Red Wings at Panthers preview

RED WINGS (21-21-8) at PANTHERS (21-22-6)
7 p.m. ET; FS-F, FS-D+, NHL.TV

Detroit extended its road winning streak Friday with a 4-1 victory at the Carolina Hurricanes. In his second game after missing six games with a leg injury, Darren Helm had a goal and two assists. Petr Mrazek made 37 saves.
Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill has made no announcement as to his starting goalie. Mrazek is 4-0-1 in his last five starts and has a 1.02 goals-against average and a .967 save percentage in his last six appearances. He started both games when the Red Wings played Jan. 22-23.
The Panthers will be looking for their third consecutive victory after defeating the New York Islanders (4-1) and Buffalo Sabres (4-2) on the road this week.
With Roberto Luongo and James Reimer still out with lower-body injuries, Harri Sateri will make his fourth consecutive start.

Players to watch

Red Wings defenseman Trevor Daley has three goals in his past four games.
Panthers defensemen Keith Yandle and Mike Matheson each has scored in the past two games.

They said it

"We can be a very fast team and a very effective team when we use that speed. We haven't shown that all season, but the last couple of games we did a good job using our speed to our advantage." -- Red Wings forward Darren Helm
"We've talked all year about having our defense up in the rush and being part of the attack, and we're getting better at it." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner

Red Wings projected lineup

Andreas Athanasiou -- Dylan Larkin -- Tomas Tatar
Anthony Mantha -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Darren Helm -- Frans Nielsen -- Luke Glendening
Martin Frk -- Tyler Bertuzzi -- Justin Abdelkader
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Dominic Turgeon, David Booth, Luke Witkowski, Xavier Ouellet
Injured: None

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Denis Malgin
Jamie McGinn -- Jared McCann --
Maxim Mamin
Micheal Haley -- Derek MacKenzie -- Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar -- Alexander Petrovic
Harri Sateri
Samuel Monteambeault
Scratched: Connor Brickley, Radim Vrbata, Ian McCoshen
Injured: Roberto Luongo (lower body), James Reimer (lower body)

Status report

McGinn will be back after missing two games because of an upper-body injury. … The Red Wings did not have a morning skate. … Reimer, who was injured Jan. 23, took the ice after the Panthers morning skate.

Stat pack

With 213 career victories, Howard needs one victory to tie Tim Thomas for seventh place among American-born goaltenders. … Petrovic is expected to play his 200th NHL game. … This will be the fourth and final game between the teams. Detroit has won two of the first three, including a 3-2 shootout victory Oct. 28 at BB&T Center.