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Red Wings bounce back with big win to start tough trip
The Red Wings (21-19-4) bounced back strong from Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to San Jose, which snapped their seven-game winning streak, in the first stop of a challenging four-game trip. Florida (26-17-3) was 12-0-1 in its past 13 games against the Red Wings.
After winning seven straight NHL games, the Red Wings played flat in loss Tuesday. Can they rebound Thursday as a 1.5-goal underdog at the Panthers?
Everything you need to know ahead of tonight's game between the Red Wings and Lightning, as Detroit looks to complete a 2-0 tour of Florida
The Panthers acquired Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline last season to add depth to their forward group as well as a veteran presence who had already been where the Panthers were trying to go. Tarasenko already had one Stanley Cup win under his belt, winning it all with the St. Louis Blues in 2019.
Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers
Jonatan Berggren, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane had power-play goals, but it was Marco Kasper's long range shot 1 minute, 57 seconds after Kane scored, at 15:41 of the second period, that gave the Wings a 4-2 lead and moved Florida to pull goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (11 saves on 15 shots) with Spencer Knight.
TAMPA BAY -- Another Atlantic Division clash in the Sunshine State is up next for the Detroit Red Wings, who will go head-to-head with the Tampa Bay Lightning at AMALIE Arena on Saturday night.
Prediction for the NHL Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings match will occur on January 17. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.
Saturday, heading to Amalie Arena to face the Tampa Bay Lightning, logic suggested that the Red Wings should be feeling good about leaving the state with back-to-back wins. After all, they’d won four of six in that rink. However, it was the Wings who wound up on the end of a whipping. Tampa Bay smacked Detroit 5-1.
While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to move up the Eastern Conference standings, their captain Victor Hedman keeps checking off milestones.
Many of the Wings' recent first-round draft picks have been contributing heavily during the team's 8-2-0 run since coach Todd McLellan took over.