During a span of 3 minutes 2 seconds Friday night, the Detroit Red Wings completely changed their 2020-21 fortunes. Sort of. Down 2-0 to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Joseph Veleno, Danny DeKeyser and Jabuk Vrana strung together goals in short second-period work, leading the Red Wings to a 5-2 victory, vaulting them into seventh place
Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Nationwide Arena TV: BSOH, BSDET Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon Detroit came back from a multi-goal deficit to win last night’s game. This was the first time all season they’ve done this. Now we need a shorthanded goal to accomplish things we haven’t done
Detroit Red Wings approach final weekend with gratitude. Here’s why – Freep “I’ve always been somebody to stress appreciating what you have in front of you today, and appreciating the opportunities you have, and trying to seize on those opportunities.” Apparently the answer is “because Jeff Blashill told them to. “ Vancouver’s Zack MacEwen has
Another year, another bottom five finish for the Detroit Red Wings. The team continues to trudge through the rebuild, slowly gathering assets and trade capital along the way. Some of the past few year’s acquisitions might finally make their way into the roster, and training camp will be the first chance to see them in
Joe Veleno got NHL Goal #1 tonight against the Blue Jackets; he joins us post game to share his thoughts on this career milestone. #LGRW
Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill chats with the media after Detroit completes a big comeback win against the Blue Jackets. #MadeToChill
[From the Griffins] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Riley Barber’s second goal of the game with 12.1 seconds left on Friday completed four-point nights for him and Kyle Criscuolo and gave the Grand Rapids Griffins a hard-fought 5-4 win over the Chicago Wolves at Van Andel Arena. After the Griffins had surrendered a 4-2 lead in
Joe Veleno showed what he can do with the puck, and Jakub Vrana continued to make Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman look smart. Vrana set up Veleno for his first NHL goal Friday at Nationwide Arena and then scored one of his own as the Wings played the first of back-to-back games against
The battle for last place — or, rather, to avoid the Central Division cellar — has been set. The Red Wings jumped out of the basement Friday, rallying for a 5-2 victory over Columbus. Joe Veleno scored his first NHL goal, a power play goal, followed by Danny DeKeyser and Jakub Vrana goals, all 3 minutes
Apr 29, 2021; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Detroit Red Wings center Joe Veleno (90) skates before the game against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports Red Wings Preview: Closing out the Season with Columbus by Alex Faber The Detroit Red Wings didn’t help their draft odds, but Joe Veleno
Our second to last Mickey Redmond flannel of the season. Ken Daniels said “this whole season has been a dog’s breakfast” as Jack Daniels (the dog) makes his Light the Lamp pick. Cherish these moments, gang. Starting lineup! Erne is out and Brome is back in for his first Wings game in almost a month.
Game Day Updates Changes in #CBJ lineup tonight vs #LGRW include Lehtonen and Kukan coming out, Peeke and Harrington coming back in. Kivlenieks will start in net for his first NHL action in more than a year. — Brian Hedger (@BrianHedger) May 7, 2021 Not even a “gameday” update, but Dylan Larkin’s best bud switching
The record may not be great, and it’s disappointing to miss the NHL playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. But the Red Wings have certainly had individuals have impressive seasons, and two that came to coach Jeff Blashill’s mind quickly were forwards Adam Erne and Michael Rasmussen. Each was for a different reason and under
The Red Wings are heading into their last series of the season against fellow Central Division basement-dweller, the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here are a few headliners as we head into the final two games of the season. Lottery Watch Detroit and Columbus are both on a race for better draft position. After winning a game
Anybody that played Franchise/Be A GM mode in the popular EA Sports NHL series in the mid-2000’s will remember how easy it was to trade your way to an absolutely stacked roster. There was no salary cap, so the player could load up on talent so that they had guys like Brett Hull skating on
Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Nationwide Arena TV: BSOH, BDT+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon The penultimate prelude to the season’s end starts tonight as the Red Wings square off against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wings went home with two wins from their last back-to-back bout against the
Bobby Ryan still fits into the Detroit Red Wings rebuild. Here’s how – Freep “He cares about helping people, he cares about our hockey team growing,” Blashill said. “Any time you’re trying to develop young people, they have to have great role models. They have to have great papa bears that can help them work
A most unusual season comes to an end this weekend for the Detroit Red Wings, who cap off a pandemic-shortened slate with a competition for the seventh and eighth spots in the Central Division. It’ll be a patchwork lineup that faces the Blue Jackets in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday, robbed of Dylan Larkin,
Maybe it was the shootout goal, when Jakub Vrana skated across the net and, just as he reached the far post, extended his right hand back and slipped the puck past Tampa Bay’s Curtis McElhinney to beat the Lightning and give the Detroit Red Wings one of its more unlikely wins of the season. Or maybe it was Vrana’s puck-seizing, blast down the
In 2019, the Detroit Red Wings seemed to have found their core. Although the team was terrible, the trio of Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi and Anthony Mantha provided some hope for the future, each averaging over .68 points per game (Bertuzzi .68, Larkin .75 and Mantha .88). However, the core had some major alterations this year.