Today's first Blackhawks vs. Red Wings faceoff

Today's faceoff

Blackhawks vs. Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, 2 p.m. Sunday

TV: Channel 5

Radio: WIND 720-AM.

At a glance: The last time the Hawks and Red Wings met in the playoffs was the 1995 Western Conference finals, won by Detroit in five games. The Red Wings beat the Hawks four times during the regular season in six meetings, with two victories coming in shootouts. The Hawks are healthy. Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja has a concussion and is doubtful for the series.

Red Wings line combinations

Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Dan Cleary

Tomas Holmstrom-Pavel Datsyuk-Marian Hossa

Jiri Hudler-Valtteri Filppula-Mikael Samuelsson

Darren Helm-Kris Draper-Justin Abdelkader

Red Wings defense pairings

Nicklas Lidstrom-Brian Rafalski

Niklas Kronwall-Brad Stuart

Brett Lebda-Jonathan Ericsson

Hawks line combinations

Patrick Sharp-Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane

Andrew Ladd-Dave Bolland-Martin Havlat

Kris Versteeg-Sammy Pahlsson-Dustin Byfuglien

Ben Eager-Adam Burish-Troy Brouwer

Hawks defense pairings

Duncan Keith-Brent Seabrook

Brian Campbell-Niklas Hjalmarsson

Cam Barker-Matt Walker

Next: Game 2 of the Western Conference finals at Joe Louis Arena, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday

--Tim Sassone

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