NHL LIVE Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings 13th April 2024 Full Game Reaction
17Matthews is riding a seven-game goal streak and a 13-game point streak (13 goals, 11 assists).
While we're sure that Matthews appreciates the kind words, he wasn't too pleased with his team's performance on Thursday.
Matthews has been held off the scoresheet in both meetings this season with the Red Wings. The Maple Leafs posted a 3-2 win Nov. 17 in the NHL's Global Series in Stockholm before Detroit responded with a 4-2 victory Jan. 14 in Toronto.
Tavares contributed a goal and two assists in the initial meeting with the Red Wings.
Larkin, who has a career-high-tying 32 goals, scored and set up a goal in the more recent encounter with the Maple Leafs.
The Detroit Red Wings' push for the playoffs has been slowed to a crawl after the team dropped seven of their past nine games (2-4-3).
The Red Wings (38-32-9, 85 points) will look for a reversal of fortune on Saturday night when they visit Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs (46-24-9, 101 points).
Detroit's latest setback was a 6-5 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. That additional point secured by Pittsburgh represents its lead over the Red Wings, Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers in the race for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Lucas Raymond collected three goals and an assist and Larkin and Alex DeBrincat each recorded a three-point performance for the Red Wings. Larkin, who had one goal and two assists on Thursday, has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past five games overall.
While not pleased with the result, Detroit coach Derek Lalonde praised his team's play Thursday.
Like the Red Wings, the Maple Leafs fell on the wrong side of a 6-5 decision on Thursday despite Matthews scoring twice to boost his NHL-leading goal total to 68. He has recorded the most goals in the NHL since Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux had 69 in 1995-96.
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi - Auston Matthews - Max Domi
Bobby McMann - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Nicholas Robertson - Pontus Holmberg - William Nylander
Matthew Knies -- David Kampf -- Ryan Reaves
Defencemen
Morgan Rielly - Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe
TJ Brodie - Timothy Liljegren
Goalies
Ilya Samsonov
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Martin Jones, Noah Gregor, Conor Timmins, Mark Giordano, Connor Dewar
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (hand), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Matt Murray (hip)
Red Wings projected lineup
Forwards
Alex DeBrincat - Dylan Larkin - Lucas Raymond
David Perron - J.T. Compher - Patrick Kane
Robby Fabbri - Joe Veleno - Christian Fischer
Zach Aston-Reese - Austin Czarnik - Daniel Sprong
Defencemen
Ben Chiarot - Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson - Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta - Shayne Gostisbehere
Goalies
James Reimer
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Justin Holl, Jake Walman
Injured: Ville Husso (lower body), Michael Rasmussen (upper body), Andrew Copp (broken cheek bone)
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