Western Conference-Leading Stars Beat Red Wings 4-1
Jimmy Howard stopped 20 shots for the Red Wings before getting knocked out of the game midway through the third period.
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Jimmy Howard stopped 20 shots for the Red Wings before getting knocked out of the game midway through the third period.
Jakub Kindl scored 2:17 into overtime, Henrik Zetterberg scored his 300th career goal and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Friday night for their third straight win.
Zetterberg, the Red Wings captain, becomes one of eight Red Wings to score 300 goals in the franchise's history.
"Those guys were in the first wave," said Dallas Stars president Jim Lites. "Twenty-five years ago, Europeans were extras in the league. Those guys were once-in-a-generation superstars."
Prosecutors say Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane will not face criminal charges after being accused of raping a woman in his home over the summer.
Based on a small sample size but with careful consideration, here are 5 bold predictions for the rest of the NHL season.
A joint congressional report by Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, released this week, sites the Detroit Red Wings as one of many professional sports teams that have engaged in "paid patriotism" contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense.
Boston GM Don Sweeney said in a release that the leg was broken and Kelly would have surgery on Wednesday.
Connor McDavid, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2015 draft, had an upper-body injury that was described by coach Todd McLellan as "long term."
Rookie Dylan Larkin broke a third-period tie and gave the Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
A horse named after the Detroit Red Wings star walked away victorious on Saturday.
The offensively challenged Red Wings pulled Howard to add an extra skater with 2-plus minutes left, but couldn't score to send the game to overtime before Ryan restored Ottawa's two-goal lead with 55 seconds left.
When expectations aren't being met, there's very little that a general manager of an NHL team can do to right the ship other than firing their head coach.
Turnovers – a concern "most of the year" for the Red Wings – reared their ugly head again, as Detroit dropped a 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes Tuesday night.
Gustav Nyquist and Brendan Smith scored first-period power-play goals as Detroit lost its fourth straight. Howard had 37 stops for the Red Wings
CBS Local Sports spoke with Johannson about the surge in top-tier American players in the NHL and the push to grow the sport of hockey further in America.
Jeff Petry scored the go-ahead goal 6:32 into the third period and the Montreal Canadiens moved to 6-0-0 for the first time in franchise history with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
It didn't take long for Carolina to take the lead, as Brock McGinn scored just 55 seconds into his first game.
Gary Bettman and the NHL brass can feel free to hang a "Mission Accomplished" banner outside of the NHL offices in New York for the two biggest changes they made to the game this offseason.
Detroit is now 3-0 on the season, while the Lightning fell to 3-1.
The Red Wings scored three goals in the third to erase a 2-1 deficit, with Pulkkinen tying it with 15:21 left and then adding the go-ahead goal with 13:24 remaining.
"I talked to him before the game and he's pretty unflappable. He seems to be extremely mature as a young guy."
Justin Abdelkader had a hat trick and Dylan Larkin scored in his NHL debut, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Mike Babcock-led Toronto Maple Leafs.
Dylan Larkin will be doing something most men his age can only dream of -- making his debut for the Red Wings against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Joe Louis Arena.
Before the puck drops on the 2015-16 NHL season, here's a look at five of the most important questions we have going into this season.
