Detroit Red Wings’ Moritz Seider skates in street clothes
Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider & Alex Tanguay on Dec. 198, 2025 in Detroit.
There was an unusual sight at Detroit Red Wings practice: Moritz Seider on the ice, in street clothes.
The team’s top defenseman and all-around work horse was not part of practice on Friday, Dec. 19, ahead of a home-and-home the Wings have this weekend with the Washington Capitals – but it was just a second straight maintenance day.
Todd McLellan said after practice that Seider is fine and will be available for games.
Patrick Kane, who is dealing with an upper-body injury, will miss a third straight game – and since the Wings turn around and host the Capitals on Sunday, meaning there’ll be no practice between games, Kane likely won’t be available for that game, either.
Seider has never missed a game since entering the NHL in 2021-22, playing the full 82 games in each of his first four seasons.
One example: On the morning of April 9, 2024, as the Wings had a home game against the Washington Capitals (who they were battling with for a playoff sport), Seider was dealing with a flu bug that had made its way through the team, sidelining several of his teammates.
Seider missed the morning skate — but come evening, he was suited up in his red and white No. 53.
“I had a rough night, I was in the hospital the next morning, but we sorted things out and I was ready to go,” Seider said a couple days after the season ended. “I want to play for that team, and I want to play for that locker room, and I think everyone else would have done the same thing.
“If I’m not injured, I want to play.”
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