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Detroit Red Wings set 23-man roster ahead of season opener this weekend

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DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Red Wings have set their 23-man roster ahead of the team's season opening game in Nashville on Saturday night and the home opener on Sunday night.

Detroit will go with 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders for the 94th season. They can only dress 20 players per game.

Check out the roster below.

Forwards

#8 – Justin Abdelkader
#39 – Anthony Mantha
#41 – Luke Glendening
#43 – Darren Helm
#51 – Valtteri Filppula
#59 – Tyler Bertuzzi
#61 – Jacob de la Rose
#67 – Taro Hirose
#70 – Christoffer Ehn
#71 – Dylan Larkin
#72 – Andreas Athanasiou
#73 – Adam Erne
#81 – Frans Nielsen

Defensemen

#17 – Filip Hronek
#21 – Dennis Cholowski
#22 – Patrick Nemeth
#25 – Mike Green
#52 – Jonathan Ericcson
#65 – Danny DeKeyser
#74 – Madison Bowey
#83 – Trevor Daley

Goaltenders

#35 – Jimmy Howard
#45 – Jonathan Bernier