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Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou (above) will be playing on a line with Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha.

(Mike Mulholland/MLive.com)

DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings' top young forwards will be in the lineup in tonight's preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena (6 p.m.)

Dylan Larkin will center the top line, with Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha.

The game will be joined in progress on the NHL Network following the Penguins-Blue Jackets game at 4 p.m. It also will be broadcast on WWJ-AM 950.

The Red Wings are 2-0-1. The lineup for the Blackhawks (1-2-0) features few NHL players. Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford are not playing tonight.

"I think we've done a good job in the preseason games from an effort level, from an intensity level," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "I think we can clean up a lot of things. I think it's been a little chaotic, but I also think so far we haven't really faced NHL lineups and that's no offense to anybody, but we haven't even faced two full NHL lines.

"As we get further in the preseason and face more NHL lineups we'll get a better idea of where our team is at and we else we need to work on."

Here is the Red Wings lineup, with projected lines:

Andreas Athanasiou-Dylan Larkin-Anthony Mantha

Steve Ott-Luke Glendening-Drew Miller

Tyler Bertuzzi-Tomas Nosek-Martin Frk

Colin Campbell-Louis-Marc Aubry-Mitch Callahan

On defense:

Danny DeKeyser-Brendan Smith

Xavier Ouellet-Ryan Sproul

Brian Lashoff-Robbie Russo

In goal:

Petr Mrazek (playing entire game)

Jared Coreau