Lightning at Red Wings preview

LIGHTNING (20-7-1) at RED WINGS (12-12-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, SUN, NHL.TV

Kucherov, who had a goal and three assists in a 5-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Monday, has 24 points (five goals, 19 assists) in his 10-game point streak.
The Lightning have won their past 12 regular-season games against the Red Wings.
Detroit, which has lost four of six (2-3-1), will be missing two of its top goal scorers. Forward Anthony Mantha is out 4-6 weeks with a hand injury sustained against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, and forward Tyler Bertuzzi was suspended two games for roughing/instigating against Avalanche forward Matt Calvert.
Tampa Bay has won three straight and six of its past seven to become the first team to 20 wins.

Players to watch

Forward Brayden Point had two goals and an assist against New Jersey, and has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in a six-game point streak. He leads the Lightning with 20 goals.
Forward Gustav Nyquist has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games and leads the Red Wings with 17 assists.

They said it

"It's a lot of fun to play with him. You know he's going to go around guys, and if you find an open area and get there, he'll feed you the puck."-- Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov on teammate Brayden Point
"[Mantha] has been playing excellent. He's done a real good job of becoming a more complete player, so we're losing a real good hockey player." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Anthony Mantha

Lightning projected lineup

Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Yanni Gourde
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- J.T. Miller
Mathieu Joseph -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh --
Erik Cernak
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Louis Domingue
Edward Pasquale
Scratched: Danick Martel, Slater Koekkoek, Adam Erne
Injured: Anton Stralman (upper body), Andrei Vasilevskiy (left foot fracture)

Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Dylan Larkin -- Justin Abdelkader
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Andreas Athanasiou
Jacob de la Rose -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Rasmussen
Martin Frk --
Christoffer Ehn
-- Luke Witkowski
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Dennis Cholowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: None
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Darren Helm (upper body), Anthony Mantha (hand)
Suspended: Tyler Bertuzzi

Status report

Tampa Bay did not have a morning skate. … Frk and Ehn will replace Mantha and Bertuzzi in the lineup, with Nyquist moving to the first line and Vanek to the second line.

Stat pack

Tampa Bay's last regular season loss to Detroit was Nov. 3, 2015 (2-1). … The Red Wings scored 13 goals in three games prior to being shut out 2-0 by the Avalanche on Sunday.