Red Wings-Sharks game-day updates: Boyle out vs. MacDonald, Wings

Updated 6x at 6:59 with No Rafalski from the Mercury News: As the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks prepare to face off tonight (10:30 PM EST, FSD/Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area/WXYT), the Red Wings chose not to engage in a morning skate as they took a morning flight to San Jose, but the rhetoric level is cranked up significantly. ESPN?s Pierre LeBrun spoke to both Red Wings coach Mike Babcock and Sharks coach Todd McLellan about tonight?s match-up, noting that the Wings are at a slight disadvantage in the crease against a team that?s gone 12-and-2 over their past 14 games, including a 7-game winning streak, and a team that has February ?second star of the month? Antti Niemi tending their net:

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