The Detroit Wings are 7-1 since head coach Todd McLellan took over, eager to keep learning what he wants from them.

Detroit Red Wings Todd McLellan, Justin Holl in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 16, 2025.

Detroit Red Wings coach Todd McLellan began his Thursday comments with a message regarding the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area.

The Detroit Red Wings are two weeks into Todd McLellan's reign as head coach, and so far, the vibes, as Marco Kasper put it, are good.

The Detroit Red Wings took nearly 40 shots but mustered just one goal in a 5-1 road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

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TAMPA BAY -- The Detroit Red Wings know they can’t let a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at AMALIE Arena on Saturday night linger because in about 24 hours, they’ll be dropping the puck against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center.

The up-and-down campaign of Detroit Red Wings goalie Ville Husso is re-entering the down cycle. Following Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Wings were reassigning Husso to the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins.

It was 4-0 before Lucas Raymond for the Red Wings on the scoreboard at 14:12 of the second by blasting in a one-timer on a pass from Patrick Kane on the power play. It was his 19th goal. The Red Wings are 18 for 40 on the power play in the past 11 games. But it was too much of an uphill climb at that point.

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.

Kane generated a power-play assist in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Lightning.