GAME THREAD (19/82): Vegas Golden Knights at Detroit Red Wings (ft. Boyz II Men)

We’ve come to the end of the road (trip) for the Vegas Golden Knights. They’re in Detroit this afternoon to take on the Red Wings, which means you get the rare Sunday of putting off NFL for hockey.

The Golden Knights will try to end their road trip on a high note, currently sitting 1-1-1 in that stretch. Five points would be an ideal mark to hit before heading home and playing five of their next six at T-Mobile Arena. A win would help greatly here.

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith

Max Pacioretty — Paul Statsny — Mark Stone

Tomas Nosek — Cody Eakin — Cody Glass

William Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Ryan Reaves

Brayden McNabb — Nate Schmidt

Nic Hague — Shea Theodore

Jon Merrill — Deryk Engelland

Malcolm Subban

Marc-Andre Fleury

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi — Dylan Larkin — Anthony Mantha

Robby Fabbri — Valtteri Filppula — Andreas Athanasiou

Brendan Perlini — Frans Nielsen — Adam Erne

Darren Helm — Christoffer Ehn — Justin Abdelkader

Patrik Nemeth — Filip Hronek

Madison Bowey — Mike Green

Dylan McIlrath — Dennis Cholowski

Jonathan Bernier

Jimmy Howard

Storyline of the game

• The Red Wings haven’t won a lot, but their past two wins during their 2-11-1 stretch have come against the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins. Detroit can play up to their competition, and if the big three of Mantha, Larkin and Bertuzzi can get going, it could be a long game for Vegas. Fabbri, who was acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, scored twice in his Detroit debut in the 4-2 win against Boston on Friday.