Red Wings at Senators preview

RED WINGS (6-6-1) at SENATORS (5-2-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, FS-D, NHL.TV

The Senators, 0-1-1 in their past two games, lost 8-3 against the Montreal Canadiens at home on Monday, their second loss in regulation this season.
Goaltender Craig Anderson will start for Ottawa; he's 4-2-3 with a 3.14 goals-against average and .895 save percentage in nine starts this season.
The Red Wings look to win three consecutive games for the first time this season. They have won back-to-back games after ending a six-game losing streak (0-5-1).
Goaltender Jimmy Howard will make his sixth straight start for Detroit; he's 5-4-0 with a 2.57 GAA and .927 SV% this season.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past two games.
Senators forward Mike Hoffman has six points (one goal, five assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"It was a tough stretch there where we got one point out of six games. The last two have been nice to get something out of the effort we put in. Hopefully we continue here tonight." -- Red Wings center Henrik Zetterberg
"It was a tough 36 hours and a tough week trying to recover. I woke up feeling like my head was going to explode." -- Senators center Kyle Turris on his viral infection

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Red Wings projected lineup

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

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Senators projected lineup

Zack Smith -- Kyle Turris -- Ryan Dzingel
Tom Pyatt -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Christopher DiDomenico
Alexandre Burrows -- Nate Thompson -- Jack Rodewald
Johnny Oduya -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Fredrik Claesson -- Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched: None
Injured: Mark Borowiecki (illness), Bobby Ryan (fractured finger)

Status report

Borowiecki will miss his second straight game. … Nielsen, who has an undisclosed injury and missed the morning skate, will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Howard is 7-5-0 against the Senators in his career, with a 2.74 GAA and .910 SV%. He helped the Red Wings to a 2-1 shootout victory Oct. 7 at Ottawa. … Karlsson has 10 assists in his past six games. … Stone has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past five games.