Detroit visits Pittsburgh after Rasmussen’s 2-goal game

Detroit Red Wings (14-11-7, fourth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (19-10-5, fourth in the Metropolitan Division)

Pittsburgh; Wednesday, 7:30pm EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Penguins -203, Red Wings +168; over/under – 6.5

Bottom line: The Detroit Red Wings visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Michael Rasmussen’s two-goal game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Red Wings’ 7-4 win.

Pittsburgh is 10-3-3 at home and 19-10-5 overall. The Penguins are 4-2-5 in one-goal games.

Detroit is 6-5-4 in road games and 14-11-7 overall. The Red Wings went 2-2-5 in games decided by one goal.

Wednesday’s game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season. In the previous meeting, “Penguins” won 7:2.

BEST: Evgeni Malkin has 11 goals and 22 assists for the Penguins. Sidney Crosby has seven goals and four assists in his last 10 games.

Dylan Larkin had 12 goals and 19 assists for the Red Wings. David Perron has four goals and five assists in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 7-2-1, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.5 assists, 3.5 penalties and seven penalty minutes while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

Red Wings: 3-5-2, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.4 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.7 penalty minutes while allowing 3.2 goals per game.

INJURIES: Penguins: Ryan Pauling: Day-to-day (upper body), Jeff Petry: Out (upper body).

Red Wings: Robert Hagg: Out (unreported), Robbie Fabbri: Out (knee), Tyler Bertuzzi: Out (hand/wrist), Marc Pysyk: Out (Achilles), Olli Maata: Out (illness), Philippe Zadino: Out (lower body), Matt Lough: out (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story with technology provided Data recording and data from Sports radar.