The Red Wings will look to end a three-game winless streak tonight by hosting the Buffalo Sabers at Little Caesars Arena at 7 p.m. It was a rocky start for Detroit, but they got through October with a 4-5-1 record. While that’s not pretty, they’re still in the middle of a glut of Eastern Conference teams playing around .500 hockey, so a good series could go a long way.

Buffalo is in that group and handed Detroit a 5-3 loss a week ago today. We’ve definitely seen over the last few years that the Sabers have the Red Wings’ number – they can add to their offense if given the opportunity. Overall, the Sabers are 4-6-1 and have a number of players in their young core – namely Dylan Cozens, Jack Quinn and Jiri Kulich – who have struggled getting out of the gate. They are also in a tie after losing to the Islanders at home last night.

The Red Wings will play with essentially the same lineup tonight, with Vladimir Tarasenko returning after missing a game due to an ongoing team illness and Austin Watson returning to the Griffins. Tyler Motte remains unavailable due to an upper body injury and Cam Talbot will sit between the posts.

Here’s how to watch

Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The ticket

Planned lineup of the Red Wings
DeBrincat-Larkin-Kane
Copp-Compher-Raymond
Tarasenko – Kasper – Berggren
Rasmussen – Veleno – Fischer

Edvinsson – Seider
Chiarot – Petry
Johansson-Gustafsson

Talbot
Lyons

Projected Sabers lineup
Sugar – Thompson – Cloth
Peterka-Cozens-Quinn
Cancer – McLeod – Greenway
Malenstyn – Lafferty – Aube-Kubel

Dahlin – Jokiharju
Byram – Power
Samuelsson-Clifton

Luukkonen
Levi