Thirty games into the season, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is sticking with his goaltending plan.
With rare exception, he has alternated between Jimmy Howard and Petr Mrazek since opening night. He indicated after the most recent game that is going to hold up.
"I'm 100% comfortable with putting both guys in position to feel confident, which I think they have been," Blashill said after Friday's 3-2 shoot-out loss at New Jersey, in which Howard made 35 saves.
Howard has not made consecutive starts since one stint in mid-October. Mrazek has done so four times, the most recent time at the start of December.