Updated at 5:28 PM: It may have been just a scrimmage, but the Red & White Game was incredibly fun to watch. Coach Todd McLellan’s emphasis on players playing with their “foot on the gas pedal” was evident in what was a fast-paced, intense and sometimes (when Mo Seider was on the ice, anyway) physical game that resulted in a 3-2 win for the White Team.
Here are some highlights from the game in Twitter form:
🚨DEBRINCAT!!!🚨
— Hockeytown West Podcast (@HockeytownWpod) September 21, 2025
Alex DeBrincat gets the scoring started beating Cam Talbot
Team White leads 1-0#LGRW #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/SjplvxhEXW
Söderblom from Lombardi. Talbot is gonna want that one back. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/7vLKe37LOr
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 21, 2025
🚨 ELMER SODERBLOM 🚨 pic.twitter.com/WtudedqO9Q
— Grand Rapids Griffins (@griffinshockey) September 21, 2025
Oh my John Gibson!! What a save!#LGRW #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/YDO0ozAJhb
— Hockeytown West Podcast (@HockeytownWpod) September 21, 2025
Berggren from Lagesson. Bergy loves a rolling puck. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/yv94dQK5aB
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 21, 2025
You want some compete…we’ve got some compete. Mo Sider and JT Compher with some pushing and shoving after the whistle. JT was upset Mazur made his stick go flying #LGRW #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/8R8vx1brBI
— Hockeytown West Podcast (@HockeytownWpod) September 21, 2025
🚨SODERBLOM!!!🚨
— Hockeytown West Podcast (@HockeytownWpod) September 21, 2025
Lombardi finds a wide open Soderblom who beats Sebastian Cossa for his second of the game
White leads Red 3-1#LGRW #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/szIzoXjPQC
Elmer adds another! 💪 pic.twitter.com/8ocQJcKm69
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 21, 2025
Mo Seider makes a strong play on MBN here.
— Hockeytown West Podcast (@HockeytownWpod) September 21, 2025
Mo has been brining a high compete level all camp long#LGRW #GoGRG pic.twitter.com/5JnDIYvy3d
Emmitt Finnie, skating alongside Dylan Larkin & Lucas Raymond, scores to bring Team Red within one again.
— The Flying Octopus Podcast (@FlyingOctoPod) September 21, 2025
I think we should all start getting familiar with the name Emmitt Finnie if anyone hasn't already.
EMMITT FINNIE! pic.twitter.com/I98VKtzm40
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 21, 2025
Team white wins it 3-2, and then wins the shootout also.
— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) September 21, 2025
Amadeus Lombardi had 2 assists in the main scrimmage plus the shootout winner.
Goal scorers: Söderblom (2), DeBrincat, Finnie, Berggren — and I still think Justin Holl got robbed
So Team White won 3-2, and in the shootout…
Marco 😮💨 #LGRW pic.twitter.com/OQBe93I5XD
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 21, 2025
Uhh copp?!?! pic.twitter.com/GwgyCIZ4hV
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 21, 2025
Lombardi smooth as butter 😮💨 #LGRW pic.twitter.com/D7N8XBpru9
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 21, 2025
#REDWINGS WIN!
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 21, 2025
Thanks for a great day, Hockeytown West! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/QdTfjrVMTb
To a great weekend in TC & GR! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/J50iQNHm5x
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 21, 2025
I'll have more takeaways on @FlyingOctoPod, but one thought I have after the Red & White Game is that intensity is clearly a focus this season.
— Devin L. (@HockeyWithDevin) September 21, 2025
Good pace throughout, an almost-fight, and everyone playing to win in a game that doesn't matter. You LOVE to see that this early on.
If you like text, here’s MLive’s Ansar Khan’s recap, too:
The 6-8 Soderblom scored a pair of goals Sunday in the Red & White game at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids as the Red Wings wrapped up four days of training camp.
They will open the preseason Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks at Little Caesars Arena (7 p.m., livestreamed on DetroitRedWings.com).
Amadeus Lombardi set up both of Soderblom’s goals. The first was a snapshot off the rush against Cam Talbot in the first period. He was parked at the side of the net when he fired in a pass from Lombardi past Michal Postava in the second period.
Alex DeBrincat also scored for the White team, which won 3-2.
Jonatan Berggren and Emmitt Finnie scored for the Red team.
They wrapped up with a seven-round shootout, which Lombardi ended by firing a backhand shot past Sebastian Cossa.
Marco Kasper scored the slickest shootout goal, going from forehand to backhand a couple of times to beat Cossa.
Raymond, Berggren and Andrew Copp also scored in the shootout.
Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman and the Wings’ brass also apparently held a Q and A with season ticket-holders before the game:
Red Wings Coach Todd McLellan explained that Detroit needs to find their identity and consistently play to that identity this season.
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
#lgrw @GracedByRainPod pic.twitter.com/B6qN7tumFB
"Usually good goaltending is reflective of the team around them" – Red Wings Head Coach Todd McLellan#lgrw @GracedByRainPod
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman is excited about the future of Detroit, but, as he said, "getting there is painful and frustrating."#lgrw @GracedByRainPod pic.twitter.com/5J2JHfD2FN
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
Detroit AGM Shawn Horcoff was surprised at how well Anton Johansson adjusted to the different ice size last season.
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
That's something the boys at @HockeytownWpod and I were impressed with as well. It's almost always one of the harder transitions.#gogrg #lgrw @GracedByRainPod pic.twitter.com/kWTqaQUSiQ
"He's still got the magical hands and the brain, the hockey brain" – Wings GM Steve Yzerman on Patrick Kane
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
#lgrw @GracedByRainPod
Don't worry AHL media! Detroit Red Wings AGM/Grand Rapids Griffins GM Shawn Horcoff feels the same way as many of us about the length of season.
— Elaine Shircliff (@imaraindancer) September 21, 2025
"I'd like the league (AHL) to finish a little but earlier"
*note this is not about the # of games#gogrg #lgrw @GracedByRainPod