The Detroit Red Wings hope to earn their first win tonight against the Nashville Predators (7 PM EDT on Bally Sports Detroit/Bally Sports South/97.1 FM), and the Predators are equally optimistic that they’ll bounce back from an opening-night loss to Dallas.
We know that the Wings will start Cam Talbot in goal, and that the Wings have recalled Justin Holl from Grand Rapids; we don’t know whether the Predators’ Juuse Saros is healthy, though we should probably determine that based upon Nashville’s morning skate.
The Predators’ game crew posted Tweets from Detroit and LCA first…
Happy Game Day, Smashville. #Preds & Red Wings tonight from Detroit. Here’s what you need to know —> https://t.co/awz1iXlZsU pic.twitter.com/enWuDvgF2f
— Brooks Bratten (@brooksbratten) October 12, 2024
Scenes from Little Caesars Arena on this Saturday morning. #Preds pic.twitter.com/LB0kjkeekx
— Brooks Bratten (@brooksbratten) October 12, 2024
While the Red Wings reminded us that the “Red Carpet Walk” is today…
BACK TO IT! #LGRW
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 12, 2024
📺 @BallySportsDET
📻 @971theticketxyt
🥳 2:30PM
*Chevy Plaza opens for Red Carpet Walk*
🚪 5:30PM
🎟️ https://t.co/DomMRU4zf9
🤝 @CocaCola, @meijer pic.twitter.com/ANaSTwVCQt
And MLive’s Ansar Khan, and the Hockey News’s Connor Eargood, reported that Jeff Petry was skating before the Wings’ morning skate:
#RedWings skate before hosting Nashville tonight (7, @BallySportsDET).
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 12, 2024
Petry is skating but is out with an injury that has him listed as day to day. pic.twitter.com/J0r9qDmQp4
Jeff Petry is skating at this morning’s Red Wings morning skate. Not expected to play tonight, but a good sign for his health after leaving Thursday’s game with an upper body injury.
— Connor Earegood (@ConnorEaregood) October 12, 2024
As Red Wings play-by-play announcer Ken Kal notes, tonight’s referees are Chris Rooney and Morgan McPhee; Trent Knorr and Andrew Smith will work the lines:
Updated Roster for tonight. There will be scratches. Goes good with BBQ pulled pork on a toasted onion roll with either sweet tea or unsweetened tea. pic.twitter.com/5X8yCxNg6l
— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) October 12, 2024
Meanwhile, in the AHL, Sebastian Cossa was named the 2nd star of the night league-wide for a 35-save shutout over the course of the Grand Rapids Griffins’ 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals, Nashville’s AHL affiliate:
Friday’s #AHLOpeningNight Three Stars of the Night ⤵️
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) October 12, 2024
⭐️ Logan Mailloux @RocketLaval
⭐️⭐️ Sebastian Cossa @griffinshockey
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brandon Halverson @SyracuseCrunch pic.twitter.com/aJyrZ3x1Ge
And then, at Little Caesars Arena…
Lines:
— Sam Stockton (@_samstockton) October 12, 2024
DeBrincat-Larkin-Raymond
Raymond-Compher-Tarasenko
Rasmussen-Copp-Fischer
Motte-Veleno-Berggren
On D: Chiarot-Seider a steady pairing, all of Petry, Holl, Maatta, Johansson, and Gustafsson rotating, though Petry not expected to be available tonight pic.twitter.com/lkEWFFtbUz
#RedWings lines at the skate:
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 12, 2024
DeBrincat-Larkin-Kane
Tarasenko-Compher-Raymond
Rasmussen-Copp-Fischer
Motte-Veleno-Berggren
Chiarot-Seider
Edvinsson-Holl
Maatta-Johansson
Gustafsson-Petry (injured)
Talbot starting. Lyon backing up. pic.twitter.com/U4XhzbPyNk
Message-sending has begun:
#RedWings power play units:
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 12, 2024
1. Compher (net front), Larkin (bumper), Raymond-Kane (flanks), Seider (point).
2. Rasmussen (net front), DeBrincat (bumper), Tarasenko-Berggren (flanks), Chiarot (point).
Looks like Gustafsson sitting and Johansson will make NHL debut (not confirmed). pic.twitter.com/xXRNEKoead
