Hurricanes at Red Wings preview

HURRICANES (4-3-1) at RED WINGS (1-5-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Aho has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) for Carolina, which has lost three straight (0-3-0) and been outscored 10-4 in those games.
Detroit is coming off its first win of the season, 4-3 in overtime, against the Florida Panthers on Saturday after losing seven in a row to start a season for the first time (0-5-2).

Players to watch

Flames forward Micheal Ferland has scored a goal in each of his past three games and has eight points (five goals, three assists) in eight games this season.
Red Wings rookie defenseman
Dennis Cholowski
has five points (two goals, three assists) and joined Nicklas Lidstrom is the only defensemen in Detroit history with five points through their first six NHL games.

They said it

"We have to keep playing our game. We got some breaks in the first few games that we haven't gotten in the last three, but we can't let that affect the way we play." -- Hurricanes defenseman Dougie Hamilton
"The win over Florida wasn't a lot different than a lot of other games we've played this season. It shows how much little details can be the difference between a win and a loss." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrei Svechnikov
Brock McGinn -- Clark Bishop -- Valentin Zykov
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Brett Pesce
Petr Mrazek
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Phillip Di Giuseppe
Injured: Victor Rask (hand), Scott Darling (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Darren Helm -- Dylan Larkin -- Gustav Nyquist
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Frans Nielsen -- Andreas Athanasiou
Michael Rasmussen -- Luke Glendening -- Justin Abdelkader
Thomas Vanek -- Christoffer Ehn -- Anthony Mantha
Dennis Cholowski -- Trevor Daley
Jonathan Ericsson -- Joe Hicketts
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: Luke Witkowski, Jacob de la Rose, Martin Frk, Filip Hronek
Injured:link-placeholder-23, Danny DeKeyser (upper body), Mike Green (virus)

Status report

The Hurricanes activated Darling off injured reserve and assigned him to Charlotte of the American Hockey League for a conditioning stint.

Stat pack

Mrazek played his first 166 NHL games for Detroit before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers last season. … Nyquist has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past four games. … Larkin is tied for the Red Wings lead with Nyquist with seven points (four goals, three assists) in eight games.