Penguins at Red Wings preview

PENGUINS (19-17-3) at RED WINGS (14-16-7)
7 p.m. ET; FS-D, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

Murray missed Pittsburgh's 2-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday because of an upper-body injury, but practiced Saturday and took part in the morning skate Sunday.
The Red Wings ended a three-game losing streak (0-3-0) with a 3-2 shootout victory against the New York Rangers on Friday. They're trying to win consecutive home games for second time this season; they also did it Nov. 15-17.

Players to watch

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past eight games after having 19 (eight goals, 11 assists) in his previous 12.
Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past eight games, including the tying goal against the Rangers on Friday.

They said it

"It's going to be a lot of fun to see the guys. I have a lot of friends after spending so much time with the Red Wings." -- Penguins forward Riley Sheahan, who was traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on Oct. 21
"We know we're going to have a tough game against the Penguins because they need to start winning some games. We need to build off what we did against the Rangers." -- Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Patric Hornqvist
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Daniel Sprong
-- Riley Sheahan -- Conor Sheary
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Carter Rowney -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Matt Hunwick
Ian Cole -- Jamie Oleksiak
Olli Maatta -- Frank Corrado
Matt Murray
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Garret Wilson, Andrey Pedan, Casey DeSmith
Injured: Kris Letang](https://www.nhl.com/player/kris-letang-8471724?season=20172018) (lower body), Justin Schultz (lower body), Bryan Rust (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (upper body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Andreas Athanasiou -- Dylan Larkin -- Tomas Tatar
Tyler Bertuzzi
-- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Justin Abdelkader -- Frans Nielsen -- Darren Helm
David Booth -- Martin Frk
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Xavier Ouellet
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Luke Witkowski
Injured: Luke Glendening](https://www.nhl.com/player/luke-glendening-8476822?season=20172018) (hand), Anthony Mantha (lower body)

Status report

Sprong was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will play his first NHL game since Dec. 26, 2015. He has 28 points (18 goals, 10 assists) in 29 AHL games. … Letang and Schultz took part in an optional morning skate but won't play. … Mantha will miss his second straight game because a lower-body injury. He hopes to return against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. With Mantha out the Red Wings likely will go with seven defensemen and 11 forwards, which they did against the Rangers.

Stat pack

Malkin has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his past 13 games. … Larkin has seven points, all assists, in his past five games.