Detroit Red Wings (12-8-4, 28 points) vs. Buffalo Sabres (10-12-2, 22 points)
Where: Joe Louis Arena.
When: 7:30 p.m.
TV: Fox Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; click here for other radio affiliates).
The skinny: The Wings host Buffalo, which has more than stumbled out of the gate this season. While the Wings have amassing points in seven straight games, they have struggled to hold on to third-period leads in their last four, most recently Sunday against the Panthers. On Monday, we learned Teemu Pulkinnen and Brendan Smith will be back in the lineup in favor of Tomas Jurco and Jakub Kindl.