Red Wings Pull to .500 with 6-1 Win Over Coyotes
Detroit has won seven of its last eight to get back to .500 (8-8-2) after a 1-7-2 start.
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Detroit has won seven of its last eight to get back to .500 (8-8-2) after a 1-7-2 start.
Michael Stone's goal with 4:47 left broke a tie, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Thursday night.
Johan Franzen scored twice and Jimmy Howard had 34 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 Monday night to get two desperately needed points in their push to make the playoffs.
The Phoenix Coyotes and Detroit Red Wings have met in the postseason twice in the last three years. Now they're both trying to reach this year's playoffs.
The Phoenix Coyotes have earned at least one point in each of their last four games since losing to the Detroit Red Wings last week.
The Phoenix Coyotes have signed former Michigan Wolverines forward Chris Brown to a three-year entry level contract.
Following a rare defeat, the Detroit Red Wings will try for another sweep of the Phoenix Coyotes.
After ending a road trip with one of their worst performances of the season, the Detroit Red Wings should be happy to return home, where they haven't lost in over two months.
The Detroit Red Wings did all of the work in the first period and coasted for the final 40 minutes.
The Detroit Red Wings will be looking to extend their home ice winning streak to eight games on Thursday, December 8 (puck drop – 7:30 p.m.) when the Phoenix Coyotes pay a visit to Joe Louis Arena.
At least after a well-deserved and much-needed rest - in the sense of getting Henrik Zetterberg back from injury, and perhaps another series that involves travel to a Western time zone.
Danny Cleary scored from a tough angle with just over six minutes left, and the Detroit Red Wings swept the Phoenix Coyotes out of the playoffs and possibly out of the desert with a 6-3 victory Wednesday.
The Phoenix Coyotes are back on their heels, the inability to get much of a speed bump in front of the Red Wing Express putting them a game from elimination.
Forward Johan Franzen has a sore left ankle in addition to his facial injuries suffered in Game 2 and wasn't cleared to play in Game 3 until after the pregame skate.
Things scarier than the Phoenix Coyotes...
The Red Wings certainly have their share of stars. Nicklas Lidstrom is one of the greatest defensemen ever to lace up a pair of skates.
The Phoenix Coyotes are back home, at least its home for now, looking to climb back from a two-game deficit in their first-round playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings.
It maybe a white out in Glendale but it won't exactly be a full-on home ice advantage for the Coyotes against the Wings tonight.
As he sat in the dressing room following his team's 4-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, Red Wings' forward Johan Franzen's face looked like something from Mapquest.
With leading scorer Henrik Zetterberg sidelined by a sprained left knee, the Red Wings need Pavel Datsyuk to deliver in the playoffs. So far, he has, in a big way.
Phoenix Coyotes forward Vernon Fiddler once blocked a shot on the top of his left foot that was so hard the puck sliced through his skate and left him limping.
A day after winning game one of the Western conference quarter finals against the Coyotes 4-2, the Wings had a optional skate at Joe Louis Arena.
It's that time again. Time to sabotage a Phoenix Coyotes poll. Karsch and Anderson wants everyone to vote on the last option of "playoffs?"
The Stanley Cup playoffs and hockey clichés are made for each other. How many times have you heard about a goalie "standing on his head" to win a postseason game?
Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen scored midway through the second period to put the Detroit Red Wings ahead, and they went on to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series.