Overview
- Puck drop is 7:30 p.m. EST at Little Caesars Arena in the teams’ first meeting this season.
- Detroit is 19-12-3 (10-6-1 at home) and on a 6-1-1 run after Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Islanders.
- Alex DeBrincat has posted consecutive two-goal games, reaching 20 goals with a late power-play tiebreaker.
- Goalie watch for Detroit: John Gibson is 6-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .935 save percentage in December, though Cam Talbot could draw the back-to-back start.
- Utah is 16-16-3 (8-11-2 on the road), coming off a 4-1 loss in Boston, and likely turns to Karel Vejmelka as Vitek Vanecek’s 0-5-1 slide continues; Vejmelka has allowed 14 goals in his past four starts but has won two straight.