Saturday\u2019s 5-1 victory at Winnipeg.<\/a> \u201cWe can work all we want on systems and passing and shooting and skating and all that type of stuff, but sometimes it\u2019s between the ears and we\u2019ve stressed all year that we\u2019re going to get better in that area and I believe we are.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Red Wings (32-16-5) have come a long way — from last season and since the start of December. They are 19-5-3 in their past 27 games and are tied for the Eastern Conference lead with 69 points, though teams they\u2019re competing with for that top spot (Carolina, Tampa Bay) have played fewer games.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the most points Detroit has accumulated through 53 games since 2014-15 (71 points).<\/p>\n
The Red Wings are coming off a tough trip during which they gained five-of-six points and open a three-game homestand Tuesday against the Los Angeles Kings (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network).<\/p>\n
J.T. Compher scored two goals against the Jets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took a lot of different guys throughout the road trip and helps when you got good goaltending,\u201d Compher told reporters after the game. \u201cI think John (Gibson) and Cam (Talbot) were great on this trip and they have been for while, so it\u2019s good to get the points and we just keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n
McLellan said his team has become more adept at forechecking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a good job of that starting in Toronto and I carried over into tonight,\u201d McLellan said. \u201cYou become a good forechecking team when all four lines buy into it. You can\u2019t have pauses, and even some of the puck possession guys are willing to give it up a little bit now so we can get on the hunt and try to turn pucks over below the goal line.\u201d<\/p>\n
As much as the Detroit Red Wings have improved offensively, defensively, on special teams and especially goaltending from a year ago, one key intangible can\u2019t be minimized \u2013 their mental fortitude.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team is growing in that area,\u201d coach Todd McLellan said in postgame address following Saturday\u2019s 5-1 victory at Winnipeg. \u201cWe can work all we want on systems and passing and shooting and skating and all that type of stuff, but sometimes it\u2019s between the ears and we\u2019ve stressed all year that we\u2019re going to get better in that area, and I believe we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Red Wings (32-16-5) have come a long way — from last season and since the start of December. They are 19-5-3 in their past 27 games and are tied for the Eastern Conference lead with 69 points, though teams they\u2019re competing with for that top spot (Carolina, Tampa Bay) have played fewer games.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the most points Detroit has accumulated through 53 games since 2014-15 (71 points).<\/p>\n
The Red Wings are coming off a tough trip during which they gained five-of-six points and open a three-game homestand Tuesday against the Los Angeles Kings (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network).<\/p>\n
J.T. Compher scored two goals against the Jets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took a lot of different guys throughout the road trip and helps when you got good goaltending,\u201d Compher told reporters after the game. \u201cI think John (Gibson) and Cam (Talbot) were great on this trip and they have been for a while, so it\u2019s good to get the points and we just keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n
McLellan said his team has become more adept at forechecking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a good job of that starting in Toronto and I carried over into tonight,\u201d McLellan said. \u201cYou become a good forechecking team when all four lines buy into it. You can\u2019t have pauses, and even some of the puck possession guys are willing to give it up a little bit now so we can get on the hunt and try to turn pucks over below the goal line.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As much as the Detroit Red Wings have improved offensively, defensively, on special teams and especially goaltending from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[645,646,19,649,1548,1549,650,651,652,599,93,5137,5,4,1550,941,3358,5138,1551,43,18],"class_list":["post-427986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-red-wings","tag-action","tag-athlete","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-color","tag-colour","tag-compete","tag-competition","tag-competitive","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroitredwings","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-physical","tag-play","tag-red-wings","tag-redwings","tag-rink","tag-sports","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115958006759125000","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}