Updates

In the morning skate, Detroit’s fourth line had both Christopher Ehn and Jacob de la Rose at center, so we’re not sure what that line will look like tonight.

#RedWings Blashill said Athanasiou remains a game-time decision.

— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) October 5, 2019

Also:

Looks like Juuse Saros will make his debut tonight vs. #LGRW https://t.co/HMbKt7sFL1

— Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) October 5, 2019

Lineups

DETROIT

Tyler Bertuzzi - Dylan Larkin - Anthony Mantha
Taro Hirose - Andreas Athanasiou - Luke Glendening
Adam Erne - Frans Nielsen - Valtteri Filppula
Darren Helm - Jacob de la Rose - Justin Abdelkader

Danny DeKeyser - Filip Hronek
Patrick Nemeth - Mike Green
Dennis Cholowski - Trevor Daley

Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier

Nashville

Craig Smith - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg - Matt Duchene - Mikael Granlund
Rocco Grimaldi - Kyle Turris - Calle Jarnkrok
Colton Sissons - Nick Bonino - Austin Watson

Roman Josi - Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm - Dante Fabbro
Dan Hamuis - Yannick Weber

Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne

Keys to the Game

Battle of the centers!

Both teams have a lot of centers in their lineup. Nashville’s are better on paper (duh). They’ve already had their emotional high home opener, so the Wings should jump out of the gate and make Kyle Turris do Kyle Turris baby things.

Play smart

I’m not sure how good Detroit’s PK is going to be this season and I’d like to take as long as possible to figure that out. I’d much rather explore how good their PP will look.  Let’s give that a try.

It’s time for new rules!

Most of the rule changes this off-season aren’t major, but both teams are going to adapt to situations that have been ingrained into them for years, so we’ll see if that ends up having an impact.