The Red Wings’ “first group” held their morning skate ahead of tonight’s home game vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins (7 PM EDT on DetroitRedWings.com/PittsburghPenguins.com), and the Red Wings’ “second group” will play in Buffalo against the Sabres tonight (7 PM EDT on DetroitRedWings.com/BuffaloSabres.com).
Before the “second group” took to the ice, coach Derek Lalonde revealed his teams’ goaltending assignments:
Talbot playing 1&2p tonight, Cossa 3p for Wings at home vs. Pittsburgh
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) September 30, 2024
Alex Lyon 1&2p, Campbell 3p for Wings at Buffalo tonight.
#RedWings Lalonde: Talbot plays first two periods and Cossa the third in home game vs. Penguins, which he'll coach. Lyon plays first two periods and Campbell in third in Buffalo, which @griffinshockey Dan Watson will coach. Husso plays tomorrow at Pittsburgh. No notable injuries.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) September 30, 2024
For the Penguins, play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports that it will be a bit of a reunion tour this evening…
#Pens HCMS: Nedeljkovic goes the whole game tonight in Detroit
— Josh Getzoff (@JG_PxP) September 30, 2024
And I guess sending the Copp line to Buffalo is underwhelming:
The #RedWings are bringing mostly minor leaguers to Buffalo tonight to meet #Sabres. Their main NHL players, including Patrick Kane, will at home meeting Pittsburgh. Goalies in Buffalo tonight, however, will be Alex Lyon and Jack Campbell.
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) September 30, 2024
I should note that the Penguins’ “A team” played in Sudbury, Ontario last night, so they’ll be dressing their “B team,” while the Sabres’ stars are in Czechia for the Global Series, so it’s going to be a mixed bag in Buffalo.
Update #2: Here’s the Red Wings’ lineup for the Buffalo game:
And this is the Red Wings group that will play tonight at Buffalo: pic.twitter.com/DiSOhIcAeT
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) September 30, 2024
Red Wings lines for Group 2 (Buffalo)
— Connor Earegood (@ConnorEaregood) September 30, 2024
Forwards:
Finnie Rychlovsky Soderblom
Lombardi Snively MBN
Shine Hanas Chiasson
Doucet Seger Ratcliffe
Defense:
Dello Dider
Lagesson Tuomisto
Wallinder Rafferty
Goalies: Lyon (2 periods), Campbell
Bednar also in practice pic.twitter.com/ERIuSk9U0G
Update #1: if you missed it, the Sabres announced their lineup for tonight’s game a couple of hours ago…
The Buffalo Sabres have announced the team's roster for tonight's game vs. Detroit. pic.twitter.com/5rN5nvzQho
— Sabres PR (@SabresPR) September 30, 2024
And Pensburgh posted the Wings and Pens’ lineups for what is the start of a back-to-back, home-and-road slate of games:
