Monday, March 15, 2010
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Dana Wakiji: Since Patrick Lalime started in goal for Buffalo in a loss to the Wild tonight, that can only mean that Ryan Miller will be in net against the Wings Saturday. … Sports Crazy Gallery
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NHL
- Sedins, Luongo lead Canucks past Flames - 12:42 AM
- Selanne scores 599th goal, Ducks beat Sharks - 10:43 PM
- Harding helps Wild win again, 4-2 over Blues - 08:51 PM
- Coyotes beat Thrashers in shootout - 08:10 PM
- Park helps Islanders beat Maple Leafs - 07:55 PM
- Penguins rally to beat Lightning - 07:41 PM
- Avery returns, scores twice in Rangers win - 06:42 PM
- Avalanche topple Stars 5-3 - 06:03 PM
- Hornqvist's late goal leads Predators past Kings - 05:47 PM
Rematch against Flames offers Wings chance at redemption
The day after the Red Wings took a stunning third-period TKO from the Flames at Joe Louis Arena -- a 4-2 loss Tuesday -- Brad Stuart offered this blunt assessment: - 03/15/2010
Sunday's top game: Predators 3, Kings 2
Patric Hornqvist helps Predators solidify playoff bid
While the Los Angeles Kings argued the finer points of interference, the Nashville Predators celebrated a California road trip that might have cleared up their path to the playoffs. - 03/15/2010
Red Wings 3, Sabres 2 (OT): Wings move up
Brian Rafalski's slapper from the circle beat his Team USA teammate Ryan Miller 31 seconds into overtime. The win moves Detroit back into the eighth and final playoff spot. - 03/13/2010
Chris McCosky: Red Wings
Thankfully, GMs shot down dopey idea for pre-playoff tournament
The proposal by Islanders owner Charles Wang was to have the teams that finish eight through 15 in each conference play a week-long tournament to decide the eighth-place finisher. Never mind that 82-game regular season -- that was just a prelim. - 03/13/2010
Red Wings: Notebook
Todd Bertuzzi struggling to end goal drought
Bertuzzi has gone 17 games without a goal, his last coming Jan. 23 against the Los Angeles Kings. He has eight assists in that span with a minus-5 rating. - 03/13/2010
Red Wings: Notebook
Hockey family squabble comes to Joe Louis Arena
Tonight is the rubber match for Drew Miller and his brother, Ryan, provided Ryan is in net. The Red Wings host the Buffalo Sabres at 7 tonight. Ryan, 29, is the No. 1 goaltender for the Sabres. - 03/13/2010
Saturday's top game: Canadiens 3, Bruins 2
Canadiens win season-high fifth straight
Tuukka Rask took the blame for a tough loss after Sergei Kostitsyn and the Montreal Canadiens took advantage of Bell Centre's lively boards to victimize the Boston goalie. - 03/13/2010
Friday's top game: Devils 3, Penguins 1
Devils tie record with 13th straight 40-win season
Kovalchuk, whose production has lagged since he was traded to the Devils, had a goal and two assists Friday to help the Devils beat Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh 3-1. - 03/13/2010
Bob Wojnowski
Red Wings assert themselves
The Red Wings always have this no-big-worry look on their faces, shaped by years and years and years (and years and years) of big games. And every now and then, we're reminded why it's there. - 03/12/2010
Red Wings: Notebook
Mike Babcock says Wings lack sense of urgency
As his fights to qualify for the playoffs in the final month of the regular season, Babcock was asked Thursday morning if he sensed a different kind of tension or anxiety among his players. - 03/12/2010
Sabres will be 'real test' for Wings
The Red Wings aren't making any lineup changes for Saturday night's home game against Buffalo. That means another start in goal for Jimmy Howard, and defenseman Brett Lebda will play again. - 03/12/2010
Thursday's top game: Canadiens 5, Oilers 4 (SO)
Andrei Kostitsyn's shootout goal gives Canadiens win
Kostitsyn scored on Montreal's fifth shootout attempt, and Jaroslav Halak turned aside five shots in the tiebreaker to help the Canadiens extend their winning streak to four. - 03/12/2010
Red Wings 5, Wild 1: Top Wings answer call
Coach Mike Babcock challenged his top-end players to earn their keep following a dispiriting loss to Calgary on Tuesday. Consider the challenge accepted and met. - 03/11/2010
Red Wings: Notebook
Henrik Zetterberg's slump spurs line change
There are many NHL players who would happily take Zetterberg's 18 goals and 53 points in 58 games. But those numbers well below his standard. - 03/11/2010
Dana Wakiji: NHL Insider
NHL general managers take action on hits to head
The GMs are meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., this week and spent Monday discussing hits to the head and how to regulate them, in addition to researching and preventing concussions. - 03/11/2010
Mike Babcock: Wings' intensity, effort have to improve
"We need to put a run together," Detroit's coach said Thursday. "Are we capable? Yes. But the intensity level and how hard we play has to pick up." Babcock held a team meeting with the players Wednesday to emphasize that point. The Wings attempt to bounce back from the loss to Calgary Thursday night against Minnesota. - 03/11/2010
Wednesday's top game: Capitals 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT)
Tomas Fleischmann leads Capitals to OT victory
Fleischmann scored on a one-timer from the right circle with 1:40 remaining in overtime to give the Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. - 03/11/2010
Dana Wakiji
Soft closing schedule will help Wings make the playoffs
Heading into Wednesday night's games, the Wings were in ninth place in the Western Conference, one point out of the final playoff spot. Here's how I think they'll fare in their final 16 games. - 03/10/2010
Bob Wojnowski
Wings need to start playing with desperation
They're scrapping just to get into the playoffs, and while they're not familiar with that role, they'd better embrace it a bit more feverishly. - 03/10/2010
Flames 4, Red Wings 2: Third period derails Wings
In less than 20 minutes of hockey Tuesday, the Red Wings went from being able to sniff seventh place in the Western Conference to falling back into ninth place. - 03/10/2010
Red Wings: Notebook
Jimmy Howard has case for Calder
Osgood is trying to get Howard to loosen up, to stop giving the media what he calls, "that Nuke LaLoosh junk," referring, of course, to the cliché ridden character in "Bull Durham". - 03/10/2010
Chris Chelios back in NHL with Thrashers
The former Red Wings defenseman has been called up by the Atlanta Thrashers from their AHL affiliate in Chicago. Chelios has been with the Chicago Wolves all season, but signed a two-way contract with the Thrashers on March 3. - 03/10/2010
Tuesday's top game: Canucks 6, Avalanche 4
Jannik Hansen's goal lifts Canucks
Jannik Hansen put his body into his winning goal and was thankful for a couple of fortunate bounces. - 03/10/2010
Legal fallout continues from Coyotes bankruptcy
The NHL filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Moyes and his family Friday, alleging the trucking magnate violated a number of league agreements. - 03/10/2010
Flames 4, Wings 2: Third-period strike pushes Detroit out of playoff spot
The Calgary Flames scored twice in 91 seconds of the third period for a 4-2 victory over the Wings at Joe Louis Arena Tuesday night. - 03/09/2010
Wings primed to pick up rare three-game win streak
Todd Bertuzzi was told after the morning skate Tuesday that the Red Wings' hadn't won three games in a row in more than two months. "That would be a pretty big accomplishment then, eh?" he said. - 03/09/2010
Dana Wakiji: Red Wings Insider
The Flames are new, but race just the same
There's no overstating the importance of tonight's game against Calgary: The Flames are ninth in the West with 73 points, one point behind the Wings. - 03/09/2010
NHL: Roundup
Bruins' Marc Savard examined, is out indefinitely
Bruins center Marc Savard has been examined by a concussion specialist after being leveled by a blindside hit by the Penguins' Matt Cooke in Sunday's game. - 03/09/2010
Monday's top game: Stars 4, Capitals 3 (shootout)
Marty Turco makes 49 saves and Stars rally
Marty Turco and the rest of the Dallas Stars could have been forgiven for figuring this was a lost cause. - 03/09/2010
Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 4: Detroit gets lift by beating leader
The Wings looked like world-beaters in the second period, when they erased a 2-0 deficit with five unanswered goals by five different players. Todd Bertuzzi assisted on two of those goals, before leaving with a lower-body injury late in the period. - 03/08/2010
