Red Wings at Maple Leafs preview

MAPLE LEAFS (2-2-1) at RED WINGS (3-1-0)
7 p.m. ET; FS-D, CBC, NHL.TV

The Maple Leafs have been outscored 16-10 in their past three games (0-2-1) including a 7-3 home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
The Red Wings' top line of Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi and Dylan Larkin will look to stay hot; they have 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in four games this season.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has seven points (six goals, one assist) in five games. He and Mantha are tied for second in the League in goals trailing James Neal of the Edmonton Oilers, who has seven.
Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser has four assists in four games this season.

They said it

"They've got a lot of speed on that line and they've also got a lot of grit, so they can handle about every situation offensively and defensively. They will try to get in front of our net and try to get a bounce, but they can all shoot as well, so we have to stay focused when they are out there." -- Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner on facing Detroit's top line
"Discipline is going to huge tonight. I watched the replay of the first period of Toronto and Tampa Bay, and I don't want to face either one of those power plays. You can't put Toronto out there over and over, because they will eventually get into the zone and score." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Toronto's power play.

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Kasperi Kapanen -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Andreas Johnsson -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- Alex Kerfoot -- Trevor Moore
Nicholas Shore -- Dmytro Timashov -- Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly -- Cody Ceci
Jake Muzzin -- Tyson Barrie
Rasmus Sandin -- Justin Holl
Frederik Andersen
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched:Martin Marincin, Nic Petan, Jason Spezza
Injured:Zach Hyman (ACL), Travis Dermott (shoulder)

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Status report

Hronek (upper body) missed practice on Friday and didn't take part in an optional skate on Saturday and Blashill said he will be a game-time decision. Biega would make his Red Wings debut if Hronek doesn't play.

Stat pack

Nylander has five points (two goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak to start the season. … Mike Babcock (Maple Leafs) will coach his 1,284th NHL game, one behind Darryl Sutter for 13th place on the all-time list. Babcock was 458-223-105 in 786 games as coach of the Red Wings from 2005-15.