A quick piece of housekeeping to get out of the way early and then we're off
UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today assigned goaltender Edward Pasquale to the American Hockey League’s @griffinshockey.
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 13, 2016
Pasquale being on the opening roster was for the purposes of maxing LTIR space to start the season, the Wings were never going to carry three goalies.
Lines & pairings the same as yesterday. Here goes:
Line Combinations
Forwards
| Tomas Tatar | Frans Nielsen | Henrik Zetterberg |
| Justin Abdelkader | Dylan Larkin | Riley Sheahan |
| Gustav Nyquist | Darren Helm | Tomas Vanek |
| Steve Ott | Luke Glendening | Drew Miller |
Defensemen
| Danny DeKeyser | Alexey Marchenko |
| Brendan Smith | Mike Green |
| Jonathan Ericsson | Xavier Ouellet |
Goaltenders
| Petr Mrazek (starting) |
| Jimmy Howard |
Power Play units:
- Tatar-Nielsen-Zetterberg, Vanek (net front), Green
- Nyquist-Larkin-Sheahan, Abdelkader (net front), Smith
Lightning Line Combinations
Forwards
| Ondrej Palat | Steven Stamkos | Jonathan Drouin |
| Alex Killorn | Tyler Johnson | Nikita Kucherov |
| Vladislov Namestnikov | Valtteri Filppula | Brayden Point |
| Brian Boyle | Cedric Paquette | J. |