New York Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings

Detroit; Friday, 6:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Red Wings -135, Rangers +111; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers hit the ice in Eastern Conference play.

Detroit went 41-31-10 overall and 21-16-4 in home games last season. Goalies for the Red Wings averaged 24.6 saves per game last season while allowing 3.1 goals per game.

New York went 34-39-9 overall and 20-19-2 in road games a season ago. The Rangers averaged 2.6 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 24.6% (53 total power-play goals).

INJURIES: Red Wings: Carter Bear: out (upper body), Andreas Englund: out (not injury related), Dylan Larkin: out (upper-body), Chase Stillman: out (undisclosed), Jacob Bernard-Docker: out (upper-body).

Rangers: Joonas Korpisalo: out (lower-body), Aidan Thompson: out (lower-body), Adam Sykora: out (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.