Karel Vejmelka made 38 saves for the Utah Hockey Club, who scored three straight goals to rally for a 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday. Vejmelka, who signed a five-year contract extension earlier Thursday,
There was a stretch late in the second period where the Carolina Hurricanes so effectively pinned the Detroit Red Wings in their own zone that a couple defensemen ended up playing nearly five-minute shifts.
The Detroit Red Wings' move on Monday evening could make the countdown to the NHL's March 7 trade deadline more interesting.
Dylan Larkin scored for the first time since Feb. 22, but the Wings gave up three unanswered goals in a 4-2 loss to Utah HC.
The only player shipped out was Joe Veleno, a former first-round pick who wasn't performing to expectations. "I wouldn’t say we did everything we wanted to do but we had areas we wanted to address,
Dusk had fallen by the time the Detroit Red Wings took to the rink laid out in the horseshoe that is Ohio Stadium, ice gleaming in the fading light.