Red Wings at Senators preview

RED WINGS (15-47-4) at SENATORS (22-31-12)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, TVAS2, FS-D, NHL.TV

The Red Wings, in last place in the NHL, have been outscored 19-5 in four consecutive defeats and are 3-17-1 in their past 21 games.
Goalie Jonathan Bernier could start for Detroit; Jimmy Howard, who is 0-18-2 in his past 20 decisions, was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots in a 7-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Defenseman Thomas Chabot will play his 200th NHL game for the Senators, who are 4-8-3 in their past 15 games.
Goalie Marcus Hogberg likely will start for Ottawa; he made 32 saves in a 5-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday and was in the starter's goal for the morning skate Saturday.

Players to watch

Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games.
Senators forward Bobby Ryan had a hat trick Thursday, his first in the NHL since Dec. 29, 2014, in his second game back since returning from the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.

They said it

"We've been playing bad hockey lately, so the message is to compete and finish the season strong. Everyone is going to have to take a step forward. We need to compete for 60 minutes." -- Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha
"It's Saturday night hockey in Canada; we're going to play hard. I think we play hard every night, whether it's Monday, Tuesday, whatever it is, but especially on Saturday night. We've been playing hard of late and they know what the standard is. I'd be shocked if our guys came out and didn't play as hard as we've been playing." -- Senators coach D.J. Smith

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Bobby Ryan
Rudolfs Balcers -- Chris Tierney -- Connor Brown
Mikkel Boedker -- Matthew Peca -- Scott Sabourin
Nicholas Paul -- Artem Anisimov -- Jayce Hawryluk
Thomas Chabot -- Ron Hainsey
Mike Reilly -- Nikita Zaitsev
Andreas Englund -- Christian Jaros
Marcus Hogberg
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injured: Anders Nilsson (concussion), Mark Borowiecki (high ankle sprain), Colin White (undisclosed), Anthony Duclair (lower body)

Status report

Bertuzzi did not practice Friday but is expected to play. … Forwards Duclair and White remain out and are questionable to play at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, Smith said.

Stat pack

The Red Wings have the 31st-ranked power play in the NHL (14.6 percent) and the 29th-ranked penalty kill (74.4 percent). … The Senators are 1-3-1 in their past five games after going 3-1-0 in their previous four.