For Lyon, the song resonated on a personal level: Dropped to third on the depth chart after the March 7 trade deadline acquisition of Petr Mrazek, the injury to Mrazek early in Monday's game gave Lyon an opportunity to show,
Lyon stopped 17 shots and the Wings roared back for a 5-1 victory. A lot of players contributed to the win, but Lyon deserved the accolades afterward. Not having played in so long, coming in cold on a night he wasn't expecting to play, it takes a unique mindset to handle that kind of situatino.
Their inaugural trip to Delta Center to take on the first-year Utah Hockey Club presented some challenges – like getting into Utah's zone – but the Wings pulled out a 5-1 victory and won for the first time in more than a week. The Wings (33-31-6) pulled within three points but remained four teams behind the second wild card in the East.
The Detroit Red Wings were at the nadir of season on Dec. 23, and now are trying to resurrect playoff hopes in second meeting with Blues.
6d
mlive on MSNMcLellan: Red Wings need to take this out of their gameThe Detroit Red Wings couldn’t click on a multitude of power-play opportunities in the first period and Alex Lyon was fighting the puck Thursday in a 4-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Todd McLellan looked at the bigger picture,
The Hockey Writers examines what's wrong with the Detroit Red Wings' historically bad penalty kill and identifies ways to fix it.
It's still bunched up, five teams separated by a point, but the Wings are one of the five after a 2-1 victory over the depleted Bruins.