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DETROIT -- Forward Todd Bertuzzi (sore back) and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (flu) will be in the lineup tonight for the Detroit Red Wings when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m., FSD).
Forward Jan Mursak has been reassigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Defenseman Ruslan Salei is scratched tonight, as Jakub Kindl goes back into the lineup.
Forwards Pavel Datsyuk (lower-body injury) and Johan Franzen (groin) are out, as expected, and remain day-to-day.
“It feels a lot better than what it was,'' Bertuzzi said.
The Red Wings will try to snap a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). The Leafs have won three in a row.
“Playing in the Western Conference and playing the same teams over and over again it gets kind of repetitive,'' Bertuzzi said. "So it'll be nice to (play Toronto). It'll enhance the enthusiasm in this room.
“We want to make sure our game's at its best in all different areas -- PK, PP, defensively, our shot totals. Those are things we got to build upon.''
Here are the anticipated lines for the Red Wings:
Cleary-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Modano-Filppula-Holmstrom
Hudler-Abdelkader-Miller
Draper-Helm-Eaves
Lidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Rafalski
Kindl-Kronwall
Howard (starting)
MacDonald
Rookie goaltender James Reimer has led the Leafs' push for a playoff spot, taking over the starting job about two months ago. He has won his last four starts and is 17-7-4, with a 2.51 goals-against average and .924 save percentage, which is tied for fourth in the NHL.
"They've gone on a run with him,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "Now, my thing with goalies is always the test of time. So not only so you got to do it for one year or two years, you got to do it over time. And as the shooters get to know you and we get to know you we get a better report. And our report is going to be based on what little we've seen and it's not enough.''
Former Red Wings defenseman Brett Lebda, who signed a two-year free-agent contract with Toronto in the offseason, will be in the lineup. Lebda has been a healthy scratch in 30 games. He has one goal, three assists and a minus-14 rating in 40 games.
Here are Toronto's anticipated lines:
Nikolai Kulemin-Mikhail Grabovski-Clarke MacArthur
Joffrey Lupul-Tyler Bozak-Phil Kessel
Darryl Boyce-Nazem Kadri-Joey Crabb
Fredrik Sjostrom-Tim Brent-Mike Brown
Keith Aulie-Dion Phaneuf
Carl Gunnarsson-Luke Schenn
Mike Komisarek-Brett Lebda
James Reimer (starting)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Forward Jan Mursak has been reassigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Defenseman Ruslan Salei is scratched tonight, as Jakub Kindl goes back into the lineup.
Forwards Pavel Datsyuk (lower-body injury) and Johan Franzen (groin) are out, as expected, and remain day-to-day.
“It feels a lot better than what it was,'' Bertuzzi said.
The Red Wings will try to snap a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). The Leafs have won three in a row.
“Playing in the Western Conference and playing the same teams over and over again it gets kind of repetitive,'' Bertuzzi said. "So it'll be nice to (play Toronto). It'll enhance the enthusiasm in this room.
“We want to make sure our game's at its best in all different areas -- PK, PP, defensively, our shot totals. Those are things we got to build upon.''
Here are the anticipated lines for the Red Wings:
Cleary-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Modano-Filppula-Holmstrom
Hudler-Abdelkader-Miller
Draper-Helm-Eaves
Lidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Rafalski
Kindl-Kronwall
Howard (starting)
MacDonald
Rookie goaltender James Reimer has led the Leafs' push for a playoff spot, taking over the starting job about two months ago. He has won his last four starts and is 17-7-4, with a 2.51 goals-against average and .924 save percentage, which is tied for fourth in the NHL.
"They've gone on a run with him,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "Now, my thing with goalies is always the test of time. So not only so you got to do it for one year or two years, you got to do it over time. And as the shooters get to know you and we get to know you we get a better report. And our report is going to be based on what little we've seen and it's not enough.''
Former Red Wings defenseman Brett Lebda, who signed a two-year free-agent contract with Toronto in the offseason, will be in the lineup. Lebda has been a healthy scratch in 30 games. He has one goal, three assists and a minus-14 rating in 40 games.
Here are Toronto's anticipated lines:
Nikolai Kulemin-Mikhail Grabovski-Clarke MacArthur
Joffrey Lupul-Tyler Bozak-Phil Kessel
Darryl Boyce-Nazem Kadri-Joey Crabb
Fredrik Sjostrom-Tim Brent-Mike Brown
Keith Aulie-Dion Phaneuf
Carl Gunnarsson-Luke Schenn
Mike Komisarek-Brett Lebda
James Reimer (starting)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
