PREVIEW: Red Wings finish three-game homestand, try for fifth straight win when Oilers visit on Sunday afternoon

DETROIT – Rolling into their three-game homestand finale on a four-game winning streak, the Detroit Red Wings will square off against the two-time defending Western-Conference champion Edmonton Oilers at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday afternoon.

Broadcast coverage of Sunday’s 3 p.m. puck drop between Detroit (4-1-0; 8 points) and Edmonton (2-1-1; 5 points) will be carried on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit and the Red Wings Radio Network (97.1 The Ticket in Detroit).

“It’s easier to learn when you’re winning,” J.T. Compher said. “I think we still have things to improve on. We were working on face-off plays [in Saturday’s practice] and getting on the same page, so there’s still a lot to work on and improve. That’s the daily goal…We’re doing a good job of managing games, and that’s why were giving ourselves a chance to win games right now.”

Coming off Friday night’s 2-1 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, head coach Todd McLellan highlighted how the Red Wings need to keep homing in on the details and ensuring their overall work ethic remains high.

“The confidence is great,” McLellan said. “We’ve earned the right to feel good about ourselves, but we don’t just hand in the paper and walk away. This test goes on forever -- there’s tomorrow and then there’s the next day. We can’t give anything back. I’m not talking about wins and losses. We have to continue to move our team forward…Being confident and feeling good about yourself is a real thing, but letting it slip sometimes comes with that. We’re going to try to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Compher, who tallied the lone assist on Larkin’s game-winning goal in overtime against Tampa Bay, discussed how Detroit’s current winning streak has come to be.

“First and foremost, we’re getting really good goaltending right now,” Compher said. “Both of those guys are playing really well, and we’re finding different ways to win. We’re comfortable having third-period leads. Whether it goes perfectly or not, kind of like [Friday] when we let one in, but we stuck with it to get the two points.”

when we let one in, but we stuck with it to get the two points.”

In the first half of its current weekend back-to-back road set, Edmonton dropped a 5-3 decision to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Saturday night for its second straight loss.

Captain Connor McDavid leads the Oilers in points with seven, which are all assists, this season. Behind McDavid on the club’s scoring leaderboard is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with six points (four goals, two assists) and Leon Draisaitl with four points (three goals, one assist). Netminder Calvin Pickard made 18 saves against the Devils.

Having previously served as head coach of Edmonton from 2015-19, McLellan said how McDavid and Draisaitl established themselves in the NHL reminds him of how Detroit’s rookie trio of Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Emmitt Finnie and Axel Sandin-Pellikka is embracing every challenge and opportunity.

“They came and they wanted to learn,” McLellan said about McDavid and Draisaitl. “They were hungry, and we had confidence in playing them… Don’t put that pressure on our young guys because they’re not McDavid or Draisaitl, but it feels like that a little bit -- real good human beings that are sponges right now. They want to do well and they’re taking it all in.”