Rangers at Red Wings preview

RANGERS (27-28-11) at RED WINGS (23-33-10)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, MSG, NHL.TV

Larkin is out with a back injury, and Green will miss the rest of the season with a virus.
The Red Wings have lost a season-high eight straight games (0-5-3) and have been outscored 37-20 during that stretch.
Goalie Henrik Lundqvist is expected to start for the Rangers, who have lost five straight (0-2-3) and 11 of 16 (5-7-4).

Players to watch

Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in his past 17 games and needs two points for 300 in the NHL.
Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"There are things that are in our control that we can do to get better results. We've got to continue to work on those things. We have to get to the net more and we have to be better defending our net-front. Doing that will help us win some of these one-goal games." -- Rangers coach David Quinn
"Obviously, it isn't going to be easy to replace Dylan Larkin and Mike Green in our lineup. We just got Trevor Daley back from an injury so he will grab a lot of those minutes, but this is definitely going to provide an opportunity for our young players." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jimmy Vesey
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Ryan Strome -- Jesper Fast
Lias Andersson -- Boo Nieves -- Filip Chytil
Brendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Pavel Buchnevich
Marc Staal -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Neal Pionk
Libor Hajek -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched:Fredrik Claesson, Connor Brickley, Brendan Smith
Injured:None

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Frans Nielsen -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Thomas Vanek -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Filip Zadina
Luke Glendening -- Darren Helm -- Michael Rasmussen
Justin Abdelkader -- Jacob de la Rose -- Luke Witkowski
Danny DeKeyser -- Filip Hronek
Niklas Kronwall -- Jonathan Ericsson
Madison Bowey -- Trevor Daley
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: None
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Mike Green (virus), Dylan Larkin (back)

Status report

The Rangers did not have a morning skate Thursday. … Staal has the flu and will be a game-time decision. … Blashill said Athanasiou and Zadina will remain together on the second line.

Stat pack

Lundqvist has a .935 save percentage in 16 games against the Red Wings. ... Howard has a .948 save percentage in 14 games against the Rangers.