The Detroit Red Wings (6-5-3) are on the road, playing the Florida Panthers (8-4-2) tonight in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers hold the last wildcard position in the Eastern Conference. They have a three-point lead over the Red Wings.

Detroit Red Wings

Hot: Emmitt Finnie’s permanent move from wing to center continues to pay off. He has six goals on the season, plus nine points (5-4-9) in nine games since Oct. 6 vs. Ottawa.

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Emmitt Finnie — Victor Arvidsson

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard — Andrew Copp — Lucas Raymond

Michael Rasmussen – J.T. Compher — John Leonard

Carter Mazur – Sheldon Dries — Keegan Kolesar

Defense Pairings

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider

Andreas Englund — Anton Johansson

William Wallinder — Justin Faulk

Goalies

Daniil Tarasov or John Gibson

Florida Panthers

Story: Jacob Markstrom should return to the lineup this week. Brad Marchand is skating. . . The Panthers are coming off a 5-2 win against Winnipeg on Friday. Akira Schmid was in goal. . .The Panthers have the sixth-best goals-against average per game (2.79).

Projected Lines

Brady Tkachuk — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk

Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Reinhart — Sandis Vilmanis

Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Lars Eller

Bokondji Imama — Cole Schwindt — Garnet Hathaway

Defense Pairings

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones

Dmitry Kulikov — Radko Gudas

Goalies

Akira Schmid or Cooper Black