Sports : NHL : Detroit Red Wings
Who has the most expensive defense in the NHL? (Yahoo! Sports)Is there a link between dollars spent on forwards and offensive output? Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press looked at the link this week for the Winnipeg Jets, who have the third-lowest payroll (against the cap) for forwards in … Continue reading →
Red Wings Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)The travel-weary Red Wings were eager to get home after Monday's 3-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena.
They have spent a lot of time on the road, completing a stretch in which they played 20 of 31 games away from home. Now they will settle in for some home cooking. Their next six games, including Wednesday against Edmonton, are at Joe Louis Arena, where they have won 17 in a row. And 18 of their final 28 games are at home.
"The schedule has been pretty tough for the last month and a half or so," defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. "Obviously, we would have liked to come out with two points here. That way the road trip would have been a lot better than (2-1-1). At the same time, it's good to come home and get a little refreshed, try to take advantage of our home...
Mike Smith stopped 30 shots, Martin Hanzal scored twice and the Phoenix Coyotes ended a seven-game losing streak to Detroit with a 3-1 win over the Red Wings on Monday night.
Monday’s Three Stars: Hanzal leads Coyotes; Kessel, Leafs keep rolling (Yahoo! Sports)No. 1 Star: Martin Hanzal, Phoenix Coyotes Looking for their first win against the Detroit Red Wings in seven games, Hanzal potted a pair of goals and Mike Smith made 30 saves as the Coyotes were victorious 3-1. Ray Whitney … Continue reading →
Coyotes beat Red Wings 3-1 to end losing streak (AP)The Phoenix Coyotes needed a boost after an exhausting first half of the season. Beating San Jose was a big step. Following that with a win over Detroit, another nemesis, could send them into a sprint toward the playoffs again. Mike Smith stopped 30 shots, Martin Hanzal scored twice and the Coyotes ended a seven-game losing streak to the Red Wings with a 3-1 victory Monday night.
Detroit Red Wings? Jimmy Howard Could Miss Up to Six Weeks: A Fan?s Reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network)There is bad news for the Detroit Red Wings. Goaltender Jimmy Howard, who was expected to miss just a couple of games due to a broken right index finger, is now expected to miss more time. The break was worse than expected, causing him to miss as many as six weeks, but Howard...
Puck Previews: Oilers visit Maple Leafs; Red Wings go for Coyotes sweep (Yahoo! Sports)Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. • The Bruins made … Continue reading →
Puck Headlines: Sam Gagner didn’t score 8 points; Stewart waived; Crosby update (Yahoo! Sports)Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Via reader Bryce Rankin, an NHL desk calendar fail of the … Continue reading →
Jack Todd: Canadiens should start planning for next season, because this one is over (The Montreal Gazette)When the Canadiens were busy tanking the early part of this miserable season, a francophone wit whose name we?ve forgotten suggested that it wasn?t all that bad.
What We Learned: NHL could learn a thing or two from the Super Bowl (Yahoo! Sports)Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →
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