GAME DAY: Wings finish off home-and-home set with Sabres (1:00 p.m. ET, BSDET)

Back on Saturday, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Buffalo Sabres by a 4–0 score at Little Caesars Arena.

Here we are, two days later, and the Red Wings and Sabres are already gearing up for a rematch — this time, on Buffalo’s home turf. With Monday being a federal holiday in America (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), Detroit and Buffalo will face off at 1:00 p.m. ET.

The Red Wings completely carried the play in Saturday’s win, outshooting the Sabres 39–22 and winning the 5v5 expected goals battle 2.05 to 1.04 (according to Natural Stat Trick). @Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all 22 shots he faced for his first shutout as a Red Wing.

@Tyler Bertuzzi racked up three points. @Lucas Raymond scored his first goal since Dec. 1. @Filip Hronek recorded the 100th point of his NHL career. Saturday’s win had a little bit of everything.

Buffalo will get a boost on Monday: @Peyton Krebs appears set to return to the lineup after a lengthy absence due to COVID-19.

Krebs, 20, was the centrepiece coming from Vegas in the @Jack Eichel deal. Since the trade, he has 14 points in 16 AHL games and a lone assist in three NHL contests with the Sabres.

Detroit is getting close to being able to ice a fully healthy lineup again:

@Vladislav Namestnikov – @Dylan Larkin – @Lucas Raymond
@Robby Fabbri – @Pius Suter – @Tyler Bertuzzi
@Filip Zadina – @Michael Rasmussen – @Adam Erne
@Givani Smith – @Joe Veleno – @Sam Gagner

Danny DeKeyser – @Moritz Seider
@Marc Staal – @Filip Hronek
@Nick Leddy – @Gustav Lindstrom

Projected starter: @Alex Nedeljkovic (11–10–4, .916 SV%).

Here’s how the Sabres practiced on Sunday:

@Jeff Skinner – @Tage Thompson – @Alex Tuch
@Vinnie Hinostroza – @Peyton Krebs – @Kyle Okposo
@Rasmus Asplund – @Dylan Cozens – @Victor Olofsson
@Anders Bjork – @Cody Eakin – @John Hayden

@Rasmus Dahlin – @Henri Jokiharju
@Robert Hagg – @Colin Miller
@Will Butcher – @Mark Pysyk

Projected starter: @Aaron Dell (1–6–0, .889 SV%)

Detroit: @Dylan Larkin (16 goals, 34 points); @Lucas Raymond (11 goals, 32 points); @Tyler Bertuzzi (18 goals, 31 points); @Moritz Seider (three goals, 24 points); @Filip Hronek (four goals, 20 points).

Buffalo: @Tage Thompson (12 goals, 23 points); @Kyle Okposo (seven goals, 23 points); @Rasmus Dahlin (six goals, 22 points); @Jeff Skinner (13 goals, 21 points); @Victor Olofsson (five goals, 20 points).

Detroit: @Sam Gagner doesn’t have a point in his last seven games. The 32-year-old forward is still capable of popping off from time to time — back on Dec. 16, he burned the Carolina Hurricanes (!!) for five shots and a slick goal — and has managed to work his way back from the AHL to become a pretty indispensable part of the Red Wings’ bottom six. It’ll be interesting to see if he remains in Detroit beyond this season — or if Steve Yzerman is able to get a return for him at the trade deadline.

Buffalo: Talk about a cold streak: @Victor Olofsson hasn’t scored since Halloween. The 26-year-old winger has zero goals and 11 assists in 21 games since Oct. 31. When at his best, Olofsson is a formidable sniper and one of Buffalo’s primary weapons. He’s not doing a whole lot these days, but he’s too talented to continue on that path for long.

Monday’s game in Buffalo will be broadcast on Bally Sports Detroit starting at 1:00 p.m. ET. It’ll be sent over the airwaves on WXYT-FM 97.1 “The Ticket” in the Detroit area, as well as on the Red Wings’ official website.

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