commentary...

Blackhawks are playing most of the regulars,and Red Wings are playing very few regulars,but game is very competitive,after first period... Osgood has had a very good first period,for it being an exhibition game... i am mostly looking at the Blackhawks tonight,to see how well they play with basically their opening game lineup... most of the regulars are not playing for the Red Wings,and i honestly expected that tonight,but a few are,like Filppula,Stuart,and Bertuzzi,but Datsyuk,Holmstron,Lidstrom,and Zetterberg are not playing tonight... have to give Blackhawks respect,in their home exhibition opener,and i expected them to play most of the regulars in front of home crowd... they play for real,on October 9th,when Chicago raises their Stanley Cup championship banner,in front of the Red Wings,in Chicago...