The Detroit Red Wings face the Calgary Flames this evening (7:30 PM EDT on Bally Sports Detroit/Sportsnet East/Sportsnet Ontario/Sportsnet West/ESPN+/97.1 FM), and the Red Wings will start Alex Nedeljkovic this evening.
After the Wings’ morning skate concluded, coach Jeff Blashill spoke about Moritz Seider, as well as the team’s looming 3-game road trip. As our friends from Calgary conduct their morning skate at present, you can watch the video of coach Jeff Blashill’s post-skate remarks below:
Meanwhile, our friends from Calgary took to the ice at LCA for their morning skate…
The road trip into the U.S.#Flames on the ice in Detroit for morning skate. The first of a 5-game tonight. pic.twitter.com/Ks3pqcpP0S— Brendan Parker (@BParkerTV) October 21, 2021
Oliver Kylington paired with Chris Tanev today at #Flames morning skate.— Hailey Salvian (@hailey_salvian) October 21, 2021
?: Detroit pic.twitter.com/6PEcRzSVqy— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) October 21, 2021
Head coach Darryl Sutter confirms Oliver Kylington is in the lineup tonight.
On a pairing with Chris Tanev. #Flames— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) October 21, 2021
#Flames at morning skate in Detroit, per the team:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Coleman-Backlund-Pitlick
Lucic-Monahan-Lewis
Mangiapane-Dube-Ritchie
Hanifin-Andersson
Kylington-Tanev
Valimaki-Gudbranson
Zadorov-Stone
Markstrom— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) October 21, 2021
And DetroitRedWings.com’s Brett McWethy posted a game-day preview, noting the following:
In Blashill’s media session on Wednesday, he gave some insight into how he and his coaching staff approach and evaluate the season in real-time. Over the course of an 82-game season, the team’s trajectory can be measured in about 16, five-game segments. That first segment will wrap up on Saturday, when Detroit plays its fifth game of the season, on the road in Montreal.
“If you get six out of 10 points every five-game segment, if you extrapolate that over 82 games, including the couple extra games you have in there, you’re at about 98 points for the season, which generally is a playoff team,” Blashill said. “It helps kind of give you a parameter of where you’re at.”
Bertuzzi said the dressing room also evaluates themselves in segments, and a fast start is key.
“Look at the first 10, 15, 20 games and get out in front of those,” Bertuzzi said. “Just play good hockey and try to have a winning record. Just build from there.
“The chemistry, it’s there, and it’s going to continue to be there. If we can just keep playing the way we are doing, playing a little bit smarter and just doing it the right way, I think we’re going to get some more wins.”
