Jets at Red Wings

JETS (16-12-5) at RED WINGS (16-16-5)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cole Perfetti
Andrew Copp -- Mark Scheifele -- Jansen Harkins
Adam Lowry -- Evgeny Svechnikov -- Dominic Toninato
CJ Suess -- Kristian Vesalainen --
Austin Poganski
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Nate Schmidt --
Declan Chisholm
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Connor Hellebuyck
Mikhail Berdin
Scratched: Jeff Malott
Injured: David Gustafsson (lower body), Blake Wheeler (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kristian Reichel, Nathan Beaulieu, Logan Stanley, Ville Heinola, Paul Stastny, Brenden Dillon, Eric Comrie
Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Robby Fabbri -- Filip Zadina -- Pius Suter
Joe Veleno -- Givani Smith -- Sam Gagner
Jordan Oesterle -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Marc Staal -- Gustav Lindstrom
Alex Nedeljkovic
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Danny DeKeyser
Injured: Troy Stecher (wrist), Mitchell Stephens (lower body), Carter Rowney (lower body)
Status report
Stastny, a center, Dillon, a defenseman, and Comrie, a goalie, each entered NHL COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... DeMelo was removed from COVID-19 protocol Thursday and is expected to play. ... Chisholm and Samberg each is expected to make his NHL debut. ... Poganski and Berdin each was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League ... Perfetti was recalled from the taxi squad. ... Malott was recalled from the taxi squad on an emergency basis. If the forward plays it would be his NHL debut. ... Larkin will be a game-time decision after the forward missed a 3-2 overtime loss at the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury.