Red Wings-Flyers quick take: shootout win ends losing streak, but 3rd period faltering provides cold comfort

The Detroit Red Wings attempted to snap a 10-game losing streak while battling the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

Detroit beat the Flyers 5-4 in a shootout, ending their 10-game losing streak, but the Red Wings surrendered 2-1, 3-1 and 4-3 leads en route to a 4-4 tie in a terrible, horrible, no good very bad 3rd period.

Dylan Larkin scored 2 goals and had an assist, Evgeny Svechnikov scored his first NHL goal and the Wings chased Mrazek, but Alex Lyon was excellent in relief and Detroit just plain old got flattened in the 3rd period, reminding us that this team is mediocre at its very best.

9 more games of this.

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Krupa speaks with Ted Lindsay regarding Zetterberg’s goal-scoring milestone

The Detroit News’s Gregg Krupa spoke with Ted Lindsay regarding Henrik Zetterberg passing #7 on the Red Wings’ all-time goals list:

“I’m so happy about it,” Lindsay said, of Zetterberg’s feat. “He’s a great person and a great hockey player.

“Marks like that are meant to be passed,” the 92-year-old mused. “Records are meant to be broken.”

Zetterberg’s 336 career goals in 1,069 games played for the Red Wings compares to Lindsay’s 335 goals in 862, from 1944-57 and, in his comeback season, 1964-65. Only Gordie Howe (786), Steve Yzerman (692), Alex Delvecchio (456) and Sergei Fedorov (400) tallied more for the Wings.

“He’s maintained himself, heath wise,” Lindsay said. “He’s a physical specimen.

“He loves the game,” said Lindsay, who grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, where he picked up the signal of Red Wings radio broadcasts as a boy and became a lifelong fan. “I think that that’s half the battle, if you love your game.”

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Red Wings-Flyers game-day articles: All about Petr

Of Red Wings-related note this afternoon:

1. The pre-game stories today focus on Petr Mrazek, as discussed by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Sam Donnellon…

“Red Wings fans were always awesome,” he said after Tuesday’s morning skate at the Wings’ brand-new home. “They always cheer for us. If they cheer for me I’m really happy. But I don’t think they’re going to cheer for me tonight.”

Mrazek arrived early Tuesday and chatted with several old teammates. Asked by a Detroit reporter who might have the advantage, the goaltender who practiced daily against the shooters or the shooters who have practiced scoring on the goalie, Mrazek carefully deferred, saying the ebbs and flows of the game itself are likely to dictate that.

“Every game is different,” he said. “I wouldn’t know who is going to have [an] advantage.

Mrazek said he talked to Red Wings left wing Andreas Athanasiou this morning, and concluded: “I don’t know what he’s going to do. Is he going to do the same move he always does or is he going to [do something different]?”

Mrazek was also asked if, after platooning for much of the year, being traded into a playoff race and into a starter’s role had renewed his excitement.

“It’s always fun to be in a group with a chance to make the playoffs,” he said. “It was really good to get a fresh starts, especially with my contract almost up. I’m really excited for the opportunity.”

2. The Free Press’s Helene St. James…

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Red Wings-Flyers post-morning skate stuff: On Mrazek and bad ice

The Red Wings and Flyers held their respective morning skates ahead of tonight’s game between the teams (7:30 PM EDT on NBCSN/NBCS Philly/97.1 FM), and Petr Mrazek took center stage both during and after the Flyers’ skate:

So:

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Walleye’s Kyle Bonis named ECHL Player of the Week

From the Toledo Walleye:

Bonis nets Player of the Week honors

(Toledo, OH) – Forward Kyle Bonis is the Sher-Wood Athletics Group ECHL Player of the Week for March 12-18. It is the second time in his career that he has received the weekly honor.

Bonis was dominating over the past week, scoring four goals to go along with three assists and was a plus five in four road games for the Walleye. He started the week with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at Quad City on Wednesday and followed that up with another goal in Friday’s 3-2 win at the Mallards. Saturday night in Indy, the 29 year old scored the game-tying goal late in the third period and followed that up with the overtime game-winning strike 16 seconds in for a 4-3 win. He finished the week with an assist in a 4-1 win. Bonis is currently second on the Walleye in scoring with 48 points, while leading the team with 24 goals.

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A Team USA world championship tidbit from Custance

The Athletic’s Craig Custance penned a subscriber-only article regarding Team USA’s World Championship team, which is slowly being built at the NHL’s GM’s meetings, and here’s the Red Wings-related part of Custance’s article:

[Last year’s] team had a strong Red Wings connection with head coach Jeff Blashill the U.S. coach. Blashill is again a top candidate to be Team USA’s coach if he’s interested, with Buffalo’s Phil Housley and New York’s Doug Weight also in the mix.

If the Americans on the Red Wings show the same commitment — and it was Dylan Larkin doing a lot of the recruiting last spring — this roster quickly becomes a medal contender. Jimmy Howard, Larkin and Danny DeKeyser all were on the 2017 roster.

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Red Wings-Flyers morning skate Tweets and articles: game previews galore + looks like Howard vs. Mrazek

The Detroit Red Wings will attempt to snap their 10-game winless streak when they host the Philadelphia Flyers this evening (7:30 PM EDT on NBCSN/NBCS Philly/97.1 FM).

Ahead of today’s morning skate, the Wings and Flyers’ press posted articles setting up tonight’s game, starting with MLive’s Ansar Khan:

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