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Ita TMs good to be home. After a five-game road trip that saw Detroit pick up six out of a possible 10 points, it looked like the Red Wings were happy to be back in Joe Louis Arena.

Miscellany sounds a little better than "odds and ends" in my book. In any case, the Sporting News's Craig Custance posited this thought about the Red Wings-Sharks match-up... November 5, The Sporting News: Not unlike last season, the red-hot San Jose Sharks come to Detroit tonight hoping to knock the two-time defending Western Conference champs off ...

Detroit -- Who knew that his 100th career goal would be so elusive? Danny Cleary is off to his slowest start since joining the Red Wings in 2005-06. He has one goal in 13 games and is a minus-6. He got his 99th career goal in the second game of the season in Sweden and has been scoreless with three assists since.

Neither Brian Rafalski nor Jonathan Ericsson will play tonight because of flu-like symptoms.

The Red Wings won their last game of a five-game road trip by doing what they could not do consistently the past four: play as a team.

Update from the Detroit Red Wings' morning skate Saturday at the Saddledome: Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson didn't skate.

At home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, he's known as Lyle Richardson . But around these parts, he's known as Spector, FOXSports.com's Prince of Pucks.

The Detroit Examiner's Mike Mouat took a gander at The Hockey News 's "Money Issue," which focuses upon the economic cluster-you-know-what that the Chicago Blackhawks will find themselves in attempting to re-sign Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, as well as salary cap issues likely to plague a few other teams, but he reports that the Red Wings ...

The Detroit Red Wings are off to their worst start in 20 years, and with three games in Western Canada this week, it could get worse before it gets better.

Broomfield, Colo. -- Don't bring up the s-word around Red Wings coach Mike Babcock.

While Kyle Quincey had hoped to receive a Stanley Cup ring from the Detroit Red Wings following the 2007-08 season, he said he's not upset he didn't get one.

Oh, goody, per the Detroit News's Dana Wakiji: October 14, Detroit News : Center Pavel Datsyuk and defenseman Niklas Kronwall did not practice with the Red Wings on Wednesday at Joe Louis Arena.

Expect changes Thursday when the Detroit Red Wings face the Chicago Blackhawks. Whether Brad May is in the lineup is subject for speculation.

Tomas Holmstrom's powerplay goal with 6:53 left to play in the third period lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.

Brett Lebda will be replaced by Derek Meech for the home opener on Thursday against Chicago After two less than acceptable efforts and losses against the St.

Tomas Kopecky almost became bulletin-board material for his old team, the Detroit Red Wings, on Tuesday.

With the NHL season just under way, one statistic posted in the Red Wings' dressing room at Joe Louis Arena already looks as bad as last season's. Having allowed four goals on nine opponents' power plays, the Wings' penalty-killing percentage is 55.6%. Yet that doesn't show how Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart killed off the ...

Detroit --Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will make at least one change before the home-opener Thursday.

Update from Stockholm: Jonathan Ericsson took to the ice for the Red Wings' morning skate today, and said his left ankle may be OK enough that he'll play tonight when the Wings take on the Blues at Globe Arena.

Share + Sep 27, 2009 8:18 pm US/Eastern DETROIT 1 of 1 Valtteri Filppula No. 51 of the Detroit Red Wings scores a diving third period goal past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury No.