Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks in the regular season finale for both teams in Chicago yesterday afternoon.  The final score … 4 – 3.  In losing in regulation, the Blackhawks risked not making the playoffs and had to rely on a Minnesota Wild win over the Dallas Stars to pick up the final playoff slot...

The Detroit Red Wings dropped a meaningless game 3 – 0 to the Carolina Hurricanes last night when it came to points and the Western Conference standings.  But it was downer in the Henrik Zetterburg was hurt in the loss.  Preliminary reports point to Henrik hurting his ankle after getting tied up with a Hurricane defenseman...

The Detroit Red Wings clinched the Central Division title of the Western Conference yesterday with a 4 – 2 victory over the Minnesota Wild.  Nicklas Lidstrom, Darren Helm, Tomas Holmstrom and Johan Franzen all scored for the Wings.

The St. Louis Blues pounded the Detroit Red Wings 10 - 3 on Wednesday night.  The Red Wings gave up eight goals in the first two periods of a game for the first time since 1986 and 10 in a game for the first time since 1993.  The Red Wings were booed off the ice after starting goalie Joey MacDonald gave up seven goals and backup Thomas McCollum gave up three goals on eight shots...

The Detroit Red Wings continue to struggle at home, but tonight they have a chance to redeem themselves a bit. After a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to the Penguins on Monday night, they take on the NHL’s best record tonight in a battle against the Vancouver Canucks...

Red Wing goalie Jimmy Howard shook off a shaky start to the third period and set the stage for another big moment for Pavel Datsyuk in the Red Wings' 5 - 3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.  Datsyuk scored the go-ahead goal late in the third, one night after he netted the overtime winner to beat Edmonton...

Nicklas Lidstrom's crazy game tying shot bounced off the stick of Edmonton's Andrew Cogliano and into the net, tying the game with 24.8 seconds left in the third period.  Pavel Datsyuk then scored with 42 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Red Wings an improbable 2 - 1 victory over the Oilers on Friday night...

The Kings’ Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown both scored in the second period and goaltender Jonathan Quick made 28 saves as the Los Angeles Kings' snatched a 2 - 1 victory from the slumping Red Wings on Wednesday night.  Darren Helm scored the lone goal for the Red Wings in the first period...

San Jose sharpshooter Dany Heatley scored twice and Antti Niemi made 26 saves to lead Sharks to its eighth straight victory, 3 - 1.  Tomas Holmstrom scored a power-play goal for the Red Wings, who have lost on back-to-back nights after winning their previous six road games...

The Detroit Red Wings' road magic disappeared last night in Anaheim.  The Ducks rallied to defeat the Wings, 2 – 1 in overtime, ending the Wings' 6-game road win streak.  Duck Bobby Ryan scored on a penalty shot, after Ruslan Salei was whistled for hooking Ryan down on a breakaway at 2:50 of overtime...

Drew Miller scored twice, Darren Helm added a short-handed goal in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings rolled to their sixth straight road victory, 7 - 4 over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.  Pavel Datsyuk, Danny Cleary, Jiri Hudler and Captain Nicklas Lidstrom also scored for the Red Wings...

It took the Red Wings through another slow start, overtime and a shootout for Jiri Hudler and Pavel Datsyuk to secure a 3 - 2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena on a strange, momentum-shifting night.  Detroit earned their first win of a five-game road swing Saturday, before four games out west in seven days...