The Wings will have one final dress rehearsal before the regular season opens this week, and here’s who the Winged Wheelers will roll out against the Penguins:
Forwards
Pavel Datsyuk-Henrik Zetterberg-Tomas Holmstrom
Johan Franzen-Valtteri Filppula-Mattias Ritola
Jiri Hudler-Mike Modano-Dan Cleary
Drew Miller-Darren Helm-Jan Mursak
Defense
Nicklas Lidstrom-Niklas Kronwall
Brad Stuart-Brian Rafalski
Jonathan Ericsson-Ruslan Salei
Goaltenders
Chris Osgood
Jimmy Howard
Sidney Crosby is not expected to play tonight because of a hip injury, and the master of the kneejob, Brooks Orpik, is out with a “groin injury”. For the Wings, the Bertuzz’ is still out with a stiff back, while Patrick Eaves will rest up his sprained ankle for another day. Justin Abdelkader will rock out in the press box tonight.