Preview: Red Wings at Panthers

RED WINGS (14-15-4) at PANTHERS (15-14-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-F, FS-D+, NHL.TV

Red Wings team scope

Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jared Coreau, recalled from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Wednesday after Jimmy Howard was placed on injured reserve, will make his second NHL start on Friday. Howard will miss 4-6 weeks with a sprained right knee. Coreau allowed four goals on 36 shots in a 5-3 loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 3 in a game the Red Wings led 3-1 after two periods. "I think we've got three very, very good goalies in our organization," coach Jeff Blashill said Friday. "We decided to give Jared a shot here tonight. We're going to need elite goaltending - I've said that from the onset - and I think he can give us elite goaltending tonight." Coreau is 11-6-0 with a 2.18 goals-against average and.924 save percentage in 17 games with Grand Rapids. "If you watch tonight, I'll be more calm," Coreau said. "Going down to Grand Rapids after I played that game, I felt like I had more time down there and really got to work on my game. The biggest thing is just closing out the game. If we're up 3-1, it's going to be a better third and that's just something you've got to do as an elite goalie at this level. It's something I've got to work towards." Detroit is 1-4-1 in its past six games, including a 4-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.

Panthers team scope

After Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr moved into second place on the NHL's all-time points list on Thursday, goaltender Roberto Luongo will look to pass Terry Sawchuk for fifth place on the all-time wins list. Luongo tied Sawchuk with his 447th victory Tuesday when the Panthers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout. Luongo was given a maintenance day on Thursday when the Panthers were defeated 3-1 by the Boston Bruins. Goaltender Mike McKenna was recalled from Springfield of the AHL on an emergency basis to back up James Reimer on Thursday, when Jagr assisted on Aleksander Barkov's goal for his 1,888th career NHL point. "Maybe get another [milestone], that would be great," coach Tom Rowe said. "[Luongo has] been playing great. We've just got to play well in front of him." The Panthers are 3-1-1 this season in the second game of back-to-back sets, including a 3-1 victory against the Colorado Avalanche last Friday.

Red Wings projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Anthony Mantha
Gustav Nyquist -- Frans Nielsen -- Thomas Vanek
Riley Sheahan -- Dylan Larkin -- Luke Glendening
Tomas Jurco -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Steve Ott
Danny DeKeyser -- Ryan Sproul
Nicklas Kronwall -- Xavier Ouellet
Jonathan Ericsson -- Nick Jensen
Jared Coreau
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Drew Miller, Brian Lashoff
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee), Justin Abdelkader (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Mike Green (upper body), Jimmy Howard (knee)

Panthers projected lineup

Jaromir Jagr -- Aleksander Barkov -- Seth Griffith
Reilly Smith -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jonathan Marchessault
Jussi Jokinen -- Nick Bjugstad -- Colton Sceviour
Kyle Rau -- Derek MacKenzie -- Paul Thompson
Keith Yandle -- Jason Demers
Jakub Kindl -- Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched: Shawn Thornton, Denis Malgin, Dylan McIlrath
Injured:Jonathan Huberdeau (lower leg), Alexander Petrovic (ankle)

Status report

Every Detroit player who was in the lineup against Tampa Bay is available, Blashill said. … Rau and Thompson each will be back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch against Boston.

Who's hot

Barkov has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past nine games. … Jagr has five assists in his past four games. … Mantha has a goal and two assists in his past two games. … Jensen had an assist in his NHL debut Tuesday.