The Red Wings don’t usually hold a morning skate when playing back-to-back games, but after last night’s 4-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, the Wings found themselves on the ice in Columbus this morning, per the Free Press’s Helene St. James…
Red Wings morning skate getting underway. pic.twitter.com/jVKVExqakq
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) March 9, 2018
And the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan:
Back to work in Columbus pic.twitter.com/hFEqmg704n
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) March 9, 2018
The Wings face the Blue Jackets this evening (7:00 PM EST on FSD Plus/FS Ohio/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/97.1 FM).
ColumbusBlueJackets.com’s Brian Hedger penned a fine game preview this morning…
Columbus has won its past four games at Nationwide Arena and is now 21-11-2 on home ice. Conversely, the Blue Jackets are 14-17-3 on the road. … Columbus won for just the 11th time when the opponent scores the game’s first goal, improving to 11-18-1 in that scenario. The Jackets are 24-10-4, logging 68.6 percent of their total wins when scoring the first goal. … Artemi Panarin had an assist against the Avalanche to extend his point streak to three games. He’s had a point in nine of the past 10 games, totaling 13 points (six goals, seven assists) during that span. … Columbus has won 13 of its 18 games that have gone past regulation, leading the NHL with a 13-1-4 record in games that go to overtime. … Jones has eight points (three goals, five assists) in the past seven games. … The Blue Jackets have defeated the Red Wings in four straight games and hold a 14-3-2 record against them since Mar. 28, 2012.
FYI:
THIS DATE IN 2006: Nicklas Lidstrom of the @DetroitRedWings passed Borje Salming to become the highest-scoring Swedish defenseman in NHL history.
More TDIH: https://t.co/HCazdWoMgT pic.twitter.com/4uObDcW9Fi
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 9, 2018
On this date in 1980, #Whalers Gordie Howe skated on a line with sons Mark and Marty; first time in #NHL history a father-sons line combo happened.
— Jen (@NHLhistorygirl) March 9, 2018
At the 2014 QMJHL draft, Screaming Eagle rookies to be Pierre-Luc Dubois & Evgeny Svechnikov met for the first time. Since then, both players have been drafted in the 1st round of the NHL draft, and tonight they’ll face off in the NHL! #OnceAnEagleAlwaysAnEagle #FlashbackFriday pic.twitter.com/Z59Q6sERbJ
— Screaming Eagles (@CBSEHockey) March 9, 2018
The morning skate concluded, and this happened:
Jared Coreau starts tonight
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) March 9, 2018
Update:
A few have asked … #CBJ coach John Tortorella said on Thursday that G Sergei Bobrovsky would be back in nets tonight against #RedWings.
No morning skate for the boys today. Media availability starts around 4:30 p.m.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) March 9, 2018
Seems like a tough game for the Wings but have a habit of having a head scratching good game they may pull a few rabbits out of the hat.
It is a Road game and that should help for some odd reason.