Scouting the Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings, coming off a 4-0 victory over Anaheim last night, are expected to make two changes tonight, with Chris Osgood starting in goal and Kris Draper (who hasn’t played this season because of a groin injury) going into the lineup. The Red Wings didn’t have a full morning skate today, but Helene St. James of the Detroit Free-Press made an educated guess as to what the lines might look like…

Henrik Zetterberg-Pavel Datsyuk-Dan Cleary
Johan Franzen-Valtteri Filppula-Todd Bertuzzi
Jiri Hudler-Justin Abdelkader-Drew Miller/Patrick Eaves
Kris Draper-Darren Helm-Tomas Holmstrom

Nicklas Lidstrom-Brad Stuart
Niklas Kronwall-Ruslan Salei
Jonathan Ericsson-Brian Rafalski

Chris Osgood

Below, I’ll post the full Red Wings roster and tonight’s expected Kings lineup…

DETROIT ROSTER
4 — Jakub Kindl — D
5 — Nicklas Lidstrom — D
8 — Justin Abdelkader — LW
11 — Dan Cleary — RW
13 — Pavel Datsyuk — C
17 — Patrick Eaves — RW
20 — Drew Miller — LW
23 — Brad Stuart — D
24 — Ruslan Salei — D
26 — Jiri Hudler — C
28 — Brian Rafalski — D
33 — Kris Draper — C
40 — Henrik Zetterberg — LW
43 — Darren Helm — C
44 — Todd Bertuzzi — RW
51 — Valtteri Filppula — C
52 — Jonathan Ericsson — D
55 — Niklas Kronwall — D
93 — Johan Franzen — RW
96 — Tomas Holmstrom — LW

30 — Chris Osgood — G
35 — Jimmy Howard — G

Injured list
90 — Mike Modano — C

KINGS LINEUP
Brown-Kopitar-Williams
Smyth-Stoll-Lewis
Clifford-Handzus-Simmonds
Drewiske-Richardson-Zeiler

Scuderi-Doughty
Harrold-Johnson
Martinez-Greene

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