It looks like Brian Rafalski will have the night off. He's sore, could have played tonight, but they're giving him the night off. Here are the probable defense pairings for tonight's preseason game ...

Meech-Lebda
Kindl-Chelios
Quincey-Atherton

And the forward lines with Datsyuk sidelined ...

Holmstrom-Filppula-Hossa
Kopecky-Draper-Maltby
Leino-Abdelkader-Mursak
Oulahen-McGrath-Downey

Ty Conklin will start in net with Jimmy Howard backing up. The plan is for Conklin to play the entire game.