from Brendan Savage of Mlive,

Captain Henrik Zetterberg said the Red Wings have no concerns about Mrazek taking over for Howard and won't play any differently.

"No, not really," Zetterberg said. "I think every time Petr's been playing, he's been playing really good. He plays with confidence. He plays the puck. Obviously we want to get Howie back as soon as possible but Petr will do his job."

Mrazek will be making his second start of the season against the Sabres. He made 13 saves Dec. 23 in a 6-3 victory at Joe Louis Arena, where the Red Wings erupted for a season-high four power-play goals....

The Red Wings recalled Tom McCollum, a 2008 first-round draft choice, to serve as their backup goaltender but it appears as if they're going to ride Mrazek until either Howard or Gustavsson return.

"He's got to handle it," said coach Mike Babcock. "The biggest thing is to just be calm and poised and don't worry about what goes in, worry about the next save. To me that's what the best goalies do."...

He also doesn't know when Howard will return.

"I can give you an update but we don't know," Babcock said. "How is that? We're just going to go week to week and pretty soon it'll be day to day."

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