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For the first time in two months, Tyler Bertuzzi is on the road with the Detroit Red Wings. When he’ll be on the ice with them is harder to forecast, but he’s running out of time. The Wings’ grittiest forward hasn’t played since leaving a game Jan. 30 with a sore back. There was no

Show Caption Hide Caption Dylan Larkin: Red Wings have to show more energy on the road Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, March 30, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Going on the road keeps tripping up the Detroit Red Wings, even when they’ve just played some of their best hockey of the season.

Starting on the Thursday, the Tigers’ Opening Day, you may start seeing a large golf cart driving 25 mph in the streets of downtown. GEST Carts, a golf cart service, will take you where you need to go in and around downtown Detroit — for free. The company is a franchise that is already up and running in Cincinnati and Chicago.

Just as they’d built a modicum of confidence, a good opponent dismantled it. The Detroit Red Wings fell behind early Tuesday at BB&T Center against the Florida Panthers, and their attempts to rally were denied by Sergei Bobrovsky. A two-game winning streak ended with a 4-1 loss, in the first of four straight games in the sunshine

The sunshine state awaits the Detroit Red Wings as they try for a third time to build on a nascent winning streak. Calvin Pickard enters a week that features miniseries at the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning as the Wings’ X-factor, so dubbed by captain Dylan Larkin after helping them win consecutive games. The

Dana Gauruder |  Special to Detroit Free Press Michael Rasmussen had to sweat out his first NHL goal in more than two years for a few extra minutes. The young Detroit Red Wings center hopes he can reach the point where he didn’t have to fret about his spot on the roster. Detroit’s 2017 first-round

The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated almost every aspect of American life for the last 12 months. And the sports scene around these parts has been no different. The Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, along with Michigan and Michigan State, have all changed how they work, travel and operate on a

A couple former first-round picks helped the Detroit Red Wings feel much better about themselves. Their Sunday matinee against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Little Caesars Arena was buffered by two empty-net goals that gave the Wings a well-earned 4-1 victory, their second in a row. “It was our most complete effort from start to finish

The Detroit Red Wings need an influx of young talent before they can approach this time of year with the anticipation of a playoff run. They’ll be sellers at the trade deadline yet again this spring, with the likes of Bobby Ryan, Luke Glendening and Marc Staal among the names who’ll draw interest as April 12

Dana Gauruder |  Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings discovered some offense in an early burst and snapped a three-game losing streak. Adam Erne and Robby Fabbri scored 29 seconds apart in the opening period and the Wings hung on for a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Little Caesars Arena

Their weekend series at home now has taken on added pressure, as the Detroit Red Wings must prove they’re better than their last outing. It’s one thing when they play well and lose; this season, another one in the rebuilding process, is more about showing growth than results. But a good stretch that segued into

The game was over before the first period was halfway over. The Detroit Red Wings undermined themselves Thursday at Bridgestone Arena, thwarted by defensive lapses and unimpressive goaltending to dig themselves a hole from which they could not rise. They didn’t make it nearly hard enough on the Nashville Predators and deserved the 7-1 loss.

The hot-mic incident that made headlines in NHL circles this week took the Detroit Red Wings by surprise — and sympathy. Their schedule this week included two games at the Nashville Predators, the first of which garnered attention not for anything either team did but for what an official did. The Wings didn’t find out

A referee’s brash comments during a Detroit Red Wings game has led to him being banned from officiating NHL games. Tim Peel was one of the officials Tuesday when the Wings played at the Nashville Predators. Early in the second period, Viktor Arvidsson was called for tripping Jon Merrill. Merrill fell on his own, but

Frustration cut through Dylan Larkin’s comments as he spoke of what the Detroit Red Wings have to do. He anticipates a stronger showing in Thursday’s rematch with the Nashville Predators, anticipates that a scoring drought that has grown to more than 130 minutes will end. This two-game losing streak was preceded by a 3-1-1 stretch,

Juuse Saros’ shutout definitely wasn’t the most memorable part of the Nashville Predators’ 2-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. That came during the second period. Someone – it appeared to be a game referee – made candid, explicit comments that were captured by a live microphone as the

Bill Dow |  Special to Detroit Free Press As part of his series on former Detroit sports figures, Bill Dow caught up with hockey hall of famer and former Detroit Red Wings Dino Ciccarelli. How we remember him One of the greatest undrafted players in NHL history was a prolific goal scorer who made his living

The Detroit Red Wings’ scoring drought has topped 130 minutes. They began a miniseries against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena with a 2-0 loss. It’s the first time the Wings (10-19-4) have been shutout in back-to-back games this season. A CALMER DEFENDER: Dennis Cholowski doesn’t worry about what the Wings think. Here’s

Dennis Cholowski no longer worries about impressing his bosses. He cares how he plays, of course, but he’s determined not to let doubts distract him from his mission to make the Detroit Red Wings. He’ll get another chance Tuesday when the Wings play the first of a mini-series in Nashville against the Predators. It’s been

Coming off one of their better stretches, the Detroit Red Wings next face miniseries against the Nashville Predators and Columbus Blue Jackets. The past week ended on a bit of a dud with a 3-0 loss to the Dallas Stars, but the overall the Wings went 2-1, recording what was just their second two-game winning