Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs play the Centennial Classic

Toronto at Detroit: Game number 36

Time: 3:00 pm Eastern Time

Location: A bumpy and rutted spot cleared out on Lake Ontario

Broadcast/Streaming: Sportsnet, TVAS, NBC, GCL (not blacked out)

This whole outdoor game business is all about nostalgia, so if you’re going to go for the nostalgia, go for it. The alumni game is where it all works.

Yesterday, the Detroit Red Wings Alumni beat the Maple Leafs Alumni in a game that was exciting and hard fought—nearly for real when Kris Draper and Gary Roberts got all up in each other’s faces. There was real goaltending; CuJo was good, but the Leafs couldn’t win it for him. (Speaking of CuJo, check out Frederik Andersen’s special pads for today’s game.) There…