Red Wings at Flames preview

RED WINGS (18-23-7) at FLAMES (30-13-5)
9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, SNW, FS-D+, NHL.TV

The Flames, 5-0-1 in their past six games and 8-1-2 in their past 11, have scored at least four goals in seven of their past nine.
Forward Johnny Gaudreau, who has 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in a nine-game point streak, can match his NHL career-high 10-game point streak (19 points; eight goals, 11 assists) from Oct. 27-Nov. 20, 2017.
The Red Wings look for their third consecutive victory, which would match their longest winning streak this season, after going 1-7-2 in their previous 10 games.

Players to watch

Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has four assists in his past two games and 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists) in his past 21 games.
Flames forward Elias Lindholm has seven points (one goal, six assists) in a five-game point streak and 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"We've really focused on staying with the process here over the last month. Sometimes you don't get the results right away. They're starting to come. If we continue with that path we'll give ourselves a good chance of winning a lot of hockey games." -- Red Wings defenseman Mike Green
"We've been building our game throughout the season. You go through ups and downs. Right now we're a confident team. We have to continue to build our team game here. That's what's going to make us better." -- Flames center Sean Monahan

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Gustav Nyquist
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Anthony Mantha
Darren Helm -- Luke Glendening -- Andreas Athanasiou
Christoffer Ehn -- Jacob de la Rose -- Justin Abdelkader
Niklas Kronwall -- Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Jonathan Ericsson -- Dennis Cholowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Martin Frk, Luke Witkowski, Filip Hronek
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee), Trevor Daley (foot), Michael Rasmussen (hamstring)

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Andrew Mangiapane -- Derek Ryan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Dalton Prout
Injured: Juuso Valimaki (lower body), Michael Stone (blood clot)

Status report

Hamonic will be a game-time decision after missing two games because of a family illness. … Neal will play after missing one game because of the flu. … Each team held an optional morning skate.

Stat pack

Nyquist has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games. … Bertuzzi has three goals in his past two games. … Monahan has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in his past nine games. … Tkachuk has eight points (six goals, two assists) in a six-game point streak. … Giordano has nine points (three goals, six assists) in a five-game point streak.