The Detroit Red Wings opened their 2011 slate of preseason games on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh with a 3-2 loss to the Penguins. Niklas Kronwall and Jiri Hudler had the two goals for the Red Wings. Scoring for the Penguins were Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Matt Niskanen.
Here's a look at the lineup the Red Wings went with for Wednesday's game:
Forwards
Dan Cleary -- Pavel Datsyuk -- Jiri Hudler
Patrick Eaves -- Cory Emmerton -- Fabian Brunnstrom
Drew Miller -- Ryan Johnson -- Jan Mursak
Tomas Tatar -- Chris Conner -- Tomas Holmstrom
Defensemen
Niklas Kronwall -- Brad Stuart
Brendan Smith -- Mike Commodore
Garnet Exelby -- Logan Pyett
Goalies
Jimmy Howard started and Joey MacDonald played in the third period
The Red Wings are off to London, Ontario, to take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. The Flyers will visit Joe Louis Arena on Friday night for the Red Wings' first home game of the preseason.