Detroit City Wire

The Detroit Red Wings are set to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in a preseason game at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night. The game will start at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on Bally Sports Detroit.

On Monday, the Red Wings experienced defeats in both of their split-squad exhibition games. They lost 5-1 to the Penguins at Little Caesars Arena and 4-3 in overtime to the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. Lucas Raymond scored Detroit’s only goal against Pittsburgh, while Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Elmer Soderblom, and William Lagesson scored in Buffalo.

"You're going to have some of these back-to-backs, which is fine," said Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde after Tuesday's morning skate at Little Caesars Arena's BELFOR Training Center. "It's just kind of spreading them out. We'll try to avoid some three [games] in four [days] for some guys. We're trying to balance what we're trying to get accomplished in camp with obviously making sure guys have their best opportunity to perform in camp and avoid some potential injuries."

As the team prepares for Opening Night against the Penguins on Oct. 10, defenseman Justin Holl emphasized that this year’s Training Camp has been physically demanding but beneficial.

“It’s been challenging physically,” Holl said. “I feel like Training Camp is always difficult, just in the sense that you try to prepare yourself as best you can in the summer. There’s really no way to replicate what you’re doing on the ice when Training Camp starts and the amount of workload you’re putting your body under. It has been difficult, but I would expect nothing less.”

Holl noted that pace and skating have been key focuses during Training Camp.

“You’re doing difficult drills where you’re going up and down the ice maybe a couple times, then it’s a hard lap in between,” Holl said. “It’s kind of the accumulation of all these things, then at the end of the skate you’re doing conditioning. It’s meant to be hard. That’s the idea, and it’s meant to test us physically and mentally.”

In his first season with Detroit last year, Holl recorded five assists over 38 games. He stated he is focused on performing well every practice and game this season.

“You learn to control what you can,” Holl said. “So for me, that’s just trying to perform as well as I can every practice and game, and let the chips fall where they may.”

Holl expressed excitement about new opportunities this season.

“Every year, you have to continue to prove yourself,” Holl said. “From a mental standpoint, not much changes. It’s definitely something where I’m highly motivated. I obviously want to be a big part of the team, and I know I can be.”