Blackhawks at Red Wings preview

BLACKHAWKS (31-28-8) at RED WINGS (15-48-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, FS-D, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

Chicago, which has outscored opponents 17-9 during its four-game streak, is four points behind the Vancouver Canucks, Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
The Red Wings have lost six straight games (0-5-1) and have three wins in their past 23 games (3-18-2).

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games.
Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"We feel good about ourselves, but I think that we just take it one game at a time and try to keep building. We know that we're not out of it, so we'll just keep going and try to have another good start and a good game tomorrow." -- Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith
"We're facing another team that's making a push for the playoffs, so they're going to be hungry tonight. I'm going to challenge our team that, knowing we're going to get their best, we have got to make sure we give them our best. In our last game, we embraced that challenge against a real dynamic team in [ a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche]." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Blackhawks projected lineup

Alex Nylander -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Brandon Saad
Alex DeBrincat -- Kirby Dach -- Drake Caggiula
Matthew Highmore -- David Kampf -- Ryan Carpenter
Duncan Keith -- Adam Boqvist
Olli Maatta -- Slater Koekkoek
Lucas Carlsson -- Connor Murphy
Corey Crawford
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Nick Seeler, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Calvin de Haan (right shoulder), Brent Seabrook (right shoulder/left and right hip), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol), Zack Smith (back)

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha
Sam Gagner -- Valtteri Filppula -- Robby Fabbri
Justin Abdelkader -- Frans Nielsen -- Dmytro Timashov
Darren Helm -- Luke Glendening
Trevor Daley -- Filip Hronek
Patrik Nemeth -- Alex Biega
Madison Bowey -- Gustav Lindstrom
Jonathan Ericsson
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Christoffer Ehn, Brendan Perlini
Injured:Danny DeKeyser (back), Filip Zadina (ankle), Adam Erne (hand)

Status report

Coach Jeremy Colliton said he was unsure if Crawford, who made 21 saves in a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, would make his second straight start. … Zadina, a forward, skated with the team on Friday and is getting close to returning to the lineup. … Detroit is expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Gilbert, a defenseman, was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis.

Stat pack

DeBrincat had two goals against the Oilers after not scoring a goal in his previous five games. … The Blackhawks defeated the Red Wings 4-2 at United Center on Jan. 5. The Red Wings led 2-0 after the first period before giving up four unanswered goals.