DETROIT – John Gibson will make his Detroit Red Wings preseason debut tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PP&G Paints Arena (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network, NHL Network).

He’ll play the first half of the game and Michal Postava will play the second half.

“Obviously, Gibby wants to go play in Pittsburgh (his hometown), so we honored that, it makes sense,” coach Todd McLellan said.

The Red Wings (2-0-0) will dress mostly prospects and Grand Rapids Griffins. The only regular Red Wings in the lineup are forwards J.T. Compher, Jonatan Berggren and Elmer Soderblom and defenseman Erik Gustafsson, Travis Hamonic and Justin Holl, in addition to Gibson.

“I think the thought process that goes into some of these games for certain players is you like to play them at home,” McLellan said. “Yo

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