Detroit — So what would be best for Joe Veleno at this point of the season? Veleno has been struggling to earn substantial minutes while centering the fourth line for the Wings, although he did earn an assist — ending a 14-game drought without points — in Friday’s 3-2 shootout victory in Pittsburgh. Veleno played just over 13
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From one goalie to another, Manon Rheaume sits down with Alex Nedeljkovic to talk his hot start with the Red Wings and his goals for the future.
PITTSBURGH — Filip Zadina didn’t just end a drought, he ended with the type of play the Detroit Red Wings have urged him to make. When Zadina scored Friday at PPG Paints Arena it marked the first time since Nov. 30. Both nights the Wings won on the road — Friday, 3-2 in a shootout; back
This was a different Red Wings team Friday in Pittsburgh. After a poor defensive game Wednesday against Chicago, the Wings shut down a powerful Penguins team, and defeated the Penguins 3-2 in a shootout. The Wings won the shootout 1-0, with Lucas Raymond scoring the lone goal. Goals from unexpected sources, Givani Smith and Filip
Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill chats with the media after his team stymies the Penguins with a SO win in Pittsburgh. #MadeToChill
Always be ready to answer the call. That’s usually the mantra of goalies who await their turn in the cage. Pickard answered the call alright, stopping all shots in the shootout to backstop the Wings to a win. He joins us on Red Wings LIVE Postgame. #LGRW
PITTSBURGH — Calvin Pickard got a doozy of an assignment for his first start of the season: Sidney Crosby and the high-octane Pittsburgh Penguins. With No. 1 goalie Alex Nedeljkovic having made seven straight starts and backup Thomas Greiss unavailable, the Detroit Red Wings went with Pickard on Friday night at PPG Paints Arena. He
Justin Abdelkader is taking advantage of the NHL’s decision not to send its players to Beijing. The former Detroit Red Wings forward was released from his stint with the Grand Rapids Griffins to serve as an alternate for Team USA at the Olympics. Abdelkader, who turns 35 in February, signed a professional tryout contract with Detroit’s AHL
Justin Abdelakder is gone from the Grand Rapids Griffins, and headed for the U.S. Olympic team. Abdelkader has been released from his professional tryout with the Griffins, so he could be an alternate for Team USA at the Olympics in Beijing. NHL players were supposed to participate in these Olympics. But with more than 100 games postponed
Detroit — Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider have had a dramatic impact on the Red Wings as NHL rookies. Can the Wings be fortunate enough to have another forward/defenseman duo arrive soon and make a similar impact? They just might. The way forward Jonatan Berggren and defenseman Simon Edvinsson are playing this season it’s possible they
Detroit Red Wings (18-19-6)vs.Pittsburgh Penguins (27-10-6) When: 7 p.m. Friday. Where: PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score Game notes: Detroit enters the game having lost three straight. The Wings racked up five goals in Tuesday’s loss to the Chicago Blackhawks but the defense took the night off, ceding
Detroit — The Red Wings could use a sliver of good news, and on Thursday they received some. There’s still a long way to go, but forward Jakub Vrana and defenseman Troy Stecher were involved in practice, in non-contact jerseys, and are taking the next step in returning to game action. Vrana hasn’t played at all this
Jakub Vrana stoked a bit of excitement at practice, even though he’s not close to coming back and helping his Detroit Red Wings teammates. They are focused on going into Pittsburgh on Friday and nipping a three-game skid that has left the Wings 18-19-6 and feeling a bit red-faced about their defensive game. The Wings expect to
An Ontario mother is calling for change after learning she housed ex-NHL player Reid Boucher as a junior hockey player just months after, by his own admission in a 2021 criminal case, he sexually assaulted a girl in 2011, when she was 12 and he was 17. Sherri Boyd, 54, had her own 11-year-old daughter