Blues at Red Wings preview

BLUES (19-8-2) at RED WINGS (11-12-5)
1 p.m. ET; SN1, FS-D, FS-MW, NHL.TV

The Blues lost three in a row before a 4-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday and a 3-0 win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday. Jake Allen made 29 saves against Dallas for his first shutout of the season.
Detroit ended a seven-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Jimmy Howard made 25 saves.

Players to watch

Blues forward Brayden Schenn has four goals in his past two games, including a hat trick against the Canadiens. Schenn is tied for the St. Louis lead with 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists) in 29 games (Jayden Schwartz, 13 goals, 21 assists).
Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist had two goals and an assist against the Jets. Nyquist had no goals and three assists in his previous eight games.

They said it

"I'm sure it was tougher for Glenn to get shutouts back in the day, but I'll take it. It's pretty cool to have that under my belt, and hopefully I'll get a lot more in the next few years." -- Blues goalie Jake Allen, who tied Hall of Famer Glenn Hall for third in St. Louis history with 16 shutouts
"I think we've proven that we can be a good team, but we've got to be at that ultra-ultra-competitive level in order to beat a good team. It will be a challenge for us every night to make sure we stay up at that level." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Blues projected lineup

Vladimir Sobotka -- Paul Stastny -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Alexander Steen
Magnus Paajarvi -- Patrik Berglund -- Dmitrij Jaskin
Scottie Upshall -- Kyle Brodziak -- Chris Thorburn
Jay Bouwmeester -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson -- Vince Dunn
Jake Allen
Ville Husso
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Oskar Sundqvist, Sammy Blais
Injured: Zach Sanford (shoulder), Carter Hutton (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Dylan Larkin -- Tomas Tatar
Justin Abdelkader -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Luke Glendening -- Frans Nielsen -- Darren Helm
Martin Frk -- Andreas Athanasiou --
Tyler Bertuzzi
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Xavier Ouellet
Injured: David Booth (undisclosed)
Suspended: Luke Witkowski

Status report

The Blues placed Hutton on injured reserve after he sustained a lower-body injury in warmups for the game against the Stars. … The Red Wings recalled Bertuzzi from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Parayko has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games. … Allen is 6-1-1 in his past nine games (eight starts), allowing 19 goals. … Zetterberg hasn't scored in 21 games but had an assist against Winnipeg, his eighth in that span.