Detroit Free Press

TAMPA, FLA. — Losing their last five games did at least help the Detroit Red Wings’ draft lottery odds. They finish the 2022-23 season with a 35-37-10 record, in 24th place. That gives the Wings a 5% chance to pick first overall in June’s draft, and 5.4% chance to pick second. Teams can not move

TAMPA, Fla. — This was how the Detroit Red Wings’ season ended: With a resounding message that they need help scoring. They put the 82nd game in the books on Thursday at Amalie Arena, falling 5-0 to an opponent trying to regain some mojo going into the playoffs. The Tampa Bay Lightning ended a four-game slide

TAMPA, FLA. — Fittingly, Derek Lalonde finished his first year as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings where he earned the job. Thursday’s finale against the Tampa Bay Lightning, where Lalonde served as an assistant for four years, closed the season on what has been a rewarding and turbulent first foray into the challenge

Times weren’t always so tough in Detroit sports. It has been a decade since the city last saw a team advance in the playoffs — when the Tigers beat the A’s in the 2013 ALDS, after Justin Verlander threw eight shutout innings and struck out 10 in win-or-go-home Game 5. (No need to talk about

TAMPA, Fla. — The team photo commemorating the 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings already has been snapped, arranged for convenience’s sake before the season closes. All that’s left to do is play Game 82. The Wings (35-36-10) have a chance to finish with a .500 record Thursday when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning, with

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Detroit Red Wings headed south, with one more game to suit up for before heading anywhere but where they really want to be. Thursday’s season finale at the Tampa Bay Lightning comes one week after the Wings were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. They haven’t won since, but it matters to

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Detroit Red Wings’ slide is almost at the finish line. They were overpowered by another team fighting for playoff positioning Tuesday, losing 4-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes. It was the penultimate game of the season for the Wings, who will enter another long offseason after Thursday’s finale. They take on the Tampa

Ville Husso’s numbers have ballooned as the Detroit Red Wings sputter towards the finish line, but don’t blame it on him coming back from a nagging lower-body injury. That was the message from coach Derek Lalonde after Husso was pulled in the first period, of what was his 55th start of the season. Husso let

What a dud of a farewell to Little Caesars Arena for the season. The Detroit Red Wings had designated Monday as “fan appreciation night” because it marked the final home game of the season. But it was the Stars who were appreciative, as their efforts to lock up home ice through as many rounds as

The fingerprints Simon Edvinsson leaves on the ice are learning experiences, as are the fingerprints he leaves when he knocks on the door. The Detroit Red Wings’ youngest defenseman stands to play one more game — likely Monday’s home finale against the Dallas Stars — in the final week of the season. That will put

One of the positives for the Detroit Red Wings as they play out their season is Lucas Raymond’s resurgence. The second-year forward enters the final week on a four-game point streak, emerging from a quiet spell to play a better overall game. He’ll have a chance to build on that Monday when the Wings play

Good news for the Detroit Red Wings’ draft lottery odds: They lost in regulation Saturday. After racking up nine points over their previous six games, their second-to-last outing of the season at Little Caesars Arena ended with a 5-1 loss to the playoff-chasing Pittsburgh Penguins. The game was the Wings’ first after being mathematically eliminated

The focus was on the positive. The Detroit Red Wings go into their last four games having been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs for a seventh straight season, but pushing it till the last week of the season means the rebuild is going in the right direction. “We are all realistic that playoff hope faded

The Detroit Red Wings kept pushing, kept trying to control what they could control. They rallied from two-goal deficits twice Thursday to make a game of it before the home crowd before succumbing, 7-6, in a shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres. With the Florida Panthers beating the Ottawa Senators and the New York Islanders

Amid the excitement stirred by recent top picks, a couple older ones are trying to serve notice of where they fit with the Detroit Red Wings. Defenseman Simon Edvinsson, the No. overall 6 pick in 2021, has been fun to watch these past couple weeks, and forward Marco Kasper, the No. 8 pick in 2022,

Derek Lalonde delivered disappointing news Wednesday: The Detroit Red Wings won’t see any more of their prize pick from the 2022 draft in what is left of this season. A lower-body injury flared up in the one game center Marco Kasper played, and X-rays led team medical personnel to determine it’s best for him to

MONTREAL — As they head into the last five games on their schedule, the Detroit Red Wings are injecting hope into the next season. They have won four of their last five games, three of them against the sort of opponent they face Thursday in the Buffalo Sabres: A team with playoff positioning at stake.

MONTREAL — Rack them up for the Detroit Red Wings, whose good habits just won them their fourth game in five outings. They had fun Tuesday at Centre Bell, playing a Montreal Canadiens team decimated by injuries and spinning an early lead to a 5-0 victory. Even with as much winning as the Wings have

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings would play Marco Kasper every game if possible, but a lower-body injury disrupted those plans. Kasper spent Tuesday morning at Bell Centre getting treatment, and while that ruled him out against the Canadiens, the hope is Kasper will be available Thursday, when the Wings play the first of three

The National Hockey League announced Monday that Detroiter Jason McCrimmon is one of three finalists for the 2023 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award in the United States. The award is given “to an individual who — through the sport of hockey — has positively impacted his or her community, culture or society.” McCrimmon is the