Not good news from the Detroit News’s Connor Eargood:
Asked MSU HC Adam Nightingale about Red Savage’s injury timeline. Says he’s still talking to doctors but a decision will come soon. Quote below.
— Connor Earegood (@ConnorEaregood) January 22, 2025
Savage suffered an upper body injury Friday against Michigan. #LGRW prospect has 5 goals, 11 pts in 20 games this season. pic.twitter.com/dKmH8KPTQV
Per Red Wings Prospects on Twitter, Red Wings prospect and Michigan State University goaltender Trey Augustine has been named a nominee for the Hobey Baker Award:
Trey Augustine(2nd round’23) nominated for the Hobey Baker. Vote here: https://t.co/470Dcr1KdA #LGRW
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) January 22, 2025
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As you know by now, Hockeynews.se posted a 37-minute interview in which Henrik Sjoberg interviews Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond (in Swedish) a couple of days ago.
And today, they share a few of Raymond’s comments translatable form:
“He loves to share his knowledge”
Lucas Raymond is the future of the Detroit Red Wings, and will soon be joined by Axel Sandin Pellikka.
Now Raymond is visiting the latest episode of Hockeynews video podcast Shoot The Puck, and he tells about superstar Patrick Kane’s importance on the road to becoming a powerful team again.
“He loves to share his skills and I’m just sucking them in,” Raymond said in the podcast.
The spotlight was directed at Lucas Raymond as soon as he stepped into his teens.
And all the way from Gothenburg, to a star with the Detroit Red Wings, “Razor” has delivered magnificently.
Now he is visiting the latest episode of Hockeynews video podcast “Shoot The Puck,” and tells us, among other things, about Patrick Kane’s importance.
“How it’s cool to see how he does things on a daily basis. How he is dedicated to hockey. He loves to talk hockey, he loves to share his skills,” Raymond says.
The Red Wings are chasing a long-awaited playoff spot and soon Axel Sandin Pellikka will move over to North America.
Raymond tells us that the pair have never met before, but many things point to a long and successful partnership with the historic NHL team.
Raymond was impressed during the World Junior Championship.
“He looked good, it was extremely fun to see. He’s so ‘skilled.’ He sees the game well and his shot, I think, will fit well here.”
The Detroit Red Wings return home for a set of games against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, and the Los Angels Kings on Monday, all at Little Caesars Arena.
That’s a bit of a gauntlet as the Wings try to earn some points in the Eastern Conference’s Wild Card race, and the Associated Press posted an early game preview of the Wings-Habs affair:
BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Red Wings head into a matchup with the Montreal Canadiens after losing three in a row.
Detroit is 5-8-1 against the Atlantic Division and 21-21-5 overall. The Red Wings are 3-6-3 in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents.
Montreal is 24-19-4 overall with a 9-4-0 record against the Atlantic Division. The Canadiens have committed 201 total penalties (4.3 per game) to rank third in league play.
The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season. The Canadiens won the last matchup 5-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lucas Raymond has 19 goals and 32 assists for the Red Wings. Dylan Larkin has seven goals and seven assists over the past 10 games.
Cole Caufield has 24 goals and 20 assists for the Canadiens. Patrik Laine has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Wings: 6-3-1, averaging 3.4 goals, 6.2 assists, two penalties and four penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.
Canadiens: 7-2-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.1 assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
Of Red Wings-related note this morning:
“We limited them to two goals, one in overtime,” Lucas Raymond said. “Our defensive structure was really good most of the time, especially desperation around the net. But, it’s not a successful trip in our point of view. We have a couple of these games that we want to get back and it’s about learning from it.”
The Wings (21-21-5) are 8-4-1 since Todd McLellan was named coach Dec. 26. This was their first extended trip, and began on a high note with a 5-2 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, a terrific response after a 6-3 loss at home to the struggling San Jose Sharks.
“To start in Florida and play against that team and weather their storm, that was a really good win,” McLellan said. “Tampa, a little bit disappointing because I think we got tricked with the volume of shots but not the intensity around the net. Dallas, after falling behind 3-0 we settled in. But I think the game really does change for both teams at that point. And then we finished strong and hard.
“You never head out for 50-50, you always want more, and we came up a little short. An average trip for our group but I think we are making strides in certain areas. We’re a little better in our zone, we’re breaking the puck out a little better than we have in the past. We checked through the neutral zone better. Those are all good things. But we have to find a way to score more than one a night five-on-five if we’re to have success.”
Continued (paywall);
2. The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton also posted his day-after-the-game notebook…
Continue reading Morning news: Three post-Red Wings-Flyers thingsThe Athletic’s Sean McIndoe discusses “every goalie goal ever scored” in exacting detail this morning, and he gives Chris Osgood’s goal a mediocre grade…Not knowing that the last game PASS didn’t air was the Wings-Whalers game where Osgood scored, yielding clips with either the Hartford Whalers’ call or the Wings’ radio call:
Continue reading DGB ranks goalie goals, including Chris Osgood’s goal12. Chris Osgood, March 6, 1996
Situation: This one comes with 10 seconds left in a game between a record-breaking Red Wings juggernaut and a Whalers team that was, uh, not that. But it’s also the first goalie goal in almost seven years, and the first that wasn’t scored by Ron Hextall, so there’s a neat “Oh right, that’s a thing you’re allowed to do” factor. 7/10.
Style: Nothing too fancy, but the way Osgood manages to knock down and control the puck with his extended stick is pretty impressive. After that, it’s just about the shot, and he pretty much drills it. 7/10.
Pavel Datsyuk always said that he wanted to work with kids in hockey when his playing career ended.
Datsyuk reiterated that point when he came over to the U.S. to take part in the Red Wings’ Summer Development Camp last July, and again when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this past November.
As such, Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff reports that Datsyuk, who works for in player development for his hometown organization, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, has signed an extension with his team:
Earlier this week, Datsyuk was truly putting an end to any hope he might be changing his mind. He was confirming that he’s extending his relationship as a development and skills coach with KHL club Avtomobilist in his Russian hometown of Yekaterinburg. After leaving the Red Wings, he would finish his playing career with this club from 2019-21.
“I work for the Avtomobilist club, for which I am very grateful,” Datsyuk told Russian news agency Tass. “They trusted me and allowed me to do what I love, I like it. It’s not that easy, obviously I’m still learning.
“I like being in the arena with the guys, being part of the club and helping it. I will continue to do this with pleasure.”
Continued; no surprise here. Datsyuk
The Detroit Red Wings head home with 3 out of a possible 8 points on their 4-game road trip after losing 2-1 in overtime to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
As such, the Red Wings fell 3 points behind the Flyers in the Wild Card race, and they are 5 and 6 points behind the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning–Thursday and Saturday’s opponents–respectively.
FLYERS WIN 🟠⚫️
— NHL (@NHL) January 22, 2025
They collect the extra point on home ice in @Energizer overtime! pic.twitter.com/tGirqMz2Op
The Flyers know where they are in the Eastern Conference’s jumbled playoff race, too, as Flying Fish Hockey’s Wayne Fish suggested…
Continue reading Red Wings-Flyers wrap-up: heading home with lessons learned after an OT loss to PhillyThe Detroit Red Wings played an important game for Wild Card positioning against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, with the Flyers sitting two points ahead of the Red Wings, who were on a 2-game losing streak, in the Eastern Conference standings.
On Tuesday night, the Red Wings lost a game that was hard to swallow. The Philadelphia Flyers won 2-1 in overtime, despite Ben Chiarot tying the game 30 seconds into the 3rd period from Raymond, and the Red Wings holding their own in OT until the Flyers rushed up ice, Seider and Raymond both tried to poke check, and Rasmus Ristolainen poked in the rebound of an Owen Tippett shot with 26 seconds remaining in the extra session.
Long story long, Detroit lost 2-1 to Philadelphia and will fly home having earned 3 points out of 8 on their road trip.
Detroit actually out-shot Philadelphia 28-26, but the Flyers held a 5-1 shot advantage in OT, and the Flyers out-shot Detroit 15-14 over the final two periods thanks to a gritty, grinding effort that seemed to wear the Wings down.
Continue reading Red Wings-Flyers quick take: Ground down and out of an OT loss to Philly