With four games on the NHL schedule for tonight’s opening night, we’ll at least get some real hockey tonight, even if it’s not the Red Wings. Just because we’re patiently waiting for the puck to drop tomorrow in Tampa doesn’t mean the Wings are sitting around doing nothing. We’ve got real live practice updates!
First up, the lines/pairings, as tweeted out by Ansar Khan
Tomas Tatar - Frans Nielsen - Henrik Zetterberg
Justin Abdelkader - Dylan Larkin -Riley Sheahan
Gustav Nyquist - Darren Helm - Thomas Vanek
Steve Ott - Luke Glendening - Drew Miller
(Athanasiou)
Danny DeKeyser - Alexey Marchenko
Brendan Smith - Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson - Xavier Ouellet
(Sproul)
(Kronwall: not skating)
Athanasiou sitting is what it is at this point.