DEVILS (5-3-1) at RED WINGS (3-3-0)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MSGSN

Devils projected lineup

Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer

Paul Cotter — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen

Tomas Tatar — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Daniil Misyul, Simon Nemec

Injured: None

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond

Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher — Patrick Kane

Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — Christian Fischer

Marco Kasper — Joe Veleno — Jonatan Berggren

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Jeff Petry

Erik Gustafsson — Justin Holl

Cam Talbot

Alex Lyon

Scratched: Albert Johansson, Olli Maatta

Injured: Tyler Motte (upper body)

Status report

Each team had a lightly attended optional morning skate Thursday. … Pesce and Luke Hughes each is making his season debuts after missing the first nine games, each with an upper-body injury; the two are expected to skate on the Devils’ second defense pair. … The Red Wings won’t be sure of their lineup until just before game time; coach Derek Lalonde said several forwards are dealing with the flu and Detroit could end up dressing 11 forwards and seven defensemen.