The Detroit Red Wings will travel to Toronto, Ontario to face the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday night and will air on Bally Sports Detroit and Rally Sports North.

The Detroit Red Wings are in a four-team race with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference and trail the Pittsburgh Penguins by one point for the final spot as they enter this game with a record of 38-2-9 and 85 points.

The Red Wings have struggled over their last four games compiling a record of 1-3 and are on a two-game losing streak following Thursday’s 5-6 overtime loss on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins, however, the Red Wings will face the Montreal Canadiens in two of their final three games which is one of the worst teams in the NHL this season.

This will be the 3^rd time Detroit has played Toronto this season with the teams having split the previous two contests and the Red Wings winning the most recent meeting by a score of 4-2 on the road. The Detroit Red Wings will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in 3^rd place in the Atlantic Division and trail the Florida Panthers by five points and the Boston Bruins by six points while having a five-point lead over the Tampa Bay Lighting in the division with only three games left to play in the regular season the Maple Leafs are likely locked into 3^rd place in the Atlantic Division.

The Toronto Maple Leafs saw their three-game winning streak come to an end following a 5-6 loss at home against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. Toronto has dominated the series against Detroit as they have won seven of the previous ten meetings including the first meeting this season on the road by a score of 3-2 and has won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the previous ten games in the series.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to win the 2023-24 regular season series against the Red Wings 2-1 when they host Detroit on Saturday night.

BetNow has the Toronto Maple Leafs listed as -178 moneyline favorites at home against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Toronto has won seven of the previous ten and has won by an average margin of .8 goals per game in those meetings while the Red Wings have won two of the previous three games in the series and have won by an average margin of 1.33 goals per game in those contests.

Detroit has more on the line in this matchup as they are still fighting for a spot in the Eastern Conference for a spot in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs while Toronto is almost locked in as the 3^rd place team in the Atlantic Division. The Red Wings have won two of the previous three meetings including the most recent game by a score of 4-2 on the road and have won by an average margin of 1.33 goals per game in the last three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Detroit Red Wings at +1.5 when they travel to face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.