It’s a moment almost all Detroit Red Wings fans remember. The night Detroit embarrassed the Colorado Avalanche en route to the Stanley Cup Final. An already heated series by the most intense rivalry in professional sports made even more so by the skill level of both teams. After a scare for the Red Wings after … Read more
During the 2nd period of a 2016 NHL Playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Pavel Datsyuk took a hit to the face that knocked out one of his teeth. Datsyuk then retaliated and was called for a penalty. Following the penalty call, Henrik Zetterberg is seen looking around and then finding what we assume … Read more
In his first career NHL playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2016, Detroit Red Wings rookie Dylan Larkin failed to record a shot on goal. It didn’t take him long to get that monkey off his back in Game 2. Let’s hope that we get to see Larkin lead the Red Wings to … Read more
Longtime Detroit Red Wings great and hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe will have his name stripped off of the Stanley Cup. And Howe is not the only one from his era of hockey that this will happen to. The Stanley Cup will be undergoing yet another change of bands this spring when they retire … Read more
It was 1998, and a year prior, something special happened in Hockeytown. The Detroit Red Wings swept the Philadelphia Flyers and hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years. Confetti rained down throughout Joe Louis Arena, and once again it was great to be a Red Wings fan. The next season, the Wings would … Read more
RED WINGS at LIGHTNING 34 SOG 24 0/4 POWER PLAY 0/4 34 FACE-OFF WINS 29 12 BLOCKED SHOTS 18 23 HITS 26 7 GIVEAWAYS 17 1st Period 3 minutes into the period, Niklas Kronwall had a very rare semi-breakaway opportunity as he got in behind the Tampa Bay defense. His backhanded attempt was stopped … Read more
DETROIT RED WINGS (1-3) @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (3-1) Puck drop: 7:00pm ET Venue: Amalie Arena – Tampa, FL TV: FSDT, TVA2, SunS, NBCS, CBC Get caught up on the series with our recap of Game 4. Injuries Tampa Bay Detroit Steven Stamkos **Johan Franzen Anton Stralman **Drew Miller J.T. Brown **Denotes LTIR Expected Rosters Red … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings entered Game 4 of their best of seven series with the Tampa Bay Lightning in front of their home fans with a chance to tie the series at two games apiece. They didn’t get it done, largely because their special teams couldn’t get it done. The Lightning left the ice after … Read more
3rd Period TB Goal: Palat (2-3 TB) 2nd Period TB Goal: Kucherov (0-2 TB) DET Goal: Helm (1-2 TB) DET Goal: Nyquist (2-2) 1st Period TB Goal: Kucherov (0-1 TB) DETROIT RED WINGS (1-2) vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (2-1) Puck drop: 7:00pm ET Venue: Joe Louis Arena – Detroit, MI TV: FSFL, CBC, NBCS, TVA2, FSDT Get … Read more
Game one of the series against the Tampa Bay Lightning was ugly. Detroit was dominated throughout a large portion of the game, and although the shot total leaned in Detroit’s favor in the end, the quality of shots and play was largely in Tampa’s favor. Game two was more of the same, if not worse. The … Read more
RED WINGS vs. LIGHTNING 30 SOG 16 0/7 POWER PLAY 0/3 29 FACE-OFF WINS 28 14 BLOCKED SHOTS 18 29 HITS 28 6 TAKEAWAYS 2 Pregame Darren McCarty was seen skating around the Joe Louis Arena ice with the Red Wings 25th consecutive playoff appearances flag waving freely. Here’s a pretty cool shot of Mac … Read more
Captain Henrik Zetterberg beat Ben Bishop, Toronto, and Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Cooper all at once. His first goal of the playoffs came with plenty of controversy, but ultimately stood. After being ruled as a goal on the ice, a review was initiated with the NHL’s War Room to determine if the puck was kicked in, but the call on the … Read more
That’s what you call a hockey hit. Early in the first period of Game 3 between the Detroit Red Wings and the Tampa Bay Lightning, Brendan Smith made his presence known, at least to Cedric Paquette. Chasing the puck towards the corner in Detroit’s end, Smith allowed Paquette to play it behind the net, and … Read more
2nd Period DET Goal: Athanasiou (1-0 DET) DET Goal: Zetterberg (2-0 DET) 1st Period No scoring. DETROIT RED WINGS (0-2) vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (2-0) Puck drop: 7:00pm ET Venue: Joe Louis Arena – Detroit, MI TV: CNBC, CBC, TVA, FSDT, SunS Get caught up on the series with our recap of Game 2. Injuries Tampa Bay … Read more
To say that things broke down towards the end of last night’s Lightning victory would be putting it lightly. Justin Abdelkader, a big player in the late-game festivities, thinks things will calm down as the series continues. “It’s been a physical series,” he told the Detroit Free Press today. “Each game kind of takes its own shape. Yeah, I don’t … Read more
Insanity. The definition of insanity is doing the same exact thing over and over again and expecting a different result. After watching the 1st round series between the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning it’s pretty clear, the Red Wings from top to bottom are insane. If the Red Wings are going to even think … Read more
