Red Wings at Maple Leafs preview

RED WINGS (15-17-5) at MAPLE LEAFS (24-10-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SN360, FS-D, NHL.TV

The 35-year-old Red Wings defenseman has six points (two goals, four assists) in 28 games this season and 300 points (89 goals, 211 assists) in 999 career games.
Trevor Moore was recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Sunday and will make his NHL debut for the Maple Leafs. He has 24 points (17 goals, seven assists) in 27 AHL games this season.
The Maple Leafs will be without forward Tyler Ennis, who broke his ankle in Toronto's 5-3 victory against the New York Rangers on Saturday.
Goaltender Garret Sparks will start for the Maple Leafs, who are looking for their fourth-straight win.
Detroit is without forward Andreas Athanasiou, who will not play because of an upper body injury.
Goaltender Jonathan Bernier will start for the Red Wings, who are 1-4-1 in their past six games. Detroit is playing their second of back-to-back games after losing 2-1 to the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past 10 games
Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner has six goals during a four-game goal streak, with three assists during that span

They said it

"Unreal, I grabbed him on the way off the plane yesterday. I think it's awesome that this fell on this game in his hometown. A thousand games is a heck of an accomplishment and for Trevor, he's an unbelievable pro and an unbelievable person, competes like crazy." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Trevor Daley
"It's really exciting. I'm just really excited to get going tonight and get in my first NHL game. A little nerves, but more just excited. It's something you wait your whole life for, you work towards, so it's mostly just excitement right now." -- Maple Leafs forward Trevor Moore

Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Dylan Larkin -- Justin Abdelkader
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Frans Nielsen -- Luke Glendening
Christoffer Ehn -- Jacob De La Rose -- Michael Rasmussen
Thomas Vanek -- Wade Megan -- Martin Frk
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Dennis Cholowski -- Trevor Daley
Jonathan Ericsson -- Filip Hronek
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Luke Witkowski
Injured: Anthony Mantha (hand), Evgeny Svechnikov (right knee), Danny DeKeyser (left hand), Mike Green (lower body), Andreas Athanasiou (upper body)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Andreas Johnsson -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Connor Brown -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Par Lindholm -- Frederik Gauthier -- Trevor Moore
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Justin Holl
Garret Sparks
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Martin Marincin
Injured: Zach Hyman (sprained ankle), Tyler Ennis (broken ankle), Igor Ozhiganov (illness)

Status report

The Red Wings and Maple Leafs both held optional morning skates… Holl will play after being a healthy scratch in 35 of Toronto's first 36 games.

Stat pack

Larkin had a nine-game point streak end against the Panthers. He had 12 points (five goals, seven assists) during that span… Rielly has nine points (two goals, seven assists) during a four-game point streak… Tavares has seven points (four goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak.