The Red Wings headed back to Montreal after Saturday’s 5-4 loss to Toronto on Saturday, taking Sunday off before returning to the ice to prepare to face the 2-and-8 Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan had some distressing news from Monday’s practice as it got underway at the Bell Centre:
No Larkin on ice today for practice that just started. #RedWings— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) November 1, 2021
Erne skated before, now taking part in practice— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) November 1, 2021
Rasmussen between Fabbri/Raymond #RedWings— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) November 1, 2021
PP units / Erne-Gagner- Raymond-Zadina-Seider……and Leddy-Fabbri-Hronek-Suter-Rasmussen #RedWings— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) November 1, 2021
Veleno between Gagner/Namestnikov earlier in practice— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) November 1, 2021
The Red Wings checked in…
Checking in from Montréal. #RedWings, Habs tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/lcHehJL47O— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 1, 2021
While there was a bit of a shake-up in Montreal, where Montreal returned after dropping a 4-2 decision to Anaheim in California on Sunday…
Canadiens have assigned Cole Caufield to the Laval Rocket and recalled Michael Pezzetta, in addition to placing Mathieu Perreault on the injured reserve list.#GoHabsGo https://t.co/5uKscCiBB7— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 1, 2021
Our friends from Montreal have lost 2 straight games, and in addition to losing Mathieu Perreault to an eye injury, fellow forward Cedric Paquette has a hearing with the NHL after smearing Trevor Zegras yesterday, so Montreal’s lineup will change significantly by the time tomorrow’s game starts.
I wouldn’t worry about Caufield too much, Habs fans–sometimes you need to send a guy to the AHL to re-set after a difficult start, even if he’s your anointed franchise savior. He’ll be okay.
Meanwhile, at the Habs’ practice facility (Brendan Gallagher has a hip or groin injury)…
Les trios en l’absence de Gallagher et Perreault :
Toffoli-Suzuki-Evans
Hoffman-Drouin-Anderson
Lehkonen-Dvorak-Armia
Pezzetta-Brooks-Paquette
C’est ça qui est ça.— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) November 1, 2021
Les duos en défense:
Romanov-Chiarot
Kulak-Savard
Niku-Wideman
Norlinder
Petry et Edmundson manquent à l’appel.— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) November 1, 2021
#Habs practice:
Toffoli – Suzuki – Evans
Hoffman – Drouin – Anderson
Lehkonen – Dvorak – Armia
Pezzetta – Brooks – Paquette
Romanov – Chiarot
Kulak – Savard
Niku – Wideman
Norlinder
Allen
Montembeault@TSN_Edge— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) November 1, 2021
#Habs head coach Dominique Ducharme talks with players during practice in Brossard #HabsIO pic.twitter.com/BTtre08m3e— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) November 1, 2021
