Red Wings at Penguins preview

RED WINGS (17-17-7) at PENGUINS (22-19-3)
1 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, ATTSN-PT, FS-D

Casey DeSmith
was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday to back up Jarry, who allowed five goals on 19 shots before being pulled in the second period of a 6-5 overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
Jimmy Howard likely will start in net for Detroit. He practiced Friday and told the Red Wings website he is healthy enough to return after missing one game with a lower-body injury.
The Red Wings and Penguins each will return from their mandated five-day break. Detroit has won four of five after losing 13 of its previous 16 games (3-8-5); Pittsburgh has won three of four after losing seven of its previous 10.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg has 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in his past 12 games.
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past seven games and 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in his past 18.

They said it

"We're doing a lot of things to be successful. We have to stay on it and understand we'll be in lots of games." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, to the Detroit News
"I think he's proven that he's a very capable guy. … He's given us a chance to win most nights that he's in there." -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan on goalie Tristan Jarry

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Penguins projected lineup

Dominik Simon -- Sidney Crosby -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Conor Sheary -- Jake Guentzel -- Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Riley Sheahan -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Justin Schultz
Matt Hunwick -- Jamie Oleksiak
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Ian Cole, Matt Murray
Injured: Bryan Rust (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (upper body), Carter Rowney (upper body)

Status report

Booth was not at practice Friday. Blashill told the Red Wings website he had issues with his flight and is expected to join the team Saturday. … Ruhwedel skated with Cole on a fourth defense pair at practice Friday. He is not expected to play Saturday. … It will be Daley's first game back in Pittsburgh since signing with Detroit on July 1. He had 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 36 games during the 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs to help the Penguins win two straight championships.

Stat pack

Pittsburgh has scored fewer than two goals in six of its past 13 games. ... Nyquist has four goals in his past four games and 14 in 41 games this season after he scored 12 in 76 games in 2016-17.