Red Wings at Predators preview

RED WINGS (23-24-9) at PREDATORS (34-13-9)
8 p.m. ET; FS-D, FS-TN, NHL.TV

The Predators, 5-1-2 in their past eight games and 11-2-3 in their past 16, are tied with the Winnipeg Jets with 77 points; the Jets are idle Saturday.
Predators forward Kyle Turris missed a 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday because of illness. He participated in the morning skate and could play.
Red Wings defenseman Mike Green will miss the game with an upper-body injury he sustained in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, and is day-to-day. Forward Andreas Athanasiou will return to the lineup after missing the game Thursday because of illness.
Detroit, 6-8-2 in its past 16 games, trails the New York Islanders by nine points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

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Players to watch

Red Wings center Frans Nielsen has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.
Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past 11 games.

They said it

"The last game was a little bit rough. … In the games before that, I thought we played well. We were scoring some goals and getting some gritty efforts by some guys and some good goaltending, so hopefully that's the case here tonight." -- Red Wings defenseman Danny Dekeyser
"You can't just paint it with one stroke of the brush and say we don't work hard. They did an awful lot in the third period [Thursday] to try and win that hockey game so give them credit, but it's just been inconsistent. That probably needs to change in order to like the way you're playing and the process more." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar -- Dylan Larkin -- Andreas Athanasiou
Darren Helm -- Frans Nielsen -- Justin Abdelkader
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Luke Glendening -- Martin Frk
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Niklas Kronwall -- Luke Witkowski
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Xavier Ouellet, David Booth
Injured: Mike Green (upper body)

Predators projected lineup

Kevin Fiala -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Scott Hartnell -- Nick Bonino -- Calle Jarnkrok
Miikka Salomaki -- Colton Sissons -- Austin Watson
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- P.K. Subban
Anthony Bitetto -- Matt Irwin
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Yannick Weber, Pontus Aberg, Alexei Emelin
Injured: None

Status report

Daley will move to the power play in place of Green, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. … Jarnkrok was on the second line alongside Turris during the morning skate. If Turris plays, Jarnkrok could slide down to the wing on the third line in place of Aberg.

Stat pack

Zetterberg has 53 points (18 goals, 35 assists) in 63 games against the Predators. … Hartnell has 28 points (17 goals, 11 assists) in 45 games against the Red Wings.