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At the Rink: Red Wings at Ducks

Sunday, 01.10.2016 / 4:24 PM

By Abbey Mastracco - NHL.com Correspondent / 2015-16 At the Rink blog

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At the Rink: Red Wings at Ducks

ANAHEIM -- The Detroit Red Wings will put their three-game winning streak on the line against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; FS-D, PRIME, FS-SD).

The Red Wings have gone coast-to-coast on their longest road trip of the season. The six-game trip began at the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 2 and will end at the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday. A fourth straight win would be a season high, but the Red Wings have lost their past four games against the Ducks.

Goalie Petr Mrazek will start for the Red Wings. Mrazek has allowed one goal in his past two starts. He has played all three games of Detroit's current trip and had a 35-save performance Friday at the San Jose Sharks.

"He's been really solid and probably a big reason why we won the last three," Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg said at practice Saturday. "He's been really good and gives us confidence, and it's a little easier to play in front of him."

The Ducks are the top penalty-killers in the NHL (89.4 percent) and haven't allowed a power-play goal in their past six games, killing off the past 23 shorthanded opportunities. The Red Wings power play, however, is better on the road (seventh, 22.6 percent) than at home (T-26th, 14.5 percent).

"They're a fast team that can skate and move the puck," Ducks forward Nate Thompson said. "They've obviously got some really good skill up front. We definitely have to make sure we stay out of the penalty box because they move the puck really well."

Neither team skated Sunday.

Here are the projected lineups:

RED WINGS

Gustav Nyquist - Henrik Zetterberg - Justin Abdelkader

Darren Helm - Pavel Datsyuk - Tomas Tatar

Brad Richards - Riley Sheahan - Dylan Larkin

Tomas Jurco - Luke Glendening - Drew Miller

Niklas Kronwall - Jonathan Ericsson

Danny DeKeyser - Alexey Marchenko

Brendan Smith - Mike Green

Petr Mrazek

Jimmy Howard

Injured: Johan Franzen (concussion symptoms), Kyle Quincey (ankle), Teemu Pulkkinen (shoulder)

Scratched: Jakub Kindl, Joakim Andersson

DUCKS

Rickard Rakell - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Carl Hagelin - Ryan Kesler - Jakob Silfverberg

Jiri Sekac - Shawn Horcoff - Andrew Cogliano

Patrick Maroon - Nate Thompson - Chris Stewart

Hampus Lindholm - Josh Manson

Sami Vatanen - Kevin Bieksa

Shea Theodore - Clayton Stoner

John Gibson

Frederik Andersen

Injured: Simon Despres (concussion symptoms), Cam Fowler (knee)

Scratched: Korbinian Holzer, Mike Santorelli

Status report: Despres skated with the Ducks for the first time since the end of November. He was cleared by doctors to start skating again at the end of December and is beginning the process of a return. … Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said Stoner likely will play Sunday after missing three games with a lower-body injury. … Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said there will be no changes to the forward lines or defenseman pairings. … Howard will play Monday at the Los Angeles Kings. … Defenseman Jakub Kindl cleared waivers Sunday.

Who's hot: Larkin has four points in his past four games… Zetterberg has 38 points in 37 games against the Ducks… Kesler has scored four goals in his past four games, including two in the previous game against the St. Louis Blues… Getzlaf has 37 points in 33 games against the Red Wings.

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