BUFFALO, N.Y. – Not only did Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center pull the Red Wings closer to qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs, it also marked a coaching milestone in franchise history. The win gave Mike......
To help celebrate NBC Rivalry Night, NHL.com will look at a rivalry within the rivalry of the featured game on Wednesday nights. For this week, we are trying to determine which superstar Russian center will have the biggest effect on his team in t......
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Now it’s down to the big one. One more point and the Red Wings can breathe easier – but they won’t. Their 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday night means the Red Wings are one point shy of clinching a berth in the Stanley......
BUFFALO, N.Y. – For the last seven months, Daniel Alfredsson has appreciated what some outsiders don’t usually get to see in Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall. “He’s one of those guys who is underrated, maybe, all around the league,” Alfreds......
DETROIT – The magic number is five but the Red Wings don’t want to lose sight of their mission. “We’ve got a game tomorrow is all I know and we have to find a way to win a game,” Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. “We’ve done a lot of good things......
DETROIT - Netting his first NHL goal has been a long time coming for Luke Glendening. On Saturday, the wait finally came to an end. “It was just I think overall just a feeling of relief just to get that monkey off my back,” said Glendening,......
DETROIT – If the Stanley Cup playoffs began today the Red Wings would lock horns with the Pittsburgh Penguins in a best-of-seven game first-round series. But with so much late-season turbulence in the standings, it appears that this year’s play......
DETROIT - The Red Wings did exactly what they were supposed to against Buffalo Friday night: they started on time. Detroit jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first period to take an early edge over the Eastern Conference’s last-place Sabres......
DETROIT – The Red Wings flirted with fire Friday night, but in the end their hot start proved to be enough against the outmanned Buffalo Sabres. “I think the pace from us slowed down as the game went on,” said Daniel Alfredsson, who had the gam......
DETROIT – Longtime NHL referee Don Van Massenhoven officiated his final game Friday. The game – between the Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres at Joe Louis Arena – drew to a close a career that includes 1,278 regular-season games; 87 Stanley Cup play......
DETROIT – As the long list of injured players continues to funnel back into the Red Wings lineup, it appears that one player’s season is done. Veteran center Stephen Weiss, who was signed during the off-season to essentially replace the departu......
DETROIT - The Red Wings may see more than one familiar face return to the lineup Friday. Daniel Alfredsson, who missed Wednesday’s game against Boston due to a lower back injury, is expected to play when Detroit hosts Buffalo. Coach Mike Ba......
DETROIT – Finally, it appears that Pavel Datsyuk will be back in the lineup when the Red Wings host the Buffalo Sabres Friday night at Joe Louis Arena. Datsyuk, who has missed nearly half the regular season, including the past 16 games with a l......
DETROIT - Any win is still a win, but there’s no doubt that Detroit’s 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins meant just a little bit more to goaltender Jimmy Howard. Not only did Howard earn his 150th career win Wednesday night, but he stopped 33 o......
DETROIT – Good teams create their own luck. Desperate teams just find ways to win, which is exactly what the Red Wings did in knocking off the league’s best team Wednesday night. “As a group of forwards we weren’t available for passes and we di......
DETROIT – Luke Glendening’s never been afraid of working hard for everything he’s received. Whether it was as a walk-on at the University of Michigan or as an undrafted rookie this season, Glendening has been a coach’s ideal commodity – a hard-......
DETROIT – Pavel Datsyuk had hoped to be a game-time decision tonight when the Red Wings host the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins. Unfortunately, the superstar center didn’t make it that far before withdrawing from Wednesday's game at J......
DETROIT - Although Reilly and Brendan Smith never played hockey together growing up in Mimico, Ontario, the two brothers have become familiar opponents in their young NHL careers. “It was a little weird the first couple times but you kind of fo......
DETROIT – If it weren’t for bad luck Daniel Cleary would have no luck. The Red Wings forward, who hasn’t played since before the Olympic break, rolled the dice when he decided to go through with an injection that was supposed to relieve knee pa......
DETROIT – Pavel Datsyuk was excited to be back on the ice with his Red Wings’ teammates Tuesday, and hopes to be a game-time decision Wednesday. The superstar center has been sidelined since early March after team doctors and trainers decided h......