Predators at Red Wings preview

PREDATORS (8-4-2) at RED WINGS (4-10-1)
7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, FS-D+, FS-TN, NHL.TV

The Red Wings are 1-9-1 in their past 11 games and have been outscored 46-19, including 11-3 in losses to the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers. They will also be without defensemen Mike Green (illness) and Trevor Daley (lower body).
Daley left the loss to the Panthers on Saturday early in the third period and Green is out for a second straight game. Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said he doesn't believe Green's illness is related to the virus that limited him to 43 games last season.
Nashville is winless in two games (0-1-1) after a four-game winning streak. They have outscored their opponents 22-11 in that stretch with each loss by one goal.

Players to watch

Predators goalie Pekka Rinne is 7-0-2 with a 2.19 goals-against average, .920 save percentage and two shutouts in nine games. He did not play in Nashville's 5-3 loss to Detroit on Oct. 5.
Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha has scored a team-high nine goals. He will be moving back to the top line alongside Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi.

They said it

"I don't think there's any one thing that has been a problem over both of these losses. We didn't play well in the third period (against the Calgary Flames on Oct. 31), but the last game was just a close-checking game where we got behind by two goals and didn't take enough advantage of the chances we had." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette on losses to the Flames and New York Rangers.
"It is tough to keep from being frustrated at a time like this, but frustration is the No. 1 wasted human emotion. It does no good to anybody or anything, so you have to find a way to learn from it. We've got a game tonight, and if we win, we're going to come into the locker room feeling good about ourselves again." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Predators projected lineup

Calle Jarnkrok -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg -- Matt Duchene -- Mikael Granlund
Rocco Grimaldi -- Nick Bonino -- Craig Smith
Colton Sissons -- Kyle Turris -- Austin Watson
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- Dante Fabbro
Dan Hamhuis -- Matt Irwin
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Yannick Weber, Miikka Salomaki
Injured:None

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha
Adam Erne -- Valtteri Filppula -- Andreas Athanasiou
Brendan Perlini -- Frans Nielsen -- Taro Hirose
Darren Helm -- Jacob de la Rose -- Justin Abdelkader
Patrik Nemeth -- Filip Hronek
Madison Bowey -- Joe Hicketts
Alex Biega -- Dennis Cholowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Christoffer Ehn
Injured:Luke Glendening (upper body), Danny DeKeyser (lower body), Mike Green (illness), Trevor Daley (lower body)

Status report

The Predators didn't do line rushes during their morning skate, with Laviolette joking he won't know if there are going to be any changes until game time. … With Mantha moving back to the first line, Helm returns to the fourth line.

Stat pack

Josi has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past seven games. … Larkin has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games.