Pregame: Red Wings @ Rangers – 10/19

Coming off their first win of the season and their final home opener at Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings are back on the road tonight, visiting the New York Rangers.

Jimmy Howard gets the start in goal for the Wings, his first of the season.  Howard grew up a Rangers fan and loves playing at Madison Square Garden, so that’s not much of a surprise.

Any other lineup changes will be determined after the pre-game skate, per coach Jeff Blashill.

Game time is 8:00 PM on NBCSN.

In the meantime, Down Goes Brown has an interesting time-waster going on Twitter.

Random time-waster: Which NHL team could build the best six-man starting lineup of players who combined to play fewer than 200 games for it?

— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) October 19, 2016

I gave it a couple shots.

@DownGoesBrown Wings:
G – Ranford (4)
D – Samuelsson (4)
D – Hatcher (15)
F – Clark (12)
F – Modano (40)
F – Alfredsson (68)
Total: 128

— DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey96) October 19, 2016

I mis-counted, that total is actually 143. But when you can add a seven-time Norris Trophy winner, which also allows you to swap Wendel Clark for Marian Hossa, you do that.

@DownGoesBrown Wings v2:
G – Ranford (4)
D – D. Harvey (2)
D – Samuelsson (4)
F – Modano (40)
F – Alfredsson (68)
F – Hossa (74)
Total: 192

— DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey96) October 19, 2016