Stars at Red Wings preview

STARS (25-17-3) at RED WINGS (18-18-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, FS-SW+, NHL.TV

Goaltender Ben Bishop will start for the Stars, who are 7-3-0 in their past 10 games after going 2-4-2 in their previous eight.
The Red Wings will look to win for the sixth time in eight games; they're 5-2-0 in their past seven after going 2-4-2 in their previous eight.

Players to watch

Stars forward Alexander Radulov scored against Boston and has eight points (three goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak. Radulov has 40 points (17 goals, 23 assists) in 45 games this season.
Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games. He leads Detroit with 35 points (seven goals, 28 assists) in 43 games after scoring 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) in 80 games last season.

They said it

"He'll play [against Detroit]. He's got to play better, a lot better, and he's capable of it. He's a big part of what we are doing here." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock on center Jason Spezza's return to the lineup
"I grew up around the NHL because of my dad, so that has helped me get comfortable in a hurry, and he's obviously been a big influence on my career." -- Red Wings rookie center Dominic Turgeon, who will play his second NHL game. His father, Pierre, scored 515 goals in 1,294 NHL games

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Martin Hanzal -- Devin Shore
Remi Elie -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Stephen Johns -- Julius Honka
Ben Bishop
Kari Lehtonen
Scratched:Dillon Heatherington, Gemel Smith
Injured: Marc Methot (knee)

Red Wings projected lineup

Andreas Athanasiou -- Dylan Larkin -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Anthony Mantha -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar -- Frans Nielsen -- Martin Frk
David Booth -- Dominic Turgeon -- Luke Witkowski
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Xavier Ouellet
Injured: Luke Glendening (hand), Darren Helm (leg) Justin Abdelkader (lower body)

Status report

The Stars did not skate Tuesday after playing Monday. … Abdelkader and Helm hope to return next week, but Glendening is not expected to play until after the all-star break.

Stat pack

Benn has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak and 14 points (five goals, eight assists) in his past 11 games. … Klingberg has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in a seven-game point streak. … Athanasiou has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Howard is 4-1-0 with 10 goals allowed in his past five starts.