Red Wings at Canadiens preview

RED WINGS (27-37-11) at CANADIENS (27-37-12)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, FS-D+, NHL.TV

Coreau, who would be making his fifth start this season, had an 18-save shutout in his only previous game against the Canadiens, a 1-0 win in Detroit on Jan. 16, 2017. The Red Wings lost 10-1 in their previous game in Montreal on Dec. 2.
Detroit, which is 1-11-1 in its past 13 games, has scored two goals or less in six of the past nine, and allowed four or more in 10 of 12.
The Canadiens are 2-8-2 in their past 12 games. They have allowed four goals or more in seven of their past 11.
Detroit and Montreal have been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past five games.
Canadiens forward Charles Hudon scored twice Saturday and has four points (two goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak.

They said it

"Obviously the last time we were in this building we didn't leave with a lot of smiles. But it's been a while. We moved forward pretty quickly after that, but we want to come out and have a good game here tonight and it's important for us that we have that." -- Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg about Detroit's 10-1 loss in Montreal on Dec. 2.
"We'd obviously be lying if we said it was the same feeling coming to the rink as it was last year at this time. … You kind of want to be playing meaningful hockey at this time of year and it's pretty disappointing that we're not." -- Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Darren Helm -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha
Andreas Athanasiou -- Frans Nielsen -- Justin Abdelkader
Martin Frk -- Luke Glendening -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Xavier Ouellet
Jared Coreau
Jimmy Howard
Scratched:David Booth, Luke Witkowski
Injured: Mike Green (spine)

Canadiens projected lineup

Paul Byron -- Jonathan Drouin -- Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk -- Jacob de la Rose -- Artturi Lehkonen
Nikita Scherbak -- Logan Shaw -- Charles Hudon
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Michael McCarron -- Byron Froese
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
Karl Alzner -- Noah Juulsen
Jordie Benn -- Brett Lernout
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Daniel Carr
Injured: Ales Hemsky (concussion-like symptoms), Max Pacioretty (knee), Victor Mete (finger), David Schlemko (upper body), Rinat Valiev (lower body), Phillip Danault (upper body), Andrew Shaw (upper body)

Status report

Pacioretty skated alone without full equipment before the morning skate in Brossard, Que.

Stat pack

Zetterberg (952 points) is two behind Sergei Fedorov for fifth place in Red Wings history. … Drouin has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past eight games.