Season 2021/22
November Report
November’s Schedule:
Overall Record: 15-10-0 (4th Atlantic Division)
Month Record: 10–5-0
Home Record: 8-5-0
Away Record: 7-5-0
Last 10 Games: 7-3-0
Current Streak: 1W
League Standings:
The Players:
Leading Points: Jeff Skinner 25
Leading Goals: Fredrik Larsson 12
Leading Assists: Jeff Skinner 18
GM's Most Impressed Award: Colton Parayko.
Player Stats:
Goalie Stats:
Rookie Watch:
League Leaders:
Spoiler
Points:
Goals:
Assists:
Goalies:
Rookie Scoring:
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PIM
Game Results, News & Team Updates::
1st November, Los Angeles @ Detroit
The Red Wings win convincingly 3-0 over the LA Kings at home.
Defenseman Colton Parayko played his 1st game as a Red Wing and did not disappoint, putting in the most time on the ice (27:17) out of all skaters & made his presence known, dispatching several big hits on unsuspecting Kings players.
Dylan Larkin netted the game’s 1st goal during the 1st period. The lead was then extended when Martin Frk fired a medium range slap shot into the net, followed later by Kirby Dach who tapped in a loose puck that rebounded from a Fredrik Larsson wrap around.
Ville Husso was again relatively quiet, however picks up his 1st shutout for the season.
3 Stars of the Game:
Game Pics:
4th November, St Louis @ Detroit
It was a tough night if you were a goaltender & the Red Wings have beaten the St Louis Blues 6-4 at Little Caesars Arena.
Tonight was Parayko’s 1st game against his former team, with the defenseman not disappointing, putting in some great play throughout.
10 goals were scored in the 1st 2 periods of play, followed by a scoreless 3rd period.
Jeff Skinner led the scorecard for the Red Wings with 2 goals & Center Dylan Larkin tallied a goal & 3 assists in a 4 point game from him. Rookie Defenseman Jared McIsaac scored his 1st career goal.
For the Blues, centerman Ryan OReilly scored twice, all but carrying the Blues in a solid game from the gritty forward.
3 Stars of the Game:
6th November, Detroit @ Columbus
Despite mounting a comeback deep in the 3rd period, the Red Wings lose tonight’s road game 4-2 to the Blue Jackets.
After 2 goals from Tyson Jost, during the 3rd period, the Red Wings went on to score 2 goals from Larkin & Mantha to tie it up, however with only 1:59 remaining in the 3rd, Cam Atkinson scored to put the Jackets back in front, followed by an empty net goal from Aanti Nutivaara.
3 Stars of the Game:
9th November, Vancouver @ Detroit
Detroit lose their 2nd game in a row with a 4-3 defeat at home to the Vancouver Canucks.
Despite outshooting their opponents 36 to 26, the Wings have let another chance slip.
Parayko scored his 1st goal as a Red Wing in the loss.
It was another poor night for Ville Husso who made 22saves
3 Stars of the Game:
12th November, Philadelphia @ Detroit
Detroit score 4 goals in the final period to pull off a 6-5 victory over the Flyers in Philadelphia.
Through the 2nd period, the Wings trailed the Flyers 4-1, however they would own the final period in the miraculous turnaround.
Johnathan Bernier made 30 saves in a busy night for the red lamp at both ends.
Martin Frk scored twice to lead the Wings, with other goals coming from Mantha, Skinner, Larsson, &,Weber.
3 Stars of the Game:
13th November, Detroit @ Florida
Detroit’s season continues to go awry with a 4-2 loss to the Panthers at the BB&T Center.
It was the 1st meeting between Fredrik Larsson (Pick 1) & George Matheson (Pick 2), with Matheson easily being the better of the 2 out there, scoring a goal & tallying an assist. Larsson played plenty of minutes however failed to make an impact.
Filip Zadina was the Red Wings one bright light, scoring both goals for the visitors, in what has been a tough season to date.
With tonight’s loss, the Wings are 9-8-0 & sit 4th in the Atlantic Division standings.
3 Stars of the Game:
Game Pics:
16th November, Detroit @ Anaheim
Dylan Larkin stands up for his team & scores twice to help elevate the Red Wings to a 3-2 road victory over the Ducks.
Larkin’s goals came in the 1st & 2nd periods & Michael Rasmussen scored with 3:22 to put the result beyond doubt. However the Ducks would add to the score once more with 1:30 remaining when Sam Steel netted the puck on a breakaway.
Husso records the victory with 28 saves, in what will hopefully begin to build some confidence for the recently out of form goalie.
3 Stars of the Game:
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18th November, Detroit @ Arizona
The Red Wings pick up their 2nd road win in a row with a close shave 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes.
The game remained scoreless right up until the 3rd period, when finally Andreas Athanasiou found the net, then in the very next play Jeff Skinner put the puck away to give the Wings a 2-0 lead.
On the very next play again, Coyotes forward Richard Panik scored to bring the difference back to 1, though from there Johnathan Bernier was able to hold the Coyotes at Bay.
The Red Wings now head for Edmonton where they will play the Oilers tomorrow night.
3 Stars of the Game:
19th November, Detroit @ Edmonton
The Red Wings pick up road win number 3 in a row with a 5-1 smashing of the Oilers.
Fredrik Larsson set the tone of the game in motion when he scored twice in the 1st period. Larkin, Dach & Parayko scored in the 2nd period to give the Wings an unassailable 5-0 lead.
Husso almost recorded a shutout, making 39 saves, he was eventually beaten late in the 3rd period by Ostap Safin with 6:12 remaining.
3 Stars of the Game:
22nd November, NY Rangers @ Detroit
The Red Wings have found some momentum as they pick up their 4th win in a row with a 4-1 victory at home against the New York Rangers.
Filip Zadina picked up 2 goals, with Larsson & Dach scoring the other 2.
Mats Zuccarello was the lone Rangers goal scorer, his goal was the 1st of the game in the 2nd period.
Extremely quiet night for Husso, only facing 18 shots on net, stopping 17. Husso left the game late clutching the back of his leg in what appears to be a possible hamstring strain.
3 Stars of the Game:
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24th November, Detroit @ NY Islanders
The Red Wings keep finding a way to win with a close 3-2 victory over the otherwise red hot Islanders, marking their 5th win in a row.
Joe Veleno netted his 2nd for the season to give the Wings an early lead, however the Islanders scored the next 2 from Taylor Hall in the 1st & Luke Belpedio in the 2nd.
With only 4 seconds remaining in the 2nd period, Andreas Athanasiou scored to tie the game.
With 9:41 remaining in the 3rd, Colton Parayko scored to give back the Wings the lead & they were able to hold out the home team from there.
Bernier carried the torch with Husso sidelined & played admirably, making 31 saves.
3 Stars of the Game:
26th November, Detroit @ NY Rangers
Red Wings travel to the Big Apple & the win streak stalls at 5 with a 3-1 defeat to the Rangers.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice & Goalie Andrej Vasilevskiy put in another menacing effort to elevate Rangers to tonight’s win.
Filip Zadina scored the game’s 1st goal however the Wings could not build on that start.
3 Stars of the Game:
27th November, Carolina @ Detroit
The Red Wings are shutout 3-0 at home by what has been a struggling Carolina Hurricanes.
The Red Wings could not get an offense banded together well enough to threaten the scoreboard.
Sebastian Aho, Mattias Janmark & Martin Necas were the goal scorers for the Canes
3 Stars of the Game:
29th November, 29th November, Florida @ Detroit
The crowd at Little Caesars Arena were treated to a show, with Red Wings scoring 5 goals in the final period to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-3.
Trailing 2-0 at the start of the 3rd period, Jacob Trouba broke through to get the home team on the board. This was followed by a flood from the Red Wings with Skinner scoring, then Parayko scoring twice to put the Wings in front 4-2.
Panthers top gun rookie, George Matheson found the back of the net with 9:28 remaining in the 3rd period which made the game even more entertaining, however finally with 0:52 remaining Fredrik Larsson locked the win away with the Wings 5th goal for the period.
3 Stars of the Game:
Wrap up:
It was again a slow start, however the Red Wings strung a series of wins together & overall December was a good month with a record of 10-5-0.
Up forward, Fredrik Larsson is still the team’s most consistent goal scorer, with many of the remainder of the roster still largely struggling. Coaching have juggled the lines frequently, however that becomes an issue in itself in terms of chemistry.
The addition of Parayko certainly helps the team on the blue line, especially in the 1st few games this month when Trouba was out of action. I’m glad Chris Ilitch challenged us to make the addition to the team. We did give away center prospect, Darren Henrich who is likely to become an Elite player, however thankfully we have an abundance of talent in Center.
The team goaltending has definitely been an issue, although we can see Ville Husso has improved greatly in skill, it seems he is having some 2nd year blues which we need to help him steer out of. We’ll keep backing him & hopefully he can turn the rest if this season around.
We seem to building quite the rivalry with fellow Atlantic team, Florida. The Panthers selected RW George Matheson at number 2 behind Larsson & the 2 seem to be locked in a race for Rookie Of the Year rights. Matheson appears to have the upper hand at the moment however it is a long season, & if Larsson’s linemates begin to produce he’ll catch up sure enough.
Injuries:
23rd October, D Jacob Trouba - Concussion - Missed 13 games - returned 26th November
6th November, D Dennis Cholowski - Groin Injury - Missed 3 games
22nd November, G Ville Husso – Hamstring – Missed 3 games
29th November, D Dennis Cholowski - Groin Injury - Returning in 1 week.
Contract Extensions:
7th November - RW Martin Frk Signed 3yr Contract Extension @ $1.225m Per year
Call Ups/ Assignments:
23rd November – G Viktor Chistov – Called up to Detroit Red Wings
30th November – G Viktor Chistov – Re-called to Grand Rapids
Projected Lines - 1st December, Arizona @ Detroit
