ Toronto Maple Leafs 07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena Watch on: TVAS, SNO, BSDET ### The Leafs last game was at home yesterday against the Colorado Avalanche, which Toronto lost by a score of 5-3 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 21-11-8 for a 0.625 Points %. The Detroit Red Wings last played at home yesterday against the Los Angeles Kings. The Red Wings won by a score of 5-3 in regulation, and their current league record is 21-16-5 for a 0.560 Points %. ### Them The Red Wings are in bubble territory in the Eastern Conference, but that is at least as down to the play of the Tampa Bay Lightning (lousy) as it is their own. By Points %, they are actually ahead of the Lightning but fifth in the wild card standings. Like the Pittsburgh Penguins, they have a positive goal differential that they haven't converted on for points. The last time theses two teams met was game 16, and anything we could know about the Wings then was not very reliable. Now it's possible to say that they are a very poor five-on-five team who don't have the puck much. They mitigate that with some better defending than you might expect and an average team-goalie-performance. Their power play is okay, their penalty kill is awful, but the goalies help shorthanded a little. If you imagine the big bulgy pack of mediocre teams, Detroit is on the bottom of the pile, and it won't take much to push them into lottery territory. Moritz Seider is a legitimately excellent young defender, and then they have some guys. But team defence is better than the sum of the parts. Oh, and they signed Patrick Kane. I don't hear about him incessantly anymore so I assume he has been bad, let me check... His offence has dried up to marginal third-liner level, but he seems to be having the only season in his entire career with positive defensive impacts. Even adjusted for teammates. I am... going to have to see that to believe it isn't some random blip. #### Lines Ansar Khan via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/detroit-red-wings/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) \- last game's lines David Perron - Dylan Larkin - Lucas Raymond Alex DeBrincat - J.T. Compher - Patrick Kane Michael Rasmussen - Andrew Copp - Christian Fischer Robby Fabbri - Joe Veleno - Daniel Sprong Shayne Gostisbehere - Moritz Seider Ben Chiarot - Jeff Petry Olli Määttä - Justin Holl Alex Lyon James Reimer - confirmed starter ### Us Leafs. Pffft. That's what I think of them today. > It looks like Mark Giordano could be scratched tonight for the Leafs. > > He’s getting extra work this morning alongside William Lagesson and Ryan Reaves. > > Conor Timmins and Nick Robertson are not on the ice, suggesting that one or both may enter the Leaf lineup. > > — Jonas Siegel (@jonassiegel) [January 14, 2024](https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1746564067156762914?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The mystery starter has been revealed and it is, duh, duh, duh, Ilya Samsonov. #### Lines If we assume from that information above, something like: Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner Tyler Bertuzzi - John Tavares - William Nylander Pontus Holmberg - Max Domi - Calle Järnkrok Bobby McMann - David Kämpf - Noah Gregor Morgan Rielly - T.J. Brodie Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe Connor Timmins - Timothy Liljegren Robertson could come in for Holmberg, McMann or Gregor. Ilya Samsonov - confirmed starter Martin Jones ### The Game For once the Leafs are not facing a road team all angry because they just lost to the Habs or something. The Leafs get to be the angry team. Or is that just a lot of us? UPDATE: Gametime is now 7:30 pm.