Oliers 2, Wings 1 Wings lose their first game of season Associated Press Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood keeps his eyes on the puck as he blocks the shot of the Oilers' Todd Marchant. Griersy was skating really well all night. We had some good chances. Salo made some big saves. I thought it was an entertaining hockey game, but it just didn't go our way.
Preseason is preseason.
I was feeling good, and the team was playing good in front of me. He was having one of those nights where he gave me a lot of confidence that he wouldn't be beat. The Oilers looked shaky early, experiencing problems carrying the puck out of their own end. We were a little sloppy early on, but we rectified that in the second period and got down to the things we do best, which is getting the puck in deep and taking the body. Gordie Howe was in attendance and congratulated former Red Wings teammate Bruce MacGregor, who just retired from the Oilers organization.