The Detroit Red Wings play the St. Louis Blues tomorrow night at Little Caesars Arena (7:30 PM EST start on Bally Sports Detroit Plus/Bally Sports Midwest/97.1 FM).
The Wings play St. Louis again in the Gateway City on December 9th, so a pair of teams that haven’t played each other since October of 2019 will become familiar with each other again over the course of the next three weeks.
St. Louis sits at 10-6-and-2 going into their 19th game, and they’ve won 2 of their past 3 games, including a 5-2 decision over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday.
The 8-9-and-3 Red Wings are looking to head into the American Thanksgiving break at .500, and the Wings will play in their 21st game looking to snap an 0-3-and-1 road losing streak as they settle in for a 2-game home stand.
The Blues held an optional practice on Tuesday, per In the Slot’s Lou Korac…
A lightly, lightly, lightly optional practice today for the #stlblues … Only skaters on ice: Binnington, Husso, Bortuzzo, Walman, Mikkola, Perunovich, Schenn and Kostin.
— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) November 23, 2021
Schenn is putting in a full day's work here. His puck handling, shooting has ramped up the past couple days and no restrictions here today either. Skating with speed. Berube said yesterday Schenn is very close. Bortuzzo also going full bore too. #stlblues
— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) November 23, 2021
And during the evening, Blues coach Craig Berube spoke with 101 ESPN in St. Louis, revealing that Schenn will probably return vs. the Wings, as The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford noted:
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