Kings at Red Wings preview

KINGS (11-18-1) at RED WINGS (13-13-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, FS-D+, FS-W, NHL.TV

Nyquist has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past three games and 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past seven . Larkin has six points (one goal, five assists) in a three-game point streak.
The Kings will try to keep their offense rolling when they start a five-game road trip. They have scored eight goals in their past two games, including a 5-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. They scored 11 goals in their previous six games.

Players to watch

Kings forward Anze Kopitar has one assist in his past five games, but has 38 points (14 goals, 24 assists) in 36 games against the Red Wings.
Red Wings defenseman Trevor Daley will return after missing five games with a lower-body injury. He needs one point for 300 in the NHL.

They said it

"Detroit has a lot of fast, young guys, but the puck is still faster than anyone in this league. If we keep moving the puck we can play really fast as well. We've got some young legs up here and that helps too." -- Kings defenseman Drew Doughty
"It always seems like we play better from behind. We get a sense of urgency and start really working. But we can't try to win every game in the third period. We've had a couple good starts lately, but we need to keep playing." -- Red Wings center Dylan Larkin

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Brendan Leipsic -- Jeff Carter -- Matt Luff
Nikita Scherbak -- Adrian Kempe -- Tyler Toffoli
Austin Wagner -- Michael Amadio -- Nate Thompson
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Oscar Fantenberg
Dion Phaneuf -- Paul LaDue
Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen
Scratched: None
Injured: Ilya Kovalchuk (ankle), Carl Hagelin (knee), Trevor Lewis (foot), Jack Campbell (knee), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder), Kyle Clifford (head), Alec Martinez (upper body)

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Status report

Clifford and Martinez each will be out at least a week. Wagner was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League. … Howard will play after Bernier started the past two games.

Stat pack

Quick is 2-3-0 with a .928 save percentage and one shutout in five games since returning from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. … Nielsen has scored three goals in his past three games.