Preview: Red Wings at Jets

RED WINGS (12-11-3) at JETS (13-13-2)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-D+, NHL.TV

Red Wings team scope

Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg will look to extend his point streak to five games on Tuesday. Zetterberg has three goals and two assists in that span, including a goal in each of his past three games, and said continuity with linemates Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha has helped his game. "You will have ups and downs through the season," Zetterberg said. "We've played five [or] six games with our line. It's nice to get some chemistry. That helps. We haven't been able to keep line combinations together for a longer stretch and now we have been able to do that. It's nice to find chemistry with guys and hopefully it can continue." The Red Wings are without six skaters because of injury. Goaltender Petr Mrazek will start for the sixth time in seven games. He's 3-0-2 in his past five starts in place of goalie Jimmy Howard, out with a lower-body injury.

Jets team scope

Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury. Scheifele, who leads the Jets with 26 points (13 goals, 13 assists), skated Tuesday but there is no timetable for his return. Scheifele's injury is not long term and isn't one the Jets will have to monitor going forward, coach Paul Maurice said. Winnipeg is 4-1-0 in its past five games, including Central Division road victories against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday and the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. "I think it does give us confidence, but tonight is a big game," forward Bryan Little said. "Coming off those big games, you don't want to lose momentum and you don't want to give yourself a pat on the back just yet. It's only a couple games and we just hit .500 in the standings. If anything, tonight is an even bigger game for us because it will determine if we get the ball rolling or if we are going to be fighting to get back again."

Red Wings projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Anthony Mantha
Gustav Nyquist -- Dylan Larkin -- Thomas Vanek
Tomas Jurco -- Frans Nielsen -- Luke Glendening
Drew Miller -- Riley Sheahan -- Steve Ott
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall -- Brian Lashoff
Jonathan Ericsson -- Xavier Ouellet
Petr Mrazek
Jared Coreau
Scratched:Tomas Nosek, Ryan Sproul
Injured:Justin Abdelkader (knee), Andreas Athanasiou (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Jimmy Howard (groin), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Brendan Smith (knee)

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Drew Stafford -- Blake Wheeler -- Mathieu Perreault
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Marko Dano
Brandon Tanev -- Alexander Burmistrov -- Chris Thorburn
Josh Morrissey -- Dustin Byfuglien
Toby Enstrom -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Paul Postma
Connor Hellebuyck
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched:Kyle Connor, Mark Stuart
Injured:Mark Scheifele (lower body), Joel Armia (lower body), Shawn Matthias (lower body), Tyler Myers (lower body), Nic Petan (lower body)

Status report

Howard, who has missed five games, skated with Red Wings on Tuesday, and will take part in a full practice Thursday, coach Jeff Blashill said. Detroit hopes Athanasiou, who has missed 11 games, can practice in full on Thursday as well. … Myers, who has missed 12 games, skated for the first time on Tuesday since his injury on Nov. 11. He has missed 12 games. … Petan is still 10 to 14 days away from returning, Maurice said.

Who's hot

Nielsen has seven points (three goals and four assists) in his past six games. He had one goal and one assist in his previous 10 games. … Green has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past two games. … Laine has four goals and an assist in his past four games. … Hellebuyck is 3-1-0 in his past four starts. … Wheeler has one goals and five assists in a five-game point streak.