Blackhawks at Red Wings preview

BLACKHAWKS (22-19-7) at RED WINGS (19-20-8)
7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

All four of Chicago's losses came at home, including a 4-0 loss to the Red Wings on Jan. 14. The Blackhawks are 3-0-1 in their past four road games, outscoring opponents 20-11.
The Red Wings are 2-4-1 in their past seven games, including four straight losses (0-3-1) at home.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday after having only one assist in his previous four games.
Red Wings forward
Andreas Athanasiou
has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"We put ourselves in a tremendous hole (on our homestand). Let's try to get a little life (against the Red Wings), but we certainly left a lot on the table here." ­-- Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville
"I was certainly surprised, because I had only been sent down the day before, but it is great to be back. I know I'm going to be killing penalties, but I want to contribute beyond that." ­-- Red Wings forward Dominic Turgeon, who was recalled Wednesday from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Nick Schmaltz -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Anthony Duclair
Tomas Jurco
--
David Kampf
--
Vinnie Hinostroza
Patrick Sharp -- Artem Anisimov -- Ryan Hartman
Duncan Keith -- Jordan Oesterle
Erik Gustafsson
-- Brent Seabrook
Michal Kempny -- Connor Murphy
Anton Forsberg
Jeff Glass
Scratched: Lance Bouma, Tommy Wingels, Jan Rutta
Injured: Corey Crawford (upper body), Michal Rozsival (upper body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Andreas Athanasiou -- Dylan Larkin --
Tyler Bertuzzi
Anthony Mantha -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar -- Frans Nielsen -- Luke Glendening
Martin Frk --
Dominic Turgeon
-- Luke Witkowski
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Xavier Ouellet
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: None
Injured: Darren Helm (leg) Justin Abdelkader (lower body), Trevor Daley (lower body)

Status report

The Blackhawks did not hold a morning skate. … Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill did not attend the morning skate in order to attending the memorial service for USA Hockey executive Jim Johannson, but will return for the game. … The Red Wings sent forward David Booth to the AHL to make room for Turgeon.

Stat pack

Patrick Kane has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past seven games. … Howard is 0-3-0 in his past three starts, allowing 11 goals.