Orange County Register

DUCKS (5-5-0) vs. DETROIT (7-1-1)

7 p.m. Wednesday

Site: Honda Center

TV-radio: Prime Ticket; KLAA/830

How they match up

Outlook

Detroit comes off its best defensive game of the season after it held the Kings to 19 shots in a 4-3 shootout victory Monday … The Red Wings have won five in a row and are undefeated (5-0) on the road … LW Dan Cleary has been moved up to the second line with C Henrik Zetterberg and RW Mikael Samuelsson after a knee injury to LW Johan Franzen … The injury also made Detroit coach Mike Babcock reunite The Grind Line of C Kris Draper, RW Kirk Maltby and LW Darren McCarty on Monday, although the group played sparingly … The Ducks went 2-1-1 against Detroit last season … Detroit is 1-3 in its past four regular season games at Honda Center … The Red Wings own the NHL’s second-best power play unit.

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