Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the Detroit Red Wings (33-14-10, 76 points) and Anaheim Ducks (37-16-7, 71 points) face-off for the second and final time this season live from the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Detroit has won two straight games to kick off a lengthy six-match road trip while Anaheim has also won two consecutive contests and begins a three-game home stand with this game.
The Ducks sit in first place in the Pacific Division and are tied for second in the NHL with 81 points while the Red Wings are holding onto the third and final automatic playoff spot in the Atlantic Division and are duking it out with the Tampa Bay Lightning (80 points) and Montreal Canadiens (81) for playoff positioning.
The first time these teams met, Anaheim topped Detroit 3-2 on Oct. 11.
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The Red Wings enter play on the heels of a wild game against the Dallas Stars that saw them erase two two-goal deficits in the third period en route to a 7-6 win in overtime.
"We can talk about how ugly of a game it was, we got two points. Give the guys credit," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said afterward, according to NHL.com.
Henrik Zetterberg has paced Detroit this season with 49 points off of 15 goals and 34 assists. Tomas Tatar is first on the Red Wings in tallies (24) and is third on the team in points (44) while Gustav Nyquist is tied for fourth in the NHL in power play goals (12).
The Ducks are coming off of a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday and will also look for their third straight triumph.
"Any points right now are big," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, who scored the game-winning goal in the third period, told NHL.com. "Nobody is going to roll over and give you anything down the stretch; you have to earn it. I thought we did a lot of good things tonight. We had a few breakdowns, but mostly we kept everything to the outside, and our goaltender played good."
Getzlaf leads Anaheim with 57 points off of 19 goals and 18 assists this season. Corey Perry is second on the Ducks with 41 points off of 24 markers and 17 helpers while Ryan Kesler has found the twine 15 times and added 22 assists for 37 points.
In between the pipes, Anaheim is set to turn to John Gibson and he is 5-4-0 with a 2.74 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage.
Detroit is set to counter with Jimmy Howard in the crease and he is 17-8-8 with a 2.22 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.
The Red Wings and Ducks are set to clash for the final time this season when the puck drops live tonight from the Honda Center in Anaheim.
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