Red Wings at Lightning preview

RED WINGS (24-33-10) at LIGHTNING (51-13-4)
7 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-D, NHL.TV

Kucherov leads the NHL with 108 points (31 goals, 77 assists) and is tied with Vincent Lecavalier for the Lightning record. Lecavalier had 108 points (52 goals, 56 assists) in 2006-07.
Tampa Bay has clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Lightning are 12-2-0 in the past 14 games and have outscored their opponents 54-29 during that span. They lead the second-place Boston Bruins by 15 points in the Atlantic Division.
The Red Wings are 1-5-3 in their past nine games.

Players to Watch

Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past seven games.
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in his past 14 games. He needs two goals to pass Lecavalier for the most in Lightning history (383).

They said it

"I heard [the Lightning power play is] a little worse at home though, they're 29 percent at home and 32 percent on the road so that's good for today and not next week I guess. Their power play has been tremendous. But you know what? I think our penalty kill has gotten better and better and better the last month. I think it's certainly trending in the right direction that way. We'd like to test it as little as possible tonight." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on special teams.
"Making the playoffs is one thing but we've talked about this team and the expectations we have are greater than that. But we're on the first step and we just want to continue to get better these last 15 games." -- Lightning captain Steven Stamkos

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Anthony Mantha
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Filip Zadina
Justin Abdelkader -- Luke Glendening -- Darren Helm
Christoffer Ehn
-- Jacob de la Rose -- Michael Rasmussen
Danny DeKeyser -- Filip Hronek
Niklas Kronwall -- Madison Bowey
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Luke Witkowski
Injured:Mike Green (virus), Dylan Larkin (neck)

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- J.T. Miller
Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Yanni Gourde -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Mikhail Sergachev
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Braydon Coburn --
Jan Rutta
Louis Domingue
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Danick Martel
Injured:Adam Erne (upper body), Dan Girardi (lower body), Anton Stralman (lower body)

Status report

Cooper said Erne, Girardi and Stralman are all day-to-day. All three are expected to travel for road games at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday and at Detroit on Thursday.

Stat pack

Helm needs one goal for 100 in NHL. … Point has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his past 13 games. Callahan needs one assist for 200 in the NHL.