Red Wings at Hurricanes preview

RED WINGS (6-8-2) at HURRICANES (7-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; FS-D, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Goalie Jonathan Bernier will start for the Red Wings, who have won five of their past six games after starting the season 1-7-2.
The Hurricanes will try for their second straight win as they begin a season-long six-game home stand. Before a 4-3 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, Carolina had gone 2-7-1.
Goalie Scott Darling will start for the second game in a row.

Players to watch

Larkin has nine points (three goals, six assists) in the past six games for the Red Wings.
Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin has a power-play goal in each of the past two games.

They said it

"I think both of them want to be that difference-maker type of player. You've got to make big plays in big moments. Both of them want those moments. They want to be on the ice." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Dylan Larkin and Andreas Athanasiou, who combined for Detroit's overtime game-winner.
"(The Red Wings) are so much better than when we played them earlier the year. Just their whole system is dialed in and their big players are playing big. I expect to see their best and ours as well." --Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Dylan Larkin -- Darren Helm
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Frans Nielsen -- Andreas Athanasiou
Michael Rasmussen -- Luke Glendening -- Gustav Nyquist
Martin Frk -- Wade Megan -- Justin Abdelkader
Dennis Cholowski -- Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched:Luke Witkowski
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Jonathan Ericsson (undisclosed), Thomas Vanek (lower body), Jacob de la Rose (upper body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

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

Status report

The Red Wings did not hold a morning skate. De la Rose left the game Friday with an upper-body injury and did not return. … Rask skated before the morning skate, but he has yet to practice with the team.

Stat pack

Nyqvist has a six-game point streak (one goal, six assists). … Faulk has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 17 games against the Red Wings.