Good value with the Blackhawks tonight at home vs the Redwings. Hawks are going with their number 1 goalie in Crawford. Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa are making their preseason debut. They are pretty much going with their full crew tonight. A couple of decent players still fighting for roster spots. Hawks have not lost a home preseason game since September 19, 2009.
The Redwings will be going with Jordan Pearce in goal at some point tonight. Not sure if he will start, but he is expected to play. Pearce, along with 6 other starters for Detroit have never played in an NHL game.
Wings played there Red vs White scrimmage game last night in Grand Rapids as well and played everyone. Granted it was a team scrimmage so there was limited contact, but they still played it out like a regular game. Pearce gave up 6 goals in 2 periods. Im a huge Wings fan but I think Hawks win this one easily. If I bet on preseason Hawks would be a play, but since I have held off to this point and regulation line moved 30 cents Ill keep holding off for now.