Preseason Gameday 6 - Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings Presented by Amway (3-3-1) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (5-0-0)
5:00 pm/et
TV: PCNC
Joe Louis Arena
Preseason Series: 1-0-0
Last Meeting: September 21, 2011. Penguins won 3-2
What we said in our recap:
Malkin was too good. Scary good. He set up Chris Kunitz's first-period goal and scored a sick goal himself. He was back to creating turnovers, which is a great sign. Probably didn't hurt that he had real NHL linemates for the first time in like three years. Yeah, it was a preseason game. But who cares. What a joy to watch.
Know Your Enemy: Nightmare on Helm Street
What they're saying:
Goaltending may be an issue early on. There have been a few fluky goals, but not too many huge saves yet. We'll need those once the season starts. Having our main players out there at all times will help, but Howard and Conklin will need to step it up some.
Miller and Helm have had better hands so far. If this carries over into the regular season, expect them to each chip in between 12-15 goals.
Tatar loves scoring goals. This works out very well since I love it when he scores goals.
Abdelkader is becoming quite the pest and that's awesome.
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No Pittsburgh Penguins Lines, but here's who's playing from Penguins.NHL.com:
Pascal Dupuis
Mark Letestu
Jordan Staal
Richard Park
Chris Kunitz
James Neal
Matt Cooke
Steve Sullivan
Craig Adams
Arron Asham
Joe Vitale
Tyler Kennedy
Matt Niskanen
Zbynek Michalek
Ben Lovejoy
Paul Martin
Brian Strait
Kris Letang
Marc-Andre Fleury
Brent Johnson
A real line-up. Woooooooooo.
Detroit Red Wings Presented By Amway players from RedWings.NHL.com:
Johan Franzen
Cory Emmerton
Todd Bertuzzi
Fabian Brunnstrom
Valtteri Filppula
Jiri Hudler
Drew Miller
Ryan Johnson
Patrick Eaves
Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar
Brent Raedeke
Nicklas Lidtrom
Ian White
Jonathan Ericsson
Jakub Kindl
Travis Ehrhardt
Logan Pyett
Jimmy Howard
Ty Conklin
Conk Block Citaaaaay.
The season is around the corner. Next time it counts. For today, we have no clue. Maybe Malkin scores a hat trick or something. (EDIT: Yes, we know he's not playing. But we're still betting on that hat trick.)
Do It.
Go Pens.