Detroit Free Press

CHICAGO — The Detroit Red Wings lost their lead, lost their structure and had to settle for one point. The Wings were up by two going into the third period Friday at United Center, seemingly poised to stick it to their old Original Six rival Chicago Blackhawks on a night they celebrated their home opener. But

The depth with which the Detroit Red Wings entered the season has been plundered, but for now, there are no plans to call up reinforcements. The Wings practiced Thursday and then left for Chicago, where they play the Blackhawks on Friday. It will be the first game since Jakub Vrana entered the NHL/NHL PA Players

Detroit Red Wings fans perennially hoping the team would add a third jersey in black got their wish Thursday — sort of. As part of the second iteration of the NHL’s and Adidas’ “Reverse Retro” alternate jersey program, the Wings will wear a red-and-black striped jersey that harkens back to the franchise’s 75th anniversary sweaters

Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been placed in NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the team and league revealed Wednesday. Vrana had been excused from the Wings since Monday, for what head coach Derek Lalonde said were personal reasons. Vrana, 26, will be unavailable to the team “for an indefinite period while he receives care.”

Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been placed in NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the team and league revealed Wednesday. Vrana had been excused from the Wings since Monday, for what head coach Derek Lalonde said were personal reasons. Vrana, 26, will be unavailable to the team “for an indefinite period while he receives care.”

The Detroit Red Wings are accomplishing what they came into the season wanting to: Prove general manager Steve Yzerman right. All the new players their GM added during the summer have factored into the 2-0-1 start, which next will be tested Friday at the Chicago Blackhawks. Yzerman added players at every position: Goaltender Ville Husso,

Dylan Larkin’s big play left him emotional and his coach, e0vocative. The Detroit Red Wings had a good practice Tuesday, the day after they snagged a point despite trailing three times in a game against the Los Angeles Kings. Even getting to overtime wouldn’t have happened without Larkin’s incredible drive in the final minute, after

The Detroit Red Wings had a chance to do something special Monday night. They had a chance to take a step, maybe even a bit of a leap, and start the season with three straight wins. That’s something they haven’t done since the 2015-16 season, which just happens to be the last time they made

Three games in and they are gaining a reputation as the Detroit Red Wings‘ identity line. Oskar Sundqvist, Michael Rasmussen and Elmer Söderblom are easily identifiable because they’re all well over 6 feet. They use that size to create energy, and there’s more to them than that. In the first game of the season, it

Viktor Arvidsson had a chance to end the game in regulation — but Dylan Larkin wouldn’t let him. Larkin’s relentless effort to prevent Arvidsson from scoring into an empty net Monday at Little Caesars Arena was a highlight play even as the Detroit Red Wings lost, 5-4 in overtime, to the Los Angeles Kings. “That

Oskar Sundqvist — the self-described “smallest guy” on Detroit Red Wings’ Sky Line — made his first goal of the season a thriller. The Wings were without two regulars on Monday against the Los Angeles Kings at Little Caesars Arena, and spent much of the game playing from behind. Sundqvist used his 6-foot-3, 220-pound body to

That depth the Detroit Red Wings had coming into the season will be tested after just one week. Tyler Bertuzzi, the team’s gritty, goal-scoring top-line winger, will miss 4-6 weeks with what coach Derek Lalonde said Monday is an upper-body injury. Bertuzzi left in the second period of Saturday’s 5-2 victory at the New Jersey

Paul Woods remembers his early days in the radio booth were quiet ones. The Detroit Red Wings had called and offered him the chance to be color commentator, and he was happy to do so because he wasn’t doing anything else. But sitting next to Bruce Martyn and speaking up wasn’t as easy as it

Excerpt from “On the Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL Draft “ by Helene St. James The 1983 draft brought life back to the Red Wings. It marked a turning point after a decade of poor talent development and poorer finishes in the standings, distancing the club from the