Howard will start Friday's home game against Ottawa, Dave Hogg of NHL.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Red Wings' netminder will go for his 11th win on Friday. Howard lost his only other start against the Senators in 2018-19, but the veteran netminder is enjoying a good stretch of late so the result this time around could be different. Ottawa sits ninth in league scoring with 3.31 goals per game but the team has struggled of late losing four of its last five games.