Preview: Ducks at Red Wings

DUCKS (16-10-5) at RED WINGS (13-14-4)
7 p.m. ET; PRIME, FS-D, NHL.TV

Ducks team scope

The Anaheim Ducks are making their final regular-season visit to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings. The Ducks have gone 4-1-0 in their past five games and 7-2-1 in their past 10. "When a team gets on a streak like this, you can generally point to three things," coach Randy Carlyle said. "There's almost always great goaltending, there is probably great defense and you are usually going to see good special teams. That's how a stretch like this gets started." Two Ducks players, defenseman Cam Fowler and center Ryan Kesler, grew up in the Detroit area as Red Wings fans. "This is a great building with a lot of memories for me," Fowler said. "I came here to watch the Red Wings as a kid, and then I made my NHL debut here, so I want to cherish tonight's game. I'm going to have a lot of friends and family here with me."

Red Wings team scope

The Red Wings are playing the finale of a five-game home stand, having gone 0-3-1 in the first four games. The Red Wings have been outscored 13-3 in the losing streak, and are 2-9-3 in their past 14 home games. "Obviously, everyone is pressing right now to get us a win, and when you do that, the little things get neglected," forward Thomas Vanek said. "We've got to get back to playing good, simple hockey." Goalie Petr Mrazek will start after Jimmy Howard started the past three games.

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Ondrej Kase
Joseph Cramarossa - Stefan Noesen -- Logan Shaw
Cam Fowler -- Sami Vatanen
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Shea Theodore -- Kevin Bieksa
Jonathan Bernier
John Gibson
Scratched:Korbinian Holzer, Jared Boll
Injured:Nate Thompson (Achilles), Simon Despres (concussion), Clayton Stoner (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Thomas Vanek
Riley Sheahan -- Frans Nielsen -- Tomas Tatar
Anthony Mantha -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Dylan Larkin
Drew Miller -- Luke Glendening -- Steve Ott
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Ryan Sproul -- Jonathan Ericsson
Niklas Kronwall -- Xavier Ouellet
Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard
Scratched:Tomas Jurco, Brian Lashoff
Injured:Darren Helm (upper body), Brendan Smith (lower body), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Justin Abdelkader (lower body), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder)

Status report

Anaheim held a full morning skate after taking Friday off. "We had a little team workout at the hotel, but we decided to keep them away from the rink," Carlyle said. "It's tough when you are playing every other night on the road, and we wanted to freshen them up." … Bernier is expected to start consecutive games for the first time this season. … The Red Wings held an optional morning skate Saturday, and coach Jeff Blashill said he wouldn't decide on his lines and defense pairs until game time. ... Bertuzzi, who has been out since Nov. 26, won't play, but will join the Red Wings on their upcoming road trip. "Now that I'm skating again, they want me to stay with the guys," he said. "I'm hoping to get back into full practices after Christmas."

Who's hot

Perry has three goals and five assists in his past seven games. … Rakell has a five-game point streak, (three goals, three assists). … Larkin, Athanasiou and Green are the only Red Wings with goals on the current homestand.