Red Wings at Jets preview

RED WINGS (16-22-7) at JETS (27-14-2)
8 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN3, FS-D, NHL.TV

Green missed the past 13 games because of an ankle injury sustained in a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Dec. 10. Detroit is 1-6-2 in its past nine games and has allowed at least five goals in four of its past eight games.
Goalie Connor Laurent Brossoit could start for the Jets, who play the second half of a back-to-back after losing 3-2 at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Connor Hellebuyck has started the past seven games for Winnipeg.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past four games after having 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in a 14-game point streak.
Jets forward Patrik Laine has one goal in his past 11 games and three in his past 19 dating to Dec. 1. He had 18 goals in November.

They said it

"Hopefully, I'm able to get back into shape here quickly, but that time when you're out, when it initially happens, and you know you're going to be out, that's the frustrating part. Just trying to stay mentally strong through it and get back as quick as I can. That's all you can do." -- Red Wings defenseman Mike Green
"You go into a back-to-back, the second game you're generally in more of a flow. The puck and [the] play kind of comes easier to you. We can get right back at it [Friday]." -- Jets defenseman Ben Chiarot

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine -- Bryan Little -- Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Andrew Copp --
Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Sami Niku
Dmitry Kulikov -- Joe Morrow
Laurent Brossoit
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched:Nic Petan
Injured:Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body), Tyler Myers (lower body)

Status report

Myers won't play because of a lower-body injury sustained in the second period against the Wild. Jets coach Paul Maurice said he is day to day. Niku replaces Myers on defense. ... The Red Wings assigned defenseman Brian Lashoff to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Thursday. …. The Jets did not hold a morning skate.

Stat pack

Nyquist is on a three-game assist streak. … Athanasiou has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past five games. … Wheeler has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his past nine games and 30 points (four goals, 26 assists) in his past 22. … Little is one point from 500 in the NHL.