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If this team continues to struggle or not get the results they want by the end of the season, it’d make sense that Yzerman cans Blashill and goes and makes his first head coaching hire as GM of the Red Wings.

Yzerman was with the Tampa Bay Lightning at that point. He was hired in 2015 following the departure of Mike Babcock. The Wings can get it with a win or overtime loss against the Nashville Predators at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit.īlashill is not Steve Yzerman’s guy. They are the only teams in the Eastern Conference who haven’t recorded double-digit points yet. Going into Monday, it’s the same with 9 points, while the Senators are behind with 7 points. The only team they finished ahead of last season was the Ottawa Senators. They come back home with a record of 4-10-1 and 7th in the Atlantic. In a season that Jeff Blashill was hoping to see progress following a 32-40-10 campaign, the Red Wings have not been getting the results they want.

It wasn’t a competitive game in either outing, as the Hurricanes pounced on the Wings for a 7-3 win, and then the Panthers took care of business with a 4-0 win. I thought in the second and third period we were better.The Detroit Red Wings return home following an ugly two-game trip on the road in Carolina and Sunrise. "I felt from the drop of the puck we weren't winning battles. "I thought the second half we took it to them," Detroit forward Justin Abdelkader said. From a goalmouth scramble, Tatar jammed a loose puck past Saros. "I think we needed something to kind of get the momentum going, so it was definitely good to help out," Athanasiou said.Īfter Arvidsson restored Nashville's two-goal lead, Detroit pulled back within one at 7:54 of the third. It was Athanasiou's first goal in 12 games. The Red Wings got on the board at 10:12 of the second as Athanasiou slipped behind the Nashville defense, took a pass from Dylan Larkin and beat Saros with a stick-side deke move. "The third period was a lot better, but we still made too many bad decisions." "We got off to a good start, but the second period wasn't good at all," Arvidsson said. It was the first goal by Turris since Jan. Josi's wrist shot squeezed through the legs of Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall and landed right in front of Nashville center Kyle Turris, who tucked the puck past Howard. It was 2-0 Predators at 9:35 of the first. Roman Josi's wrist shot from the point deflected off the right skate of Nashville forward Hartnell before settling into the net behind Howard. The Predators grabbed the lead just 4:18 into the opening period. The puck skipped over the stick of Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson, allowing Arvidsson to get in alone and snap a shot by Howard on the stick side.Īndreas Athanasiou and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard finished with 26 saves. "Arvie has been a huge factor in that, because he's been making plays all over the ice lately."Īrvidsson's goal at 4:50 of the third period pushed the Predators' lead to 3-1. "The last two games, I think our line has been a lot better and we're playing with a lot of confidence," Nashville's Ryan Johansen said. 19, 2013.Īrvidsson, who scored twice in the Predators' 5-2 win over Ottawa on Monday, now has eight goals and five assists in the last 14 games. Nashville also ended a three-game losing streak in Detroit since a win on Nov. Scott Hartnell and Kyle Turris also scored, and Juuse Saros stopped 34 shots for the Predators, who improved to 7-2-2 in their last nine games. DETROIT - Viktor Arvidsson is playing some of his best hockey of the season and helping the Nashville Predators get some big wins.Īrvidsson scored his third goal in two games and the Predators ended their seven-game losing skid against Detroit with a 3-2 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday.