Kirk Maltby News

Red Wings forward Kirk Maltby revealed to DetroitRedWings.com's Bill Roose that Mike Babcock chose to scratch him to both give Brad May playing time and to allow Maltby to recover from a case of influenza, but Maltby reports that the latest version of the "flu bug" going through the Wings' locker room isn't as severe as the one they brought back ...

Red Wings forward Brad May has managed to combine the elements brought to Detroit by Aaron Downey and Darren McCarty , adding a speedy skating stride and occasional goal-scoring to the mix, all while fighting on a relatively regular basis.

The Florida Panthers have turned things around after a slow start. They'll see how much they've improved when they visit the Detroit Red Wings, who have dominated the all-time series.

Goaltender Chris Osgood, as expected, will return to action Friday, when the Detroit Red Wings host the Florida Panthers at Joe Louis Arena.

It took Henrik Zetterberg a while to find his scoring touch. But the 2008 Conn Smythe Trophy winner is now on a roll -- and so are the Detroit Red Wings.

When the Detroit Red Wings face off against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday, the Free Press's Helene St.

Henrik Zetterberg and the Detroit Red Wings finally found a way to shake off the rallying Anaheim Ducks .

Update from the Detroit Red Wings' morning skate Saturday: Jimmy Howard will make his third straight start in goal tonight against Anaheim, as Chris Osgood continues to be hampered by the flu and wasn't at the rink.

When the Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in 1983, he was 18, but he looked even younger -- less a Boy Scout, than a Cub Scout.

Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Detroit -- The Red Wings are wasting no time throwing newly-acquired forward Drew Miller into the fire.

ESPN's John Buccigross predicted that the Detroit Red Wings would meet their demise as a playoff-contending team, this season, and while his tone goes from, "Shift disturber" to, "Man of the people" in his mailbag feature, he continued to dig at the Wings today, as Snapshots reader Drew Davis noted: November 11, ESPN : Bucci, Greetings from onboard ...

It has taken a while for their many new parts to mesh, but the Detroit Red Wings finally are seeing cohesiveness.

Not-so-surprisingly, all the Red Wings' precautions against the H1N1 virus didn't completely protect the team from the "regular" influenza bug lurking in the Edmonton Oilers' locker room.

Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman spoke to the Free Press's Helene St. James and MLive.com's own Ansar Khan recently, discussing his career at length and his imminent Hockey Hall of Fame induction, and Yzerman, perhaps not so surprisingly, told St.

In light of NHL.com's three-article slate profiling Red Wings VP and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee-to-be Steve Yzerman, DetroitRedWings.com's Michael Caples asked several current Red Wings to share their thoughts about Yzerman's career and influence upon the team: November 5, DetroitRedWings.com : "It was just a matter of time after we knew that he ...

The Windsor Star's Dave Waddell spoke to Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood and coach Mike Babcock about Detroit's bumpy start to the regular season and their slow turnaround during their West Coast swing, and Osgood made a very telling set of comments about the Wings' play: November 5, Windsor Star : "We've gotten back to the way we're capable of ...

The Detroit Red Wings have dry-erase boards in the dressing room, nestled between the showers and training room, that show how they stack up.

The Detroit Red Wings have dry-erase boards in the dressing room, nestled between the showers and training room, that show how they stack up.

Two of the Detroit Red Wings' flu-ridden defensemen, Brian Rafalski and Jonathan Ericsson, returned to practice Wednesday.