Red Wings vs Penguins TONIGHT

If you are heading down to The Joe tonight here is the line up you can expect to see according to Mlive:


Pavel Datsyuk-Henrik Zetterberg-Tomas Holmstrom
Johan Franzen-Valtteri Filppula-Mattias Ritola
Jiri Hudler-Mike Modano-Dan Cleary
Drew Miller-Darren Helm-Jan Mursak

Nicklas Lidstrom-Niklas Kronwall
Brad Stuart-Brian Rafalski
Jonathan Ericsson-Ruslan Salei

Chris Osgood
Jimmy Howard

Don't forget:
-There is construction and you may need to adjust travel time to get to JLA tonight.
-Behind section 111 they are doing video of fans introducing the players for the season opener
-According Pittsburgh Post-Gazette both Brooks Orpik and Sidney Crosby are out injured tonight (they claim groin and hip but maybe just maybe they are nursing some bruised egos).

Coming to JLA? Expect traffic delays

If you are planning on making the drive downtown to check out the Red Wings this weekend when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs (Friday) or the Pittsburgh Penguins (Sunday) you might just want to plan ahead.

MDOT (Michigan Department of Transportation) is projecting traffic delays due to a construction project to southbound Lodge Freeway (that would be M-10 for those of you not familiar with Detroit). There will be detour signs posted; however, fans use to taking southbound Lodge may want to take northbound I-75 to southbound I-375 and exit at Jefferson Avenue.

So go ahead and get downtown a little early. While there check grab dinner or maybe check out one of the casinos. Don't forget to practice pronouncing players names and check out the video project going on behind section 111 for the season opener