The Red Wings will be in two places at the same time on Monday night

Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen notes that the Red Wings will try to be in two places at the same time on Monday evening, and as such, the Wings are going to play 6 exhibition games over the course of 6 nights this upcoming week:

It’s fortunate the Detroit Red Wings still have eight goaltenders on their training camp roster. They made need every one them.

The Red Wings are about to play six NHL preseason games in six days.

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ had mechanical problems with their plane, preventing them from coming to Detroit for Saturday’s scheduled game at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings have agreed to play that game Monday. If you are telling yourself, “Wait, the Red Wings already have a road game against Buffalo that night,” you are not suffering from a faulty memory.

The Red Wings will split their squad and play two NHL preseason games on Monday, when every Detroit sports fan will be paying attention to the Lions playing the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football.

1. I’m not certain whether an NHL team has tried to play games in 2 places at the same time as of yet. Somebody smarter than me in the world of hockey statistics will figure that one out.
2. I must be a terrible Detroit sports fan, because I could give a flibbertigibbet as to whether the Lions are playing on Monday. I want the Lions to win like any Detroit-born sports fan–they’ve been great, and I want fans to experience good things–but I’m far more interested in trying to watch the Wings play. I guess I just don’t bleed Honolulu Blue. I’m glad if you do, and I wish you and the Lions lots of luck, but I’ve never spoken football.

They also have another game with the Penguins on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. They are off Wednesday and then play preseason games on Thursday (vs. Toronto), Friday (vs. Ottawa) and Saturday (at Toronto).

All we know for sure about lineups is that Husso is going to play two periods of one of those games. We won’t find out today about lineups because this is a scheduled day off for the Red Wings. There is no scheduled media availability.

Continued; the Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins are still camping together, so it’s not going to be that difficult to split up the coaching staffs for Monday’s games, but I’m very curious as to how the team’s going to split their equipment crews, medical workers and other support staff for Monday night’s game. I’d imagine that the team will split its scouts to watch both games as well.

As for the wear and tear on the players, I am a little concerned because one of those split squads will play on Monday in Buffalo, and then on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. That’s wear-and-tear that you don’t want your “split squad” to undergo if at all possible.