On this day in hockey history… 1985 – L.A.’s Marcel Dionne became the third player in NHL history to reach the 1,500 point plateau, as the Kings lost 4-3 at Calgary.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI Mar 27, 7:00 PM ET TV: TSN, RDS
Detroit
RED WINGS
89 Points / 2nd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
80 Points / 4th (Atlantic)
41-26-7
Record
33-25-14
21-12-5
Home
15-11-10
20-14-2
Away
18-14-4
6-4-0
Last 10
5-4-1
2.49
G/G
2.58
2.45
GA/G
2.72
18.8
PP%
17.9
85.6
PK%
83.0
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek
Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque – Daniel Briere – Brian Gionta
Michael Bournival – Lars Eller – Ryan White
Johan Franzen – David Legwand – Daniel Alfredsson
Tomas Tatar – Riley Sheahan – Gustav Nyquist
Drew Miller – Luke Glendening – Todd Bertuzzi
Joakim Andersson – Darren Helm – Tomas Jurco
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban
Douglas Murray – Alexei Emelin
Jarred Tinordi – Mike Weaver
Niklas Kronwall – Brendan Smith
Kyle Quincey – Dan DeKeyser
Jakub Kindl – Brian Lashoff
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Jimmy Howard(Confirmed)
Record: 30-18-5 GAA: 2.36 Sv%: .925 SO: 5 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 17-17-1 GAA: 2.68 Sv%: .911 SO: 2 Alternate: Jonas Gustavsson
Scratches
Dale Weise (wrist), Josh Gorges (thumb), George Parros (healthy scratch), Brandon Prust (ribs), Francis Bouillon(healthy scratch), Travis Moen (concussion)
Justin Abdelkader (leg), Pavel Datsyuk (day-to-day), Henrik Zetterberg (back), Danny Cleary (knee), Stephen Weiss (sports hernia), Mikael Samuelsson (AHL), Jonathan Ericsson (finger)