Detroit Red Wings release lineup for tonight's game against divisional foe Boston

For the second time this year, the Detroit Red Wings (10-11-3) face the Boston Bruins (12-11-3) in an Original 6 battle (7:00, FanDuel Sports Detroit, ESPN+, 97.1 The Ticket).

The Bruins have already beaten the Red Wings once late last month, a 2-1 win at Little Caesars Arena. Bruins captain Brad Marchand broke a 1-1 tie midway through the third period, giving recently promoted coach Joe Sacco his second win since taking over from Jim Montgomery.

The Red Wings will be without Patrick Kane tonight, as he was placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to November 23.

The good news is that he's already missed four games since that date, so he's eligible to return at any time; coach Derek Lalonde has already indicated that he's a possibility to play on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators.

Based on Kane's absence for a 5th straight game, tonight's anticipated line combinations are as follows:

Michael Rasmussen-Dylan Larkin-Lucas Raymond
Tyler Motte-J.T. Compher-Alex DeBrincat
Jonatan Berggren-Marco Kasper-Vladimir Tarasenko
Joe Veleno-Andrew Copp-Christian Fischer

Simon Edvinsson-Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot-Justin Holl
Erik Gustafsson -Albert Johansson

Ville Husso gets the start in net.

The Bruins are expected to counter with the following line combinations:

Morgan Geekie-Pavel Zacha-David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand-Elias Lindholm-Juistin Brazeau
Trent Frederic-Charlie Coyle-Mark Kastelic
Cole Koepke-John Beecher-Marc McLaughlin

Jordan Oesterle-Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov-Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei-Andrew Peeke

Joonas Korpisalo will start.