This was a different Red Wings team Friday in Pittsburgh. After a poor defensive game Wednesday against Chicago, the Wings shut down a powerful Penguins team, and defeated the Penguins 3-2 in a shootout. The Wings won the shootout 1-0, with Lucas Raymond scoring the lone goal. Goals from unexpected sources, Givani Smith and Filip
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PITTSBURGH — Calvin Pickard got a doozy of an assignment for his first start of the season: Sidney Crosby and the high-octane Pittsburgh Penguins. With No. 1 goalie Alex Nedeljkovic having made seven straight starts and backup Thomas Greiss unavailable, the Detroit Red Wings went with Pickard on Friday night at PPG Paints Arena. He
Justin Abdelkader is taking advantage of the NHL’s decision not to send its players to Beijing. The former Detroit Red Wings forward was released from his stint with the Grand Rapids Griffins to serve as an alternate for Team USA at the Olympics. Abdelkader, who turns 35 in February, signed a professional tryout contract with Detroit’s AHL
Justin Abdelakder is gone from the Grand Rapids Griffins, and headed for the U.S. Olympic team. Abdelkader has been released from his professional tryout with the Griffins, so he could be an alternate for Team USA at the Olympics in Beijing. NHL players were supposed to participate in these Olympics. But with more than 100 games postponed
Detroit — Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider have had a dramatic impact on the Red Wings as NHL rookies. Can the Wings be fortunate enough to have another forward/defenseman duo arrive soon and make a similar impact? They just might. The way forward Jonatan Berggren and defenseman Simon Edvinsson are playing this season it’s possible they
Paul Henderson is best remembered for being a Canadian hero during the Summit Series of 1972, but his career and life have more to offer than just eight games. He played over 1,000 professional games between the NHL and World Hockey Association (WHA). He was a multiple-time NHL All-Star and a Memorial Cup winner. After
Detroit Red Wings (18-19-6)vs.Pittsburgh Penguins (27-10-6) When: 7 p.m. Friday. Where: PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score Game notes: Detroit enters the game having lost three straight. The Wings racked up five goals in Tuesday’s loss to the Chicago Blackhawks but the defense took the night off, ceding
Detroit — The Red Wings could use a sliver of good news, and on Thursday they received some. There’s still a long way to go, but forward Jakub Vrana and defenseman Troy Stecher were involved in practice, in non-contact jerseys, and are taking the next step in returning to game action. Vrana hasn’t played at all this
Jakub Vrana stoked a bit of excitement at practice, even though he’s not close to coming back and helping his Detroit Red Wings teammates. They are focused on going into Pittsburgh on Friday and nipping a three-game skid that has left the Wings 18-19-6 and feeling a bit red-faced about their defensive game. The Wings expect to
Even the most casual fan of the Detroit Red Wings knows that the pipeline to Motown more often than not goes through Sweden/Scandinavia. Players like Nicklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg represented Sweden with pride during their time with the Red Wings, and the current generation of Red Wings are continuing that trend. Even
An Ontario mother is calling for change after learning she housed ex-NHL player Reid Boucher as a junior hockey player just months after, by his own admission in a 2021 criminal case, he sexually assaulted a girl in 2011, when she was 12 and he was 17. Sherri Boyd, 54, had her own 11-year-old daughter
Taking strides offensively won’t give the Detroit Red Wings the results they want unless their defense follows the pace. It is a humbled Wings team that heads into weekend games at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday and at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday after giving up a season-high eight goals. The Wings scored
An unfamiliar feeling came over me as I drove to Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday night. It had been years since I had sensed something welling up inside me as I drove downtown on a frigid winter evening to watch the Detroit Red Wings. The throng of bustling fans who used to stream into Joe
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic was on the bench when his teammates tried to clean up their mess, only to come up with their worst wreckage of the season. The Detroit Red Wings gave up four goals in the first period Wednesday at Little Caesars Arena, and then gave up another four in the third period, to fall to
Detroit — The Red Wings’ rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks isn’t nearly what it used to be. But the Blackhawks earned a measure of revenge Wednesday in a wild 8-5 victory over the Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. The Wings (18-19-6) saw their winless streak stretched to three games, and losses in seven of their
Welcome back to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out, and then look ahead and find out what the next week may have in store for the team from Hockeytown. As always, feel
The Detroit Red Wings like what Joe Veleno brings to the lineup, but there’s no question the young forward can do more. Veleno joined the Wings when he was called up from the minors at the end of October. It was a memorable day and night for Veleno, who hitched a ride from general manager Steve
Detroit — The Chicago Blackhawks have to be kicking themselves. Playing against forward Pius Suter, who Chicago declined to re-sign last summer only to see the Red Wings swoop in and acquire in free agency, has to be frustrating. Suter has done for the Red Wings what he did for the Blackhawks last season: provide an efficient, consistent
Pius Suter wanted to give back to the man who picked him off the free agent pile, to show it was a smart investment. He already played his former teammates when the Detroit Red Wings went into Chicago Oct. 24, but that was near the start of the season. The Blackhawks make their appearance at
Detroit — It was more difficult than he ever imagined. His top linemate was injured, his team was losing, his production was dropping, COVID was affecting everything. One year ago, the Red Wings’ newly minted captain was skating through a fog, lugging more responsibilities with less help. Dylan Larkin didn’t feel burdened, but he also didn’t