from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
With two weeks to go, here are projections for the opening night lineup (subject to change because of injuries)....
Forwards
Line 1: Dylan Larkin centering Anthony Mantha and Tyler BertuzziLine 2: Frans Nielsen centering Andreas Athanasiou and Taro Hirose
Line 3: Valtteri Filppula centering Adam Erne and Christoffer Ehn
Line 4: Luke Glendening centering Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm
Defense
Pair 1: Patrik Nemeth and Mike GreenPair 2: Danny DeKeyser and Filip Hronek
Pair 3: Trevor Daley and Madison Bowey
more on each of the lines plus reserves and goalthending.