Jeff Blashill Echoes Holland, Elaborates On Athanasiou, Mantha
Earlier this week, Red Wings GM Ken Holland laid down a hardline philosophy on ice time. In short, veterans can have off nights but young players can't.
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Earlier this week, Red Wings GM Ken Holland laid down a hardline philosophy on ice time. In short, veterans can have off nights but young players can't.
The Red Wings rallied from a pair of three-goal deficits in the first period, and with 3:04 remaining in regulation, Gustav Nyquist scored to pull them into a tie.
Spurgeon scored the only goal in the first period after he gloved a rebound off of Schneider, dropped the puck and batted it out of midair into the net on the back side.
"First off, this is a hard league to be 22 and we're trying to be a playoff team, were trying to win games, last year and this year," Holland told TSN Montreal 690 on Monday.
Stars captain Jamie Benn showed his frustration late in the second period when he snapped one stick over his knee and smashed another one on the bench.
Thomas Vanek has no illusions about the expectations for the Red Wings.
Thomas Vanek scored late in the second period and Jared Coreau earned his second shutout, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.
Since returning to the lineup on Jan. 5 against the Kings, Athanasiou has four goals and seven points in five games.
Mike Green scored a power-play goal midway through the third period, giving the Red Wings a two-goal lead, and Henrik Zetterberg added another goal to give them the final cushion.
That was a low blow.
Dallas goalie Antti Niemi held Detroit scoreless over the last 44:18.
Hamilton and rookie Matthew Tkachuk both finished with a goal and an assist for the Flames, while Michael Frolik also scored.
The rosters for the NHL All-Star Game are brimming with top-shelf talent, though they lack an unusual fan-picked favorite like John Scott.
The NHL All-Star Game's 3-on-3, four-team tournament format put an intriguing spin on a staid exercise when it was introduced last season.
Thomas Vanek, Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou scored for the Red Wings, who were coming off a shutout and had allowed two goals in their previous two games.
Detroit began a three-game California road swing with its eighth loss in 11 games overall, and frustration appears to be bubbling.
The Blue Jackets were winding down another dominant victory when the near-sellout crowd at Nationwide Arena began to chant.
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings 5-4 on Sunday.
High expectations with no safety net suit the Michigan product.
Marc-Andre Fleury had 21 saves as the Penguins beat the Devils for the second time in five nights, and the third time in three games this season.
"I thought we've been better the last few games here getting pucks to the net," Zetterberg said. "We scored three so we just have to keep doing that coming up."
Buffalo Sabres top-line center Ryan O'Reilly is out indefinitely after having his appendix removed during the NHL's holiday break this past weekend.
Jared Coreau, making just his second NHL start, helped give Detroit the shootout win.
Even though it's not the official midway point of the season, and the NHL year has yet to reach any significant milestone, let's look at some of the biggest surprises around the league thus far.
