The Red Wings didn’t end the exhibition season probably the way they wanted. The Wings ended the warm-up games Saturday with a 3-1 loss in Buffalo. Sam Gagner was the lone Wings’ goal scorer, as the Wings finished the exhibition season with a 4-4-0 record. Considering the regular season begins Thursday, it wasn’t a great way
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Through eight exhibition games, the Detroit Red Wings looked like they’ll have the depth to be competitive. Only so much can be read into the 3-1 loss in Saturday’s finale at Buffalo, and the Wings’ 4-4 record — no one plays with a full NHL lineup — but the past two weeks have been a time
Detroit Red Wings (4-3) vs. Buffalo Sabres (1-3-1) When: 3 p.m. Saturday, exhibition game. Where: KeyBank Arena, Buffalo, New York. TV/radio: None. • Box score ‘SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER’: What Joe Veleno must do to make Red Wings roster SHOWING HE BELONGS? Lucas Raymond is making it hard for Detroit not to keep him Game notes: This is the Wings’ final exhibition showing.
Detroit — The Red Wings didn’t end the exhibition season probably the way they wanted. The Wings ended the warm-up games Saturday with a 3-1 loss in Buffalo. Sam Gagner was the lone Wings’ goal scorer, as the Wings finished the exhibition season with a 4-4-0 record. Considering the regular season begins Thursday, it wasn’t
Detroit — Moritz Seider has yet to play in an NHL regular-season game — but he’s headed to the Olympics. Team Germany announced Friday that Seider is part of their three-man provisional list ahead of the February 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Joining Seider were Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl and Seattle goaltender Phillip Grubauer. All three players will
Detroit — Moritz Seider has yet to play in an NHL regular-season game — but he’s headed to the Olympics. Team Germany announced Friday that Seider is part of their three-man provisional list ahead of the February 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Joining Seider were Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl and Seattle goaltender Phillip Grubauer. All three players will
Moritz Seider is a week away from making his NHL debut and four months away from making his Olympics debut. The rangy Detroit Red Wings defender is an early selection for his native Germany’s hockey team that will compete in February at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that Seider,
Jeff Blashill iterated the challenge for Joe Veleno, as with other young players, is to prove he’ll make the Detroit Red Wings “significantly better” to be on the roster when the season begins. The Wings have one last exhibition game, Saturday at the Buffalo Sabres, before making roster decisions in advance of the Oct. 14
Show Caption Hide Caption Jeff Blashill: Young players have to make Red Wings “significantly better” to be on roster Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, Oct. 7, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings didn’t get much of a test in their penultimate exhibition game, but they welcomed back a teammate
Detroit — There’s only one exhibition game left, and everyone is pretty excited about that. Players are counting the hours until the real games begin next week and at this point, no one can blame them. There were stretches Thursday night where the Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins were probably guilty of trying to advance the clock
Tyler Bertuzzi is one of the Detroit Red Wings’ most important players, and getting him back before the start of the season is important. Bertuzzi was on the roster for Thursday night’s exhibition lineup, his first appearance since leaving Jan. 30 with a sore back. Bertuzzi tried for months to return to the lineup, but
Detroit — Tyler Bertuzzi hadn’t had a feeling for a game like this in a long time. In fact, it was Jan. 30, when Bertuzzi faced the Florida Panthers, and happened to be Bertuzzi’s final game of last season. Eventually, though attempting to return for months, Bertuzzi had to have season-ending back surgery. On Thursday, in the
Filip Zadina has been playing more like a guy who wants to stay where he is. Zadina has been given an opportunity to play with Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin during exhibition season, a spot that guarantees good minutes. Coach Jeff Blashill described Zadina’s play in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets
Here we go again. It’s another milestone day putting into perspective the tragedy Detroit sports has been for the past half-decade and counting. Thursday marks 2,000 days since the city’s last playoff win among its four major professional sports franchises. Go ahead. Laugh. Or cry. Or do both, like Andrew at his first day of
Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, exhibition game. Where: Little Caesars Arena. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score [ Lucas Raymond is making it hard for Red Wings not to keep him. Here’s why ] Game notes: The Wings have one more exhibition following Thursday’s contest. Detroit closes the preseason on
Filip Zadina has been playing more like a guy who wants to stay where he is. Zadina has been given an opportunity to play with Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin during exhibition season, a spot that guarantees good minutes. Coach Jeff Blashill described Zadina’s play in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets
Show Caption Hide Caption Jeff Blashill: Don’t pass judgment on Detroit Red Wings’ Alex Nedeljkovic yet Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, Oct. 3, 3021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Detroit Red Wings (3-2-0) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (3-0-1) When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, exhibition game. Where: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. TV: None. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings
Detroit —The Red Wings soundly defeated a minor league-laden Columbus roster last week in preseason action. In Wednesday’s exhibition game, the Blue Jackets dressed a more regular-season roster and the gained revenge, defeating the Red Wings 4-2 in Columbus. “For sure they had a good lineup,” forward Filip Zadina said. “I don’t know if they
Detroit — Givani Smith’s position on the Red Wings’ roster is likely secure. He is out of options, so if the team was to waive him, he’d likely be picked up by another team for nothing. Smith, 23, signed a two-year contact worth $1.5 million ($750,000 salary cap hit) during the offseason, a sign of the Wings’ faith
Jalen Smereck already felt like a stranger in a strange land. The last couple of months spent living in Ukraine were quite understandably a culture shock for the 24-year-old Detroit native. For example, Smereck, who is Black, says he can count on one hand the number of faces he has seen that look like his around