Hurricanes at Red Wings preview
Reimer expected to start for Carolina; Mantha out for Detroit, which is 0-3-2 in past five
by Dave Hogg / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
HURRICANES (14-8-1) at RED WINGS (7-15-3)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, FS-D, FS-CR, NHL.TV
The Game
Anthony Mantha will not play for the Detroit Red Wings when they host the Carolina Hurricanes at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday.
The forward sustained a lower-body injury in the first period of a 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday and is expected to miss at least a week. The Red Wings allowed four third-period goals and are winless in their past five games (0-3-2) since a three-game winning streak.
Goalie James Reimer is expected to start for the Hurricanes, who defeated the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Saturday to win for the fifth time in six games.
Players to watch
Red Wings rookie forward Filip Zadina was recalled from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League to replace Mantha in the lineup. Zadina, the No. 6 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, has 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 19 AHL games this season.
Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in a seven-game point streak and leads the team in scoring with 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists).
They said it
"I thought it was as good a game [as we've played] start to finish, even though we got down. We were playing fine. I just love the fact it didn't change one bit what we were doing." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour on Carolina's comeback win against Florida on Saturday
"We've been really porous defensively the last couple of games and that's not good enough. The biggest thing I made clear for our group for [Sunday] and the long-term future of this team is that we have to play hockey the right way." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Nino Niederreiter -- Lucas Wallmark -- Martin Necas
Ryan Dzingel -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Joel Edmundson -- Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
James Reimer
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Haydn Fleury
Injured: Erik Haula (knee)
Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Robby Fabbri
Filip Zadina -- Valtteri Filppula -- Andreas Athanasiou
Brendan Perlini -- Frans Nielsen -- Taro Hirose
Darren Helm -- Luke Glendening -- Adam Erne
Patrik Nemeth -- Filip Hronek
Madison Bowey -- Jonathan Ericsson
Dylan McIlrath -- Dennis Cholowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: Justin Abdelkader, Alex Biega
Injured: Danny DeKeyser (lower body), Trevor Daley (lower body), Mike Green (upper body), Anthony Mantha (lower body)
Status report
Zadina is expected to play on the second line with Filppula and Athanasiou. Green was placed on injured reserve to open a roster spot for Zadina.
Stat pack
Teravainen has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in his past eight games. … Edmundson has eight points (two goals, six assists) in a six-game point streak. … Athanasiou has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games.