Detroit Red Wings Embark On Four Game Road Trip

The Detroit Red Wings are about to embark on a crucial four-game road trip over six days. Then they will return home for one game then the Four Nations Break begins. The Red Wings will start the road trip against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Then a back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday with the Calgary Flames on Saturday and the Vancouver Canucks Sunday. The final game will be at the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. The final game before the break will be a critical one against the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 8^th.

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The Detroit Red Wings entering the road trip are currently three points back of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. It’s been a shocking turnaround over the last month. They are 11-4-1 under Todd McLellan which has brought them back. The Red Wings also have a 37.7 power-play percentage under McLellan and a 71.9 penalty-kill percentage. They will enter the road trip with a red-hot Marco Kasper. He has found a home on the top line with Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond. Kasper has recorded 11 points in ten games on seven goals and four assists. Larkin has 18 points in his last 13 games on eight goals and ten assists. Raymond also has 18 points in his last 12 games on five goals and 13 assists.

The Red Wings are wrapping up their season series against all four teams on the road trip. In the previous meetings against the four teams, they are 2-0-2 against them. They beat the Kraken 6-2 on January 12^th, and the Flames 2-1 in overtime on November 27^th. They would lose 3-2 in overtime to the Oilers on October 27th. On December 1st they lost to the Canucks 5-4 in overtime. If the Red Wings could come back with six points in the four games, they just may be right back into a playoff spot.

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This trip will be successful with a minimum of five points. It could also put them in a spot where a win over the Lightning could put them in a playoff spot before the Four Nations break. This will be a crucial six days and if the Red Wings play as they have under Todd McLellan this team certainly could end their playoff drought and get back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2015-16.