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Andrew Shaw and Brent Seabrook also scored as the rolling Blackhawks grabbed a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with their fifth consecutive victory. Patrick Sharp added two assists, and Corey Crawford made 29 saves in another solid performance.
The Boston Bruins insist they aren’t trying to draw the high-flying Pittsburgh Penguins into a street fight. However, if one breaks out during the Eastern Conference finals, all the better.
When have the Red Wings ever had a season like this? It is hard to think of one. And, if you start researching it, something similar is hard to find.
Helm is optimistic he’ll be ready for training camp. "It has gotten better, slower," said Helm, who missed all but one game in the shortened, 41-game season. "Talking with people with back pain and back issues, it just takes time."
Datsyuk, who can become an unrestricted free agent next summer, would like to work out a extension this summer. "I would love to stay," said Datsyuk, 34, who can sign an extension beginning July 5.
The Red Wings made the playoffs, beat the second-seeded Ducks in a Game 7 on the road and lost to the top-seeded Blackhawks in an overtime Game 7 on the road. In a sense, they skipped over a rebuilding year, and a dangerous transition has become a doable transition.
Ted Kulfan of The Detroit News grades every Red Wings player and the coaching staff in the photo gallery above, for their performances this season. Check out his final verdicts.
He admits it would be strange but wearing a new jersey is something Valtteri Filppula could be doing next season. The unrestricted free agent forward, nursing a severely sprained ankle suffered in Game 7, doesn't know what his future holds.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited. Sure, the Red Wings season is over, having lost a 2-1 overtime game to the Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, but there's plenty of reason to be optimistic about next season.
General manager Ken Holland said Thursday the Red Wings will consider free agents and trades during the offseason, but the focus remains building from within after nearly knocking off the top-seeded Blackhawks in the Western Conference semifinals.
Seabrook’s shot tipped Niklas Kronwall’s skate before flipping past Howard, and that’s how these crazy Game 7s often end. On the ice after the game, Kronwall dropped to one knee, his head down, while Howard put his arm around him.
Valtteri Filppula suffered a high ankle sprain and is expected to recover in six to eight weeks, Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said Thursday.
The cable channel had a 2.07 national rating, its highest for an NHL broadcast, with 3,354,000 viewers tuning in to watch Chicago beat Detroit 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 Wednesday night.
A shot from Brent Seabrook that glanced off Niklas Kronwall’s skate found its way behind Jimmy Howard and the Red Wings were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, 2-1. The played valiantly to the end.
Babcock felt the series was as close as it could get. "I didn’t like our Game 5, but other than that, we played," Babcock said. " ... We did a lot of good ...
In recent summers, Wings fans have been dreading the future once the season ended because of the relative lack of promising players on the horizon. But this ...
So what was the immediate reaction from Hjalmarsson when his apparent winning goal in the third period was waved off? "Went blank from there. I got so mad," ...
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook scored his first goal of the playoffs in overtime to eliminate the Red Wings in Game 7. Patrick Sharp opened the scoring ...
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook scored 3:35 into overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Red Wings 2-1. Seabrook took a quick wrist shot from ...
What a fitting ending to one of the best rivalries in sports. The Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, two old and proud Original Six teams, to a certain extent ...
Filppula was injured early in the first period after an apparent slewfoot by Chicago's Andrew Shaw along the Red Wings bench. Filppula only played two shifts ...
What makes this disappointing — and frustrating — for the Red Wings is the fact they’ve had two chances to close out the series and failed. They get one more ...
It’s hard to tell if the Red Wings are rattled or riled, but it’s easy to see the enormity of the task. They have to go into the United Center Wednesday and ...
Howard was saying it through pursed lips, still seething over another third-period letdown by his team, and you could hardly have blamed him if he’d decided to ...
The Red Wings will open the Western Conference finals against the Kings on Friday at the Staples Center if they win Game 7 against the Blackhawks Wednesday, ...
By the sixth game of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the gap between victory and defeat can be so slender that simple, small things do not even ...
The Red Wings have been through similar scenarios already this playoff season and have prevailed. And this series against Chicago has already been full of ...
John Tortorella was defiant in stating that the New York Rangers didn’t take a step back when they were knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second ...
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the defending Stanley Cup champions finished off this agonizingly even series with their 14th consecutive home victory over the ...
At the major sports books, Blackhawks supporters must bet $200 to win $100. If someone bets $100 on the Wings, they would receive $200 if Detroit wins.
Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Game 1: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1
Game 2: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1
Game 3: Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 1
Game 4: Red Wings 2, Blackhawks 0
Game 5: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1
Game 6: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 3
Game 7:Blackhawks 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)>
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Geoff Robinson It’s win or go home for the Red Wings now. After taking a 3-1 series lead against the Blackhawks in the Western Conference semifinals, Chicago has stormed back to force...
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