The Detroit Red Wings (6-4-3) play the St. Louis Blues (6-6-1) Saturday in a matinee game. The Red Wings are 5-1-3 in their last nine games. They are only one point out of a playoff position in the Eastern Conference. The Blues are only two points out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

That includes a 2-1-1 western road trip. Coach Todd McLellan’s team is three points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and rank 21st in the NHL. The Blackhawks rank 31st out of the NHL’s 32 teams.

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Emmitt Finnie — Victor Arvidsson

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard — Andrew Copp — Lucas Raymond

Michael Rasmussen – J.T. Compher — Nate Danielson

Carter Mazur – Sheldon Dries — Keegan Kolesar

Defense Pairings

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider

Andreas Englund — Anton Johansson

William Wallinder — Justin Faulk

Goalies

John Gibson will start (Daniil Tarasov is backup)

St. Louis Blues

Story: The Blues are coming off a 4-1 against Boston. . . Dylan Holloway is leading the Blues with 11 points. . .The Blues have the NHL’s seventh-best power play (25.7%)

Projected Lines

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud

Pavel Buchnevich — Mason McTavish — Jonatan Berggren

Dylan Holloway — Dalibor Dvorsky — Connor McMichael

Alexey Toropchenko — Pius Suter — Aleksanteri Kaskimaki

Defense Pairings

Philip Broberg — Brandon Carlo

Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko

Justin Barron — Adam Jiricek

Goalies

Joel Hofer or Jordan Binnington