Kings at Red Wings preview

KINGS (13-8-3) at RED WINGS (10-9-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; SNE, SNO, FS-D, FS-W, NHL.TV

Goaltender Jimmy Howard is expected to start for the seventh time in Detroit's past eight games. Howard replaced Petr Mrazek in the third period against New Jersey and allowed center Brian Gibbons' overtime goal. Howard has an .884 save percentage during Detroit's losing streak.
The Kings ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 shootout win against the Anaheim Ducks at Staples Center on Saturday. Los Angeles is 1-2-1 in its past four games and 2-6-1 in its past nine.

Players to watch

Kings forward Anze Kopitar has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in his past 15 games. He leads Los Angeles with 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 24 games.
Red Wings forward David Booth scored twice in Detroit's loss against New Jersey; they were his first NHL goals since he scored for the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 31, 2015. Booth will move to center Henrik Zetterberg's line against the Kings.

They said it

"When we were scoring a lot early in the season, we had great secondary scoring, but that's dried up. We need to find that again, so teams can't just focus on the Kopitar line." -- Kings coach John Stevens
"Confidence is a huge part of success in this league, both for players and the team. If we had won a couple of these overtime games, we'd feel a lot better right now." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill after three of Detroit's past four losses have come in overtime

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson -- Nicholas Shore -- Tyler Toffoli
Marian Gaborik -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis
Nic Dowd -- Jussi Jokinen --
Jonny Brodzinski
Jake Muzzin -- Drew Doughty
Derek Forbort -- Christian Folin
Oscar Fantenberg -- Alec Martinez
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured:Jeff Carter (lower body), Kyle Clifford (upper body), Andy Andreoff (upper body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Dylan Larkin -- Tomas Tatar
David Booth -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Justin Abdelkader -- Frans Nielsen -- Darren Helm
Scott Wilson -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Luke Glendening
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Xavier Ouellet
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: None
Injured:Martin Frk (groin), Trevor Daley (upper body)
Suspended: Luke Witkowski

Status report

Dowd will replace Andreoff. … The Red Wings held an optional morning skate, with Frk and Daley taking part; each could return to the lineup this week.

Stat pack

Brown's third-period goal against Anaheim was his first in his past seven games. … Abdelkader has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past six games.