Macomb Daily’s Bruce MacLeod reported from Detroit Red Wings practice that the Wings were practicing with their offensive superstars, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, on seperate lines.

The seperation left the lines at practice looking like such:

Fillpula - Datsyuk - Holmstrom

Franzen - Zetterberg - Samuelsson

Hudler - Draper - Cleary

Drake - Hartigan - McCarty

This strategy forces Predators coach Barry Trotz to choose which line to send his checking line against.

It’ll be interesting to see how Red Wings coach Mike Babcock chooses to use his third line. With Kris Draper and Dan Cleary, it could be used as an effective checking line. However, from an offensive standpoint, Draper and Cleary’s speed and grit could free up a lot of room for the offensively minded Jiri Hudler to work his magic. Regardless, Babcock is showing more confidence in Hudler than he did in last years playoffs as Hudler was benched more than once.

The Red Wings currently lead the series 2-0, and they’re headed to Nashville for games 3 and 4.