Warm-Up: Pittsburgh @ Detroit

The Warm-Up:

Well kids, it's good versus evil tonight as the Red Wings welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins into Joe Louis Arena. These two teams have quite a history (as of the past few years) building up and I'm sure tonight's game will have a play-off feel to it. The Pens and Wings faced off once already this season and Pittsburgh won as a Crosby-less team 4-1.

Penguin Matt Cooke also took a hit on New York Ranger, Ryan McDonagh. Cooke has a hearing today to see how bad of a suspension he'll get for the hit. Which is a good thing... hopefully he won't be out on the ice tonight to take out any of our guys.


Injuries/Scratches:

Tonights match up should be interesting as both teams have some of their superstars injured. The Pens have Sidney Crosby out with a concussion. Crosby has missed a large part of the season and has been practicing lately, however no one quite knows when the Penguins will see him return to the line-up. Evgeni Malkin is also out for the rest of the season with a pretty brutal knee injury. Brooks Orpik- a guy who's known for roughing up some of the Wings is out with a broken finger.

On the Red Wings Front...

Listed as "questionable" for tonight's game-
-Jiri Hudler - flu and upper body injury.
-Johan Franzen - groin injury.
-Pavel Datsyuk- lower body injury.

Then...
-Chris Osgood - hernia related stuff... STILL.

Other Notes:

If Osgood was available to play, we would be able to have 4 complete lines out tonight and 8 d-men. But because of cap reasons, the Wings will be dressing 11 forwards and 7 d-men. UGH. It should be interesting to see how things work out tonight.

Predictions:

Final Score-
Stef- 4-2, Wings
Danielle- 3-1, Wings

Player of the Game-
Stef- Tomas Holmstrom
Danielle- Mike Modano