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• Detroit Red Wings finally getting well

  February 01, 2013

  The Detroit Red Wings are starting to look like the Red Wings gain. Since opening with a 6-0 loss at St. Louis, they have gone 3-1-1 in their last five games.
  
  “We weren't very competitive,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said of that season opener. “Now we have an opportunity to evaluate ourselves six games later and see where we're at.”
  
  The Red Wings are 2-0-1 in their last three games, with 10 goals scored. They have killed 14 of their last 16 penalties. Back in Game 1, the allowed four power-play goals.
  
  Their home game tonight against the Blues will provide a barometer of their progress.
  
  “I think we're doing the right things, it's starting to come together,” winger Todd Bertuzzi told the Detroit Free Press. “St. Louis is playing well -- they're big, they're strong, they're tough. We're going to have to match that.”

  Forward Henrik Zetterberg is expected to play in this game after missing Thursday's practice with flu-like symptoms. But he Red Wings are still shorthanded. Key defenseman Ian White (leg gash) isn’t expected back until next week.
  
  “I was actually hoping to play today because I was skating for a few days now, felt fine,'' White told MLive.com. “But then the doctor explained if you fall and that leg jack-knifes it'll blow everything up in there. I'm aiming for Tuesday, we'll see. It gets a little bit better every day and hopefully I'll be back then.”
  
  Forwards Darren Helm (back), Mikael Samuelsson (groin) and Jan Mursak (collarbone) are out for longer periods of time, as is defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder).

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• Red Wings prepare for life without Nicklas Lidstroom

  September 18, 2012

  Kyle Quincey came via a trade last season. Carlo Colaiacovo arrived a free agent just before the NHL lockout hit, signing for two years and $5 million.
  
  Brendan Smith showed the potential to graduate into a full-time role during his promotion from the AHL last season. Jakub Kindl has shown some potential as well.
  
  Along with top returning defensemen Niklas Kronwall and Ian White, these four will try to fill the offensive hole left by the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom.
  
  Colaiacovo scored 29, 32 and 26 points during a three-year span for the St. Louis Blues. Last season he slipped to 19 points as his offensive role diminished. 
  
  “He's played in the NHL. Smith is a rookie. Kindl has been around a bit but hasn't really had the opportunity to establish himself,” Red Wings general manager Ken Holland told the Detroit Free Press. “Carlo gives us another veteran defenseman for our team. He can play on the power play. He's got the ability to get the puck in the hands of our forwards.”
  
  Colaiacovo has enough skill to earn a role with the second power play if he can stay healthy. Coach Mike Babcock told the Free Press that he sees Carlo as a "second- or third-pair guy who has found a way to play in the league. You get better as you get older, and he's one of those guys.”

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• Luongo Joins Mounting NHL Injury List

  November 15, 2011

  Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo is shelved by a groin muscle strain – not that the team would admit it.

  “With what happened in the Buffalo-Boston game there, I'm going to just say it's an upper body injury," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault told the Vancouver Province. “We're not quite sure what's allowed on the goaltenders and what's not allowed. I'm very serious. I always in the regular season tell you what's going on with the players.”

  Yes, well, NHL goaltenders are on red alert after Bruins power forward Milan Lucic plowed Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller and knocked him out of action with a concussion.

  Elsewhere on the NHL injury front:

  Florida lost winger Scottie Upshall for upward of two months with an unspecified lower body injury suffered last week. So the team would like to get Mikael Samuelsson back from his sports hernia. He has yet to play for the Panthers since coming over from Vancouver in a trade. Samuelsson is skating on his own but not practicing with the team.
  
  Pittsburgh superstar Sidney Crosby looks ready to return. He looked fine playing on a line with Evgeni Malkin and James Neal during Monday’s practice, but still wasn’t activated for Tuesday’s game. He is truly day-to-day now with his post-concussion syndrome.
  
  Capitals defenseman Mike Green returned after missing six games with an ankle injury . . . only to suffer a groin muscle strain. It’s been a tough couple of years for Green.
  
  Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk looked ready to return this week from a lower-body injury, but he missed his fifth game Tuesday night against the Bruins. Teammate Travis Zajac (Achilles tendon tear) is skating on his own but not especially close to returning to action.
  
  Montreal defenseman Andrei Markov may finally be recovering from knee surgery. He has been able to go full tilt in practice for the Canadiens and stay on the ice afterward to scrape rust off his skills. Now he needs to see how the knee holds up during full-contact bumping and grinding.
  
  Detroit defenseman Ian White will miss at least several games with a facial fractures suffered while blocking a shot against Dallas. Mike Commodore will move into the lineup in his absence.
  
  Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook suffered a lower body during a 6-3 victory over Edmonton. He left that game early, but traveled with the team to Vancouver for its next game.

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