Red Wings miss playoffs, lack of offense among reasons – NHL.com Things are looking up compared to last season. The Red Wings have two more regulation wins (15), three more points (42) and the same number of wins (17), even though they have played 21 fewer games to this point. Their goals per game is
The Detroit Red Wings are a little more than a week from closing out their season. They take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, one of five games remaining on the schedule. Sam Gagner hopes to lead the Wings towards a strong finish. “I really enjoy it here,” Gagner said Wednesday. “I like my role. I
Detroit — “With their first pick, the Red Wings select …” No, the Wings haven’t infiltrated the NFL, nor will they be making a selection this weekend. But for hockey fans, especially Detroit fans knee-deep in a rebuild, it’s never too early to think about the NHL Entry Draft. The NHL will hold the draft on July
When the Detroit Red Wings drafted Nicklas Lidstrom as part of their historic 1989 draft class, he did not come into their consideration as a consensus can’t miss prospect—he was a skinny third-round pick who needed a lot of muscle in order to make the NHL. The Red Wings believed Lidstrom was good enough to
Somehow, someway, the Red Wings will finish the regular season next weekend (fingers crossed), navigating through a campaign amid a pandemic. Before it began, the NHL shortened the season to 56 games and formatted a division-only schedule. There have been hiccups along the way, but the NHL will head into its playoffs confident it will conclude and
Associated Press | The Detroit News Former Red Wing Miroslav Frycer, who defected from communist Czechoslovakia after playing in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, has died. He was 61. Frycer died after an unspecified brief illness, the Czech league team Orli Znojmo said on its website Tuesday. Frycer had been the team’s coach since 2018. Frycer
Detroit — “With their first pick, the Red Wings select …” No, the Wings haven’t infiltrated the NFL, nor will they be making a selection this weekend. But for hockey fans, especially Detroit fans knee-deep in a rebuild, it’s never too early to think about the NHL Entry Draft. The NHL will hold the draft on July
Welcome 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 free to
The Red Wings have plenty of draft capital in the upcoming NHL draft, with 12 draft picks through six rounds (Seven of those picks are in the first three rounds). With that sort of draft capital, should the Red Wings take a swing at Jesper Wallstedt to bolster the pipeline? An Elite Talent There is
This date has given us a little bit of everything over the years, including some very late regular-season games as well as Stanley Cup Playoff milestones. Also, one of the greatest blueliners in National Hockey League history is celebrating his 51st trip around the sun today. The THW time machine is warmed up and ready
Jeff Blashill pleased with Wings’ push to ‘get better’ through turbulent season “Certainly we’d like our record to be better than it is,” Blashill said. “In critical moments, we’ve stubbed our toes a lot, no doubt about that. But our guys came back the next night and came back ready to get after it and
When you have two teams struggling to score — along with two red-hot goaltenders — you have a game like Tuesday’s Red Wings’ battle in Columbus. Finally, Columbus was able to break through in the shootout, as the Blue Jackets earned a 1-0 victory after winning the shootout 2-0. Patrik Laine and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for
The Detroit Red Wings have been better. There’s no doubt about that. While they’re still in the midst of a rebuild and have some ways to go, seeing Joe Veleno in the lineup means that help is arriving with an infusion of promising younger players. Taken late in the 2018 NHL draft, Veleno fell into
Detroit head coach Jeff Blashill speaks with the media after his Red Wings suffer a razor thin loss to the Blue Jackets in the shootout in Columbus. #MadeToChill
Detroit prospect Joe Veleno, drafted 30th overall in 2018, has been through the gauntlet to get to the NHL. After ups, downs, injuries, and detours, he made his Red Wings debut tonight. He speaks with the media post game. #LGRW
The Detroit Red Wings embarked on their second-to-last week with a new look in the lineup. The highlight of their Tuesday outing against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena was Joe Veleno making his debut. He created a stellar scoring chance in the third period, but the Wings ended up losing 1-0 in a
COLUMBUS, OH – APRIL 27: Goaltender Thomas Greiss #29 of the Detroit Red Wings stops a shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand #28 of the Columbus Blue Jackets during the second period at Nationwide Arena on April 27, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images) Detroit Red Wings: Rookie Veleno’s NHL Debut Coming Tonight? Soon?
First Period A bit of a weird start with an almost goal from Columbus, then an almost goal from Detroit, and then a definite goal from Columbus. Bjorkstrand makes it 1-0 Jackets a minute and a half in. OR DOES HE??? The League is reviewing…something. Jeff did not ask. Maybe making sure the Wings previous
Trevor Thompson and Chris Osgood are on Red Wings LIVE to get you ready for Red Wings-Blue Jackets and more importantly, for Joe Veleno’s NHL debut. #LGRW
Detroit — Players and coaches agree this has been an NHL season unlike any other. Big and small changes while playing through a pandemic have made for a different season. When you lose more than win, it makes an already challenging campaign more taxing. And the standings tell the story for the Red Wings. They are 17-25-8 entering Tuesday’s