At the Rink: Ducks at Red Wings

DETROIT -- According to the NHL's original schedule, the Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings each would be playing the second of back-to-back games when they face off at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday (7 p.m., CITY, PRIME, FS-SD, FS-D).

But only Detroit (24-15-8) will be playing for the second consecutive night; Anaheim (20-18-7) had its scheduled game Friday at the Washington Capitals postponed because of the severe snowstorm impacting the Washington area.

The game was first moved from 7 p.m., to 5 p.m., and then postponed at a little after 1 p.m.

The Ducks arrived in Detroit on Friday night.

“For us, it hasn't been that hard,” Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “We didn't have to play a game or anything. We just had to get back on an airplane. We were able to get here in time last night to have a good dinner. We got in around 5.”

The Ducks last played Wednesday, a 3-1 win against the Minnesota Wild in Anaheim.

Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau is concerned about the Ducks having too much rest.

“We've talked about that in the locker room. It will be interesting to see how we start,” he

said.

Forward Ryan Garbutt is expected to make his debut with Anaheim after being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday for Jiri Sekac.

Detroit defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 in Buffalo on Friday. Petr Mrazek made 19 saves for his third shutout of the season and Dylan Larkin and Luke Glendening had a goal and an assist each and Henrik Zetterberg scored.

It was the first time the Red Wings, who are 6-2-1 in their past nine games, have scored more than one goal since Jan. 14.

“This is a hard league to score in, you just have to stay patient and stay with it,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill told NHL.com. “Honestly, it's been a lot this season, not just the last couple games when we've generated stuff and haven't scored lots. I think part of that's the league, part of it's we don't cheat offensively, so when you don't cheat, it's harder to score, when you play good defense.”

Here are the projected lineups:

DUCKS

Patrick Maroon – Ryan Getzlaf – Chris Stewart

David Perron – Rickard Rakell – Corey Perry

Andrew Cogliano – Ryan Kesler – Jakob Silfverberg

Ryan Garbutt – Nate Thompson – Mike Santorelli

Hampus Lindholm – Josh Manson

Sami Vatanen – Kevin Bieksa

Shea Theodore – Korbinian Holzer

John Gibson

Frederik Andersen

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

Scratched: Shawn Horcoff, Adam Clendening

RED WINGS

Justin Abdelkader – Henrik Zetterberg – Dylan Larkin

Gustav Nyquist – Pavel Datsyuk – Darren Helm

Tomas Tatar - Riley Sheahan – Brad Richards

Tomas Jurco – Luke Glendening – Teemu Pulkkinen

Kyle Quincey – Danny DeKeyser

Brendan Smith – Mike Green

Jonathan Ericsson – Alexey Marchenko

Jimmy Howard

Petr Mrazek

Injured: Niklas Kronwall (knee), Drew Miller (knee), Johan Franzen (concussion)

Scratched: Joakim Andersson

Status update: Andersson cleared waivers Saturday morning but will remain with the Red Wings. The move allows Detroit to send Andersson to AHL Grand Rapids if it needs to recall a defenseman. The Red Wings only have six healthy defensemen available.

Who's hot: Theodore has a goal and three assists over his past four games … Zetterberg has scored in each of his past two games.