Red Wings' Petr Mrazek: Starting in net Tuesday

Mrazek will guard the crease in Tuesday's home matchup with the Sabres, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.

Analysis:

With Jimmy Howard out 4-to-6 weeks with a sprained MCL, Mrazek is due to see the majority of starts in net for the next month. The 24-year-old netminder has seen his production regress, going 9-7-3 with a 3.06 GAA and .899 save percentage through 20 games this season. That's a far cry from the 2015-16 campaign, which saw him go 27-16-6 with a 2.33 GAA and .921 save percentage over 54 appearances. The Czech will have a great opportunity to produce against a Sabres offense that's averaging 2.12 goals per game, 29th in the NHL.