Preview: Red Wings at Senators

RED WINGS (15-16-4) at SENATORS (20-12-3)
8 p.m. ET; RDSI, TSN5, FS-D, NHL.TV

Red Wings team scope

The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday and are 2-5-1 in their past eight games. The Red Wings scored a power-play goal against the Sabres, their first in seven games, and are 1-for-28 with the man-advantage during that stretch. Their power play ranks 30th in the NHL (15-for-120, 12.5 percent) and on the road (2-for-45, 4.4 percent). Goaltender Jared Coreau, who was born about 50 miles southwest of Ottawa in Perth, Ontario, and grew up an Ottawa Senators fan, will make his third start of the season and second in three games. He won his last start, 4-3 in a shootout against the Florida Panthers, on Friday. "He's a big guy (6-foot-6, 220 pounds) with, I think, lots of ability," coach Jeff Blashill said. "I've watched him get so much better over the course of the last three years. He's been an elite player in the American [Hockey] League, and what you love to do is wait for guys to become elite in the American league and then come up here and get a chance to show they can do it up here so he's going to get another opportunity to do that."

Senators team scope

The Ottawa Senators had a four-game winning streak ended with a 4-3 loss against the New York Rangers on Tuesday, during which the Senators led 2-0 and 3-1. With goaltender Craig Anderson on personal leave and Andrew Hammond out because of a high ankle sprain, Mike Condon will play in his 13th straight game and start his fourth game in a row. Forward Zack Smith won't play because of an abdominal strain and his place on a line with Kyle Turris and Bobby Ryan will be taken by Ryan Dzingel. Rookie Casey Bailey will go into the lineup on the fourth line. The Senators power play is 27th in the League at home (8-for-61, 13.1 percent). The Senators will retire the jersey of former captain Daniel Alfredsson in a pre-game ceremony.

Red Wings projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Anthony Mantha
Gustav Nyquist -- Frans Nielsen -- Thomas Vanek
Riley Sheahan -- Dylan Larkin -- Luke Glendening
Drew Miller -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Steve Ott
Danny DeKeyser -- Xavier Ouellet
Niklas Kronwall -- Brendan Smith
Jonathan Ericsson -- Nick Jensen
Jared Coreau
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Ryan Sproul
Injured:Tomas Jurco (illness), Justin Abdelkader (knee), Mike Green (undisclosed), Jimmy Howard (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Johan Franzen (concussion-like symptoms), Joe Vitale (concussion)

Senators projected lineup

Tom Pyatt -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Kyle Turris -- Bobby Ryan
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Curtis Lazar
Casey Bailey -- Chris Kelly -- Chris Neil
Marc Methot -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Chris Wideman
Mike Condon
Matt O'Connor
Scratched: Fredrik Claesson, Craig Anderson
Injured:Zack Smith (abdominal strain), Andrew Hammond (ankle), Clarke MacArthur (concussion)

Status report

Smith was injured against the Rangers and will miss at least the next two games. … The Red Wings assigned Tyler Bertuzzi and Brian Lashoff to Grand Rapids of the AHL on Wednesday.

Who's hot

Mantha has two goals and three assists in his past four games. Zetterberg has one goal and three assists in his past four games. … Ryan has four goals and one assist in his past five games. Stone has one goal and six assists in his past six games. Karlsson has three goals and 10 assists in his past 11 games.