-- The Red Wings have added to the titles of Ken Holland and Jim Nill and brought in another executive, Steve Violetta. Holland is now an executive vice president as well as general manager. Nill adds a vice president title to his assistant general manager rank. Violetta comes into the fold from Nashville as senior vice president of business affairs.
-- Optional skate this morning for the Red Wings with less than half the team taking the ice.
Probable lines for tonight's game ...
Detroit
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom
Hudler-Filppula-Samuelsson
Cleary-Franzen-Drake
Kopecky-Ellis-Downey
Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Lilja
Lebda-Chelios
Osgood (starts)
Hasek
Meech (healthy scratch)
Nashville
Erat-Arnott-Dumont
Gelinas-Legwand-Radulov
Smithson-Bonk-Ortmeyer
Hordichuk-Fiddler-Tootoo
Hamhuis-deVries
Zanon-Weber
Suter-Zidlicky
Mason
Ellis