Valtteri Filppula

DETROIT — Bewildered, Jonathan Toews stood in front of his locker Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena and offered an explanation he didn't have. How does the leader of the best team in hockey explain the Blackhawks being shut out for the first...

addCustomPlayer('lgucfogqji5fz258vzbpvjoc', '', '', 600, 418, 'perflgucfogqji5fz258vzbpvjoc', 'eplayer15'); A great beginning turned into a sorry end for the Ducks, who burned up the NHL in the early weeks of this lockout-shortened season but were too...

There were times during their first-round series against the Wild when the Blackhawks weren't at their best. Despite those moments, the Hawks cruised past their under-manned foe in five games. Memo to the Hawks: The Red Wings aren't the Wild....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1: Defenseman Brendan Smith scored to snap a tie late in the second period as visiting Detroit ended an eight-game winless streak against top-seeded Chicago and evened their...

CHICAGO (AP) — In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit. The Red Wings hammered home that message on Saturday. Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored...

May 18 (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings spotted the Chicago Blackhawks an early lead then struck for four unanswered goals to claim a 4-1 win on Saturday and even their Western Conference semi-final at a game each. The best-of-seven series now shifts to...

Red Wings pull reversal on Blackhawks CHICAGO -- It was almost as if the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks switched bodies in Saturday's Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series. In Game 1 on Wednesday, the Blackhawks dominated and...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Bonkowski, The Sports Xchange Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 CHICAGO -- Detroit coach Mike Babcock hoped to steal a win in one of the first two games of the Western Conference semifinal series against the host Chicago Blackhawks....

addCustomPlayer('lgucfogqji5fz258vzbpvjoc', '', '', 600, 418, 'perflgucfogqji5fz258vzbpvjoc', 'eplayer15'); First, the Red Wings made Corey Perry almost disappear, turning the Ducks forward and former league MVP into a virtual nonfactor for seven...

The Sports Xchange By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange Red Wings 3, Ducks 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Southern California hockey fans hoping for the first postseason clash between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings will have to wait. The seventh-...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Red Wings 3, Ducks 2 Red Wings 3, Ducks 2: Justin Abdelkader scored a short-handed goal with 3:23 remaining in the first period to snap a tie and visiting Detroit went on to defeat second-seeded Anaheim in Game 7 of their...

The Sports Xchange By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange Wings win Game 7, earn date with Chicago ANAHEIM, Calif. -- In the end, the Detroit Red Wings' experience was the difference, Anaheim Ducks star Ryan Getzlaf said. "Everyone here was up for the...