Bruins head to Motown to skate with the Red Wings

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 3, 2009 9:00 AM EST in Game Previews

The Bruins are in Detroit to take on the Red Wings tonight at Joe Louis Arena. The perennial powerhouse Detroit Red Wings have looked rather mediocre this season and are off to a 5-4-3 start. As if living in Detroit wasn't bad enough, now the Red Wings aren't even that good. Hey, at least they still have ~~a thriving automobile industry~~, ~~Tiger Stadium~~, ~~an NFL caliber football team,~~abandoned skyscrapers and Insane Clown Posse.

Know Your Enemy

Detroit Red Wings (5-4-3)

Head Coach:Mike Babcock

Leading Scorer:

	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
2009 - Tomas Holmstrom	7	2	9	2	8

Goaltending:

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Chris Osgood	9	465	4	2			24	3.10	216	192	.889	0

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Jimmy Howard	5	263	1	2			15	3.42	124	109	.879	0

Injury Report

Boston Bruins Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Byron Bitz	groin	11/02/2009

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Milan Lucic	fingers	10/17/2009
Marc Savard	foot	10/21/2009

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Jonathan Ericsson	other-excused	11/01/2009

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Johan Franzen	knee	10/09/2009
Andreas Lilja	concussion	09/14/2009
Cory Emmerton	other-excused	09/28/2009

Notes:

- Chris Osgood is expected to get the start in goal for the Wings.

- According to Fluto Shinzawa, Claude Julien shuffled lines in practice on Monday. The lines should look something like this....maybe.

Marco Sturm - Patrice Bergeron - Mark Recchi
Blake Wheeler - David Krejci - Michael Ryder
Daniel Paille - Vladimir Sobotka - Brad Marchand
Trent Whitfield - Steve Begin - Shawn Thornton

Zdeno Chara - Derek Morris
Matt Hunwick - Dennis Wideman
Mark Stuart - Andrew Ference

- For more on the Red Wings, check out Winging It In Motown

- Tonight's game will start at 7:00 and will air on Versus and TSN for all of you North of the Border. The Stanley Cup of Chowder Public Skate open thread is back and will start at 6:30.

Today's Obligatory Embarrassing Red Wings YouTube Video

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Hmmmm, something looks different here…

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Nov 3, 2009 10:02 AM EST reply actions

Yep, SB Nation launched a visual upgrade today. I think everything still functions the same. What do you guys think of the new look?

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 3, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Not too shabby, though I do fear change.

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Nov 3, 2009 5:07 PM EST up reply actions

argh, a Versus game

I don’t get that through DirecTV anymore. Doh!

Much respect to the Red Wings. It’s a statement to their past 15 years of success that a .500 start 10 games in is considered disappointing to the fans. I could never stand watching them in the 90s because of Fedorov, but the 21st century Wings have been something special. Mike Illitch is a great owner too.

Don’t worry, not jumping sides here, just giving my props to another Original Six team that deserves a lot of credit for the past couple of decades.

by jctsai12 on Nov 3, 2009 11:56 AM EST reply actions