The Wings called up Brian Lashoff and Tomas Nosek to be the 13th forward and 7th defenseman as the team struggles through injuries looking forward to back-to-back games this weekend. Neither is expected to play tonight, but would be ready to go on the road if need be.

However, it looks like Jared Coreau will get his first NHL start tonight. He will face off against Marc-Andre Fleury at the other end.

Red Wings Expected Lineup

Forwards

Tomas Tatar

Henrik Zetterberg

Anthony Mantha

Tomas Jurco

Frans Nielsen

Luke Glendening

Gustav Nyquist

Dylan Larkin

Thomas Vanek

Drew Miller

Riley Sheahan

Steve Ott

Defense

Danny DeKeyser

Mike Green

Niklas Kronwall

Xavier Ouellet

Jonathan Ericsson

Ryan Sproul

Goaltenders

Jared Coreau (Starting)

Petr Mrazek

Penguins Expected Lineup

Forwards

Conor Sheary

Sidney Crosby

Patric Hornqvist

Carl Hagelin

Evgeni Malkin

Bryan Rust

Scott Wilson

Nick Bonino

Phil Kessel

Tom Kuhnhackl

Matt Cullen

Eric Fehr

Defense

Olli Maatta

Kris Letang

Brian Dumoulin

Trevor Daley

Ian Cole

Justin Schultz

Goaltenders

Marc-Andre Fleury

Matt Murray

Key Matchups

Wings Power Play

The struggles of the Detroit power play have been well documented. They come into the game only converting on 15% of their man advantage opportunities. However, the Penguins penalty kill is one of the worst in the league, managing to stop the advantage only 78% of the time. The Wings power play has looked better in recent games with the additions of Thomas Vanek and Anthony Mantha. A successful power play or two would go a long way in helping the Wings earn some points on the road.

Contain Crosby

Ha what a genius idea. Crosby has 16 goals in 18 games. The Penguins have scoring depth with Malkin and Kessel in the lineup, but it seems like the offense goes with Crosby. "Pittsburgh has a 106-6-1 record in regular-season games in which Crosby produced at least three points, and the Penguins are 52-1-0 in his last 53 such games" according to Elias Sports Bureau. So keeping Crosby off the score sheet is integral to beating Pittsburg, and he is playing very well right now so it will be quite the challenge.