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Pavel Datsyuk will sit out again Thursday night when Detroit visits Winnipeg, but the Red Wings have played well during their star centers absences this season. Following a lopsided victory to open a three-game road trip, Detroit will try to keep rolling against the Jets, winners in three of four at home. Viewers in the Jets region can watch the game starting at 6:30pm ct/7:30pm et or listen on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg starting at 6pm ct/7pm et. Winnipeg is one of the leagues best defensive teams, allowing 2.05 goals per game, but was averaging 1.78 offensively before scoring a combined six goals in the past two contests. Michael Frolik had his third goal in four games in the third period Tuesday and assisted on another. Youre hopeful that you can get closer to your team identity. I think were on page with that, coach Paul Maurice said. I have a little longer-term perspective on what were trying to do. I know its going to take some time. Were in the early stages in a bunch of things, how we generate offense. There are lots of things Im sure are going to get better, but I dont know if theyre going to get better in a week or two. In his first season in Winnipeg, Maurice led his team to a pair of wins over Detroit. Frolik was one of three players with a goal and an assist in a 4-2 home victory Nov. 4, 2013, and the Red Wings couldnt take advantage of two Datsyuk goals in a 3-2 shootout loss in Detroit eight days later. Theyre a good hockey club. Theyve played good teams and had some success, Maurice said. Its quite a challenge, but were playing as strongly now as we have this year. Ondrej Pavelec is 3-1-0 in four career starts against Detroit and has allowed a combined three goals in those three wins, including the shootout victory last November. Backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson, 3-0-1 with a 0.75 GAA in his last five appearances, has never faced the Red Wings. Petr Mrazek is expected make his season debut for Detroit and face Winnipeg for the first time. Mrazek, 3-5-0 with a 1.80 GAA in 11 career NHL games, is replacing the injured Jonas Gustavsson, who is likely to miss two months after dislocating his left shoulder. Detroit was forced to play without Datsyuk again Tuesday after he aggravated a nagging groin injury, but the Red Wings (9-4-5) routed Columbus 5-0. Two of their younger players, Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco, each had a goal and an assist in the most decisive win of the season. They also helped Detroit record a season-high 40 shots and rebound from a 4-1 loss to Montreal on Sunday. We havent been shooting the puck like we should, coach Mike Babcock said. We were always looking for a pass. Tonight, we shot the puck and were rewarded. The Red Wings are 5-1-2 in games Datsyuk has missed and have totaled 12 goals in his three absences since Nov. 6. The forward, who has five goals and six assists in 10 games, did not practice with the team in Winnipeg on Wednesday. With Datsyuk likely out again, Detroit will face a team thats 3-0-1 in its last four games in its building. The Jets (10-7-3) avoided a third consecutive loss with a 3-1 win over New Jersey in Tuesdays opener to a three-game homestand. Jets Projected Lines Forwards Ladd-Little-Wheeler Kane-Perreault-Byfuglien Lowry-Scheifele-Frolik Thorburn-Slater-Halischuk Defence Enstrom-Bogosian Stuart-Trouba Postma-Pardy Goalies Pavelec Hutchinson Red Wings Projected Lines Forwards Franzen-Zetterberg-Nyquist Tatar-Sheahan-Abdelkader Jurco-Helm-Cleary Andersson-Glendening-Miller Defence Kronwall-Ericsson DeKeyser-Quincey Ouellet-Lashoff Goalies Mrazek Howard Dino Ciccarelli Stars Jersey . Paul, MN (SportsNetwork. Julius Honka Stars Jersey . The 10-year deal the league and players agreed to that ended the 2011 lockout gave either side the right to opt out after six years. 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Late in 2015 the FIA called for an expression of interest in providing F1 with a budget engine from 2017 onwards after Ferrari vetoed proposals to impose a cost cap on customer supplies of the current V6 hybrid unit.Those proposals appeared to have been shelved after the manufacturers agreed in January to reduce the price they sell their engines for and guarantee all teams a supply to avoid a repeat of the Red Bull saga of 2015. FIA confirm qualy format The FIA have confirmed the new knockout format of qualifying will be used this season However, the subject looks set to return after Ecclestone hinted he would be willing to pick up the development tab for a new engine to ensure a closer and more competitive F1 grid.Ive proposed that we would engage with a manufacturer to make a power unit that would develop the same kind of power as the current power units are developing, he told Sky Sports News HQ.We will contract for whatever it costs and we will supply it to the teams for £7m rather than the £26m or £28m that they pay now.So that hopefully will be a big help and it will certainly stop them having an inferior engine. So I hope that happens. Force Indias chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer is all for reducing costs, but isnt sure that a new engine is the route to take.He hasnt discussed it with me specifically, but obviously I heard about it last year, Szafnauer told Sky Sports when asked about Ecclestones comments.I have reservations as to what that is going to do to the sport. We cant have a two tiier power train, although we are all for lower cost engines.dddddddddddd In the days of the V8 we had engines at €8m and now they are twice that.We should look at ways of reducing the cost of the power train which will help everybody in F1 from a financial stand point. But I think that could be achieved without having to introduce two separate regulations. Bernie Ecclestone says he wants to take Formula 1 to South Africa sooner rather than later The first race of the 2016 F1 season, the Australian GP, is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1. The race in Melbourne starts at 5am on Sunday March 20. 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