Month: February 2026

Red Wings-Hurricanes Tweetcap: Detroit loses 5-2 to Carolina, drops 6th straight in Raleigh

With the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference standings clustered tightly, the Red Wings headed into Carolina against a streaking Hurricanes team, needing to earn points by any means necessary.

Despite having won a solid victory over Ottawa on Thursday, the Wings play on an every-other-day basis until March 16th, so the stretch drive grind is really here.

On Saturday night in Raleigh, the Red Wings’ mistake-prone hockey afforded the Hurricanes their 6th straight win against Detroit at the Lenovo Center, with the sloppy Wings losing by a 5-3 tally.

The nearby-in-the-standings Sabres, Senators, Canadiens and Islanders all won, too, diminishing Detroit’s margin for error as the Wings head into Nashville for a 2 PM EDT start on Monday.

PREGAME: Cam Talbot and Fredrik Andersen led their respective teams out onto the ice at the Lenovo Center:

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Red Wings-Senators Tweetcap: Detroit rebounds from slow start to capture some OT magic in Ottawa

The Detroit Red Wings began their stretch run drive with a three-game road trip, starting with Thursday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators.

At the Canadian Tire Centre, the Red Wings were out-shot, out-hit, out-blocked and dominated in the faceoff circle, winning only 39% of the draws…..

But John Gibson stopped 26 of 27 shots, Detroit rallied from Brady Tkachuk’s late-1st-period goal, and captain Dylan Larkin scored a 2nd period PPG and he followed that up with an overtime winner to deliver a hard-fought, gritty, grind-y 2-1 overtime victory over the Senators. Detroit’s now 3-and-0 against Ottawa this season:

PREGAME: John Gibson and Linus Ullmark led their respective teams out onto the ice…

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Been sick

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to man the blog on a day-to-day basis, so here’s my health update as of February 26th:

I’ve been battling consistent and debilitating fatigue for the last four months. I am able to get online during Red Wings games and write “Tweecaps,” which are better than nothing at all…

But “off-days” require full days’ worth of rest and recovery, mostly in bed, to recuperate from the energy expended during games (and the daily grind of caregiving for Aunt Annie, from which I receive no recovery time).

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Red Wings-Mammoth Tweetcap: Utah spears the Wings

The Detroit Red Wings closed out their pre-Olympic break schedule with a match-up against the offensively potent Utah Mammoth on Wednesday evening.

With the Canadiens, Sabres and the rest of the Atlantic Division hot on their tail, Detroit would have to play a really strong game to match up with the Mammoth’s balanced attack.

On Wednesday night in Salt Lake City, the Red Wings were just a little too flat at the start, their power play was too inefficient, and they made Karl Vejmelka look too good in the Mammoth crease (while John Gibson was only OK against the speedy Mammoth).

Detroit lost 4-1 heading into the Olympic break, with Dylan Larkin scoring the team’s only goal.

If you believe Twitter, Larkin was totally at fault for everything that went wrong with the team, too, because he dared to slash back at Nick Schmaltz because Schmaltz speared Larkin in the balls off a faceoff, but I suppose that’s a matter of opinion.

Anyway, the Wings don’t go into the break with a great record of late, but they need the rest pretty badly as they’ve already played 58 games.

PREGAME: John Gibson and Karl Vejmelka led their respective teams out onto the ice at the Delta Center…

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Red Wings-Avalanche Tweetcap: Detroit wins a ‘playoff-style game’ over Colorado

The Detroit Red Wings began a 2-game road swing with a rematch against a Colorado Avalanche team which embarrassed the Red Wings 5-0 on home ice this past Saturday.

The final 2 games before the Olympic Break offered the Wings the ability to rebound from an 0-2-and-1 streak going into Monday night’s game in Denver and Wednesday night’s game against the surging Utah Mammoth.

On Monday night at Ball Arena, the Red Wings did earn a measure of revenge by defeating Colorado 2-0. Marco Kasper and Lucas Raymond (empty-net) scored for Detroit, Dylan Larkin had 2 assists, and John Gibson stopped 22 saves for the shutout.

Observe:

PREGAME: John Gibson and Mackenzie Blackwood led their respective teams out onto the ice…

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