Lack Of Offense In Ottawa Dooms Wings Again
Anthony Duclair scored twice and Ottawa beat Detroit 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game skid and extend the Red Wings' losing streak to six.
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Anthony Duclair scored twice and Ottawa beat Detroit 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game skid and extend the Red Wings' losing streak to six.
Anthony Mantha and defenseman Dennis Cholowski scored for Detroit, which lost its fifth in a row. Jimmy Howard made 36 saves.
The Red Wings could take some encouragement from their own depth, after a solid game from the line of de la Rose, Helm and Justin Abdelkader.
"Just my confidence right now," said Mantha, trying to explain his early-season success. "My linemates are feeding me properly and right now it's going in so I just need to keep shooting.
Nick Ritchie scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and Anaheim beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Anthony Mantha is picking up where he left off last season, giving the Detroit Red Wings hope the power forward can help them avoid enduring another rebuilding season.
Kraft Hockeyville is a yearly event in which the NHL and Kraft bring an exhibition game to a non-NHL city in Canada and the United States. Earlier, Florida played Montreal in Renous, New Brunswick.
Red Wings season-ticket holder Matt Larson pays about $74 for two of the cheapest seats in Little Caesars Arena.
Steve Yzerman is not making any promises about quickly being able to turn around the Detroit Red Wings.
Anders Lee scored his first goal of the preseason at 4:31 of overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Uniondale, New York, on Monday night.
Niklas Kronwall is retiring after 15 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.
The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Adam Erne from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 draft.
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed defenseman Joe Hicketts to a two-year contract.
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said it's tough to predict if Montreal's move would be made by another team this summer.
In Detroit, the Red Wings have signed center Valtteri Filppula to a two-year contract, reuniting him for a third time with Steve Yzerman.
Back home in Detroit, it took Steve Yzerman only a matter of minutes Friday in the NHL draft to put his imprint on the future of the Red Wings.
Pavel Datysuk has signed for his hometown Russian club in the Kontinental Hockey League, ending speculation of a possible return to the NHL.
Yzerman, Davidson, and Modano don't have to avoid statues but do have to balance being beloved by their respective fan bases with the new pressure of succeeding in the front office.
Holland takes over the struggling team from interim GM Keith Gretzky and one of his first tasks will be finding a new coach. Veteran Ken Hitchcock will not be back next season after taking over in November for the fired Todd McLellan.
Verbeek joins Yzerman, the longtime Red Wings captain who was recently named GM, after working for him with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Yzerman stepped down as Lightning GM before the season.
Yzerman spent his entire playing career trying with the Red Wings, and his No. 19 jersey is retired along with some of the game's greats such as Gordie Howe. He is regarded as one of the best leaders in NHL history.
The Detroit Red Wings will hold a press conference Friday, April 19th at 3pm with Christopher Illitch, Steve Yzerman and Ken Holland.
Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill will lead the U.S. at the men's world hockey championship next month in Slovakia.
The Detroit Red Wings ended a third straight season without a postseason bid, counting on a core of players 24 years old and younger to end the postseason drought next year.
"It's not easy," said Crosby, who finished with a goal and two assists. "You can see it comes down to Game 81. There are a lot of things that happened over the course of the year. It's difficult. It's a tight league and you have to earn it."
