Anaheim Ducks vs Detroit Red Wings 1/9/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Detroit Red Wings and the Anaheim Ducks meet in NHL action from the Honda Center on Sunday.

The Detroit Red Wings come into this game on the heels of a 4-0 loss to Los Angeles last time out. Dylan Larkin leads Detroit in scoring with 32 points and 16 goals along with 16 assists while Lucas Raymond has 29 points with a team-high 19 assists and Tyler Bertuzzi also has 9 assists with 15 goals for 24 points and a team-high +12 plus/minus rating this season. Moritz Seider also has 19 assists so far this season, sharing the team lead with the aforementioned Raymond. Alex Nedeljkovic is 10-9-3 with a 2.85 GAA and a .915 save percentage in goal for Detroit while Thomas Greiss is 6-7 with a 3.41 GAA and an .896 save percentage this season.

The Anaheim Ducks will try to rebound from a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers in their last game. Troy Terry leads the Ducks in scoring with 35 points including a team-high 21 goals while Trevor Zegras has 25 points with 8 goals and 17 assists. Sonny Milano has 23 points while Ryan Getzlaf has 22 points this season with Getzlaf logging a team-high 20 assists on the year. John Gibson’s seen the bulk of the work in goal for Anaheim and is 12-9-6 with a 2.64 GAA and a .917 save percentage this season.

Detroit is 14-61 in their last 75 road games and 49-108 in their last 157 games overall while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 games played on no rest. Anaheim is 10-2 in their last 12 games against a team with a losing record and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against the Eastern Conference.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m not backing Detroit on the road and Anaheim didn’t look all that great against the Rangers on Saturday either. Instead, I’m going to side with the under as I don’t know how this game gets anywhere near 5.5 goals between two sides that combined for just one goal on Saturday.