The Detroit Red Wings took to the ice at Little Caesars Arena after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Tuesday night.
The Wings remain in the middle of a nasty stretch of 11 games to be played over the course of 17 nights, and the 6-2-and-4 Capitals will serve as a stiff test for the 7-5-and-2 Red Wings.
Detroit will be looking to win its 4th straight game on Thursday; Washington will be well-rested, having not played since Saturday’s 5-3 win over Buffalo, but Washington has dropped 3 of their past 4 games.
Detroit defeated Washington 3-2 in overtime back on October 27th, and the Wings will also host Washington on New Year’s Eve.
Anyway, the Wings hit the ice around 12 PM EST, and MLive’s Ansar Khan reported several absences:
#RedWings on ice for practice. Raymond, Hronek and Staal not skating. pic.twitter.com/cR0nRnl8w9— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 10, 2021
Stecher also not skating. Was scheduled to see a specialist yesterday for an injury.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 10, 2021
So:
#RedWings practice lines/D pairs:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Rowney (for Raymond)
Fabbri-Suter-Zadina
Namestnikov-Rasmussen-Erne
Smith-Stephens-Gagner
DeKeyser-Seider
Leddy-Lindstrom/Oesterle pic.twitter.com/YnMYL0bMrE— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 10, 2021
