Detroit Red Wings News

Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock wants to see more out of the forward line of Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom.

One of the unwritten rules of just about any sport involves the suggestion that any practice deemed "optional" is anything but, and while Red Wings coach Mike Babcock deemed Friday's morning skate an "optional" one, the Free Press's George Sipple reports that most of the team's players chose the "option" of going down to get a sweat on, one way or ...

In the thoroughbred horse race known as the 2009-10 NHL season, more than a handful of competitors have come up lame by the quarter pole.

Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings skates during game action against the Toronto Maple Leafs November 7, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Niklas Kronwall While this might not be the matchup Detroit goes after, Ott did have two goals and an assist in three games against the Red Wings last season.

Chris Osgood is 8 pounds lighter; Jimmy Howard, four games wiser. After a nearly weeklong battle with a nasty virus, Osgood is back at work and nearing a return to his starting job in net for the Red Wings.

Coach Mike Babcock said goaltender Chris Osgood and forward Kirk Maltby will return to the lineup Friday, when the Detroit Red Wings host the Florida Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Jimmy Howard will get his next start in net Saturday at Montreal.

The Red Wings lost scorers in the off-season and had three top-six forwards suffer injuries over the first month of the season -- and here they are, the top-scoring team in the Western Conference.

Alex Auld made 31 saves, and Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen and Loui Eriksson scored in the Dallas Stars' 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

First off, in case you missed it, the Detroit Red Wings lost a couple of players over the summer.

Henrik Zetterberg, second from right, has nine points in Detroit's last three games.

Chris Osgood returned to practice today. But given that he has been out five days battling flu-like sickness, the Red Wings will have Daniel Larsson backing up goalie Jimmy Howard when the Wings host Dallas on Wednesday night, coach Mike Babcock said.

Darren Helm finally is figuring things out, not the least thanks to having a dynamo like Kris Draper as a linemate and as a lockermate in the Red Wings' locker room.

The surging Detroit Red Wings will shoot for a third consecutive victory and sixth in seven games when they welcome the Anaheim Ducks for tonight's clash at Joe Louis Arena.

It's a hockey-centric episode tonight on "The Knee Jerks," my weekly gabfest on Blog Talk Radio with my co-host, Al Beaton , as we talk all things Detroit Red Wings and NHL with Kahn.

Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood missed another practice but is expected to rejoin teammates Tuesday after a lengthy battle with flu-like symptoms.

The Carolina Hurricanes are turning to veteran goalie Manny Legace, a former Detroit Red Wing, to help replace the injured Cam Ward.

Detroit winger Henrik Zetterberg is the NHL's first star of the week after leading the Red Wings to three consecutive victories.

According to the Free Press's George Sipple, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has given Ville Leino a promotion... November 9, Detroit Free Press : Ville Leino replaced injured forward Jason Williams on a line with Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg at practice today at Joe Louis Arena.

Detroit -- What's the old adage: adversity doesn't build character, it exposes it? The character of a couple of young Red Wings got tested during their 7-4 victory over the Ducks on Saturday, with positive results.