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RED WINGS (10-9-2) at CAPITALS (11-7-3)
4 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNO, SNP, NBCSWA, FS-D, NHL.TV

Goalie Braden Holtby made 37 saves and four players scored in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.
Washington center Evgeny Kuznetsov and forward T.J. Oshie each will miss his fourth straight game; each is day to day with an upper-body injury.
The Red Wings are 6-1-0 in their previous seven games, including a 3-2 overtime victory against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, and 9-2-0 in their past 11 after a 1-7-2 start.

Players to watch

Detroit center Andreas Athanasiou scored two goals, including the game-winner, against Boston and has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"After that tough start we kind of figured it out as a group and we knew that we could bounce back, and it's showed the last 10 games." -- Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi
"In order for our team to have success you focus on your job, and no one's job is more [important] than the others. It's a team, and when we have success it's a complete team effort. That's what we're getting right now. In doing that, we still know we can keep pushing forward and get better." -- Capitals goalie Braden Holtby

Red Wings projected lineup
Capitals projected lineup
Status report

Neither Kuznetsov nor Oshie has resumed skating.

Stat pack

Detroit has allowed two goals or fewer in six of its previous seven games. ... Ovechkin needs one power-play goal to move past Mario Lemieux (236) and tie Brendan Shanahan (237) for sixth place on the NHL all-time list. ... Wilson has five points (one goal, four assists) in a three-game point streak. ... Carlson has four assists in a three-game point streak.