MLive’s Ansar Khan filed an afternoon notebook discussing the Red Wings’ new-found health at the goaltending position:
Coach Derek Lalonde said after practice Tuesday that they hadn’t decided if Lyon or Ville Husso will start Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers at home (7 p.m., TNT). Lyon hasn’t played since a 4-2 victory at the New York Islanders on Nov. 25.
“I think first and foremost, you just have to make sure there’s no setbacks,” Lyon said. “And when you have an injury and then you have a setback later, there’s nothing worse. You want to nip it in the bud and make sure that everything’s good. Mentally you don’t want to just feel it out. I want to try to come in and hit the ground running and pick up where I left off.”
Husso is coming off a strong performance Saturday in a 4-2 victory over Toronto, his first win of the season. He joined Lyon, Talbot and Sebastian Cossa in the win column.
“We’ve been able to turn to an experienced goalie that we believed in all year, over two years,” Lalonde said of Husso. “Good on our management thinking outside the box in carrying three goalies. It salvaged our season, got us on the brink of the playoffs last year and kept us in the battle this year.”
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