JORDAN OESTERLE

Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season and the Florida Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2.

Evgeni Malkin had his 13th career hat trick and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins drilled the reeling Detroit Red Wings 11-2.

On Monday, he sent defenseman Nick Leddy to St. Louis for bottom-six center Oskar Sundqvist, defenseman Jake Walman and a 2023 second-round pick. “I’m really not. “He was playing behind some pretty good players in St. Louis,” Yzerman said. “For what’s it worth, we’re gotten rave reviews on his character and his popularity in the locker room in St. Louis. “They’re good players, good people, they like playing here and they’ve played very well for us,” Yzerman said.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Marc Staal will join an exclusive club Saturday in Calgary when he appears in his 1,000th game. But Staal will join brothers Eric and Jordan in the 1,000 games club. Jordan was taken second by Pittsburgh in 2006 and has played in 1,068 – his 1,000th last season against the Red Wings and Marc. But the Red Wings might be more inclined to keep Staal and sign him to another one-year extension after the season. He shows up every day for practice, even the days when he’s not feeling great, and works extremely hard, has a really good even-keel demeanor about him -- doesn’t get too high, doesn’t get too low.

Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Fiala both scored in the shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings needed to respond to a dreadful performance from two nights earlier with passion, energy and effort. The Minnesota Wild got goals from Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Fiala in the shootout for a 6-5 victory over the Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings (24-27-7) are winless in four (0-3-1) but acquitted themselves well following a 9-2 loss to Arizona on Tuesday. Red Wings forward Robby Fabbri left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury and did not return. The Wild had a few good chances in the waning seconds of the second period, crashing the Red Wings net and triggering Nedeljkovic.

Rookie Lucas Raymond scored a power-play goal with eight seconds remaining in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings ended Carolina’s five-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory.

After picking up a dramatic overtime win two nights ago, the Detroit Red Wings look to get their record above .500 when they take on another team from the Golden State, as the welcome the Los Angeles Kings to Motown on Wednesday. Watch the Detroit Red Wings on DirecTV StreamThe Wings controlled the puck in overtime, and it paid dividends and Jordan Oesterle scored his first goal of the season to give Detroit the 2-1 victory. The Wings are back to a .500 record following the win, and took three of four points against the Ducks in their season series. Check out more stories about the Detroit Red Wings here on MLiveWhat: NHL HockeyWho: Los Angeles Kings (23-16-7) vs. Detroit Red Wings (20-20-6)When: Wednesday, February 2Time: 7:30 p.m. ETWhere: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.)Channel: Bally Sports DetroitStream: DirecTV StreamCheck out the NHL standings and results on NHL.com

The 29-year Dearborn Heights native who has been in and out of the Detroit Red Wings lineup scored his first goal with his hometown team Monday, making amends for an earlier miscue. Oesterle scored at 2:11 of overtime in a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Little Caesars Arena, with family, including his parents, in attendance. “Lucky enough I was able to.”The Red Wings (20-20-6) rebounded a dismal 11-minute stretch at the end of Saturday’s 7-4 loss to Toronto, when they allowed five goals, including a pair of empty-netters. If I don’t, he doesn’t let it drag him down.”Being a frequent scratch hasn’t dampened Oesterle’s enthusiasm of being a Red Wing. I’m pretty lucky.”More: How Red Wings rebounded from late-game fade against Leafs

Jordan Oesterle scored 2:11 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1.

Jordan Oesterle scored 2:11 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Monday night.

DETROIT – Two nights following their late-game collapse, the Detroit Red Wings tightened up significantly on Monday. They didn’t give the Anaheim Ducks much before Jordan Oesterle scored at 2:11 of overtime to lift the Red Wings to a 2-1 victory at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Ducks 28-15. The Red Wings improved to 20-20-6 while Anaheim dropped to 23-16-9. The Red Wings were coming off a 7-4 loss to Toronto on Saturday, when the Maple Leafs scored five times in the final 11 minutes, including a pair of empty-net goals.

The Detroit Red Wings announced Sunday that rookie forward Lucas Raymond and veteran defenseman Nick Leddy have entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The NHL on Friday postponed all Monday’s games, including the Red Wings’ contest at the New York Rangers. The Red Wings haven’t played since Dec. 18, a 5-2 victory over New Jersey at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings were scheduled to return to the ice Sunday for a limited practice. More: How Red Wings prospects at World Juniors are progressing

The number of Detroit Red Wings on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list continues to grow. The Red Wings now have 11 players in COVID protocol, after previously placing forwards Robby Fabbri, Sam Gagner, Michael Rasmussen, Carter Rowney, Givani Smith, Pius Suter, Joe Veleno and Filip Zadina and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic on the list. The Red Wings had games against Colorado at home on Monday and Minnesota on the road Thursday previously postponed. The Red Wings on Sunday were shut down through at least Sunday due to their rising COVID numbers. More: Ben Simon, on ‘great experience’ coaching Red Wings for a game

Dylan Larkin knows this. So, when the Detroit Red Wings captain caused a fan to spill his beer during warmups prior to the Dec. 14 game against the New York Islanders at Little Caesars Arena, Larkin compensated him. When Larkin bumped into the boards behind the Red Wings net, the fan’s beer which was resting against the glass, spilled. “I knocked the guy’s beer over. More: Dylan Larkin recognized by NHL for strong week

Adam Erne scored the decisive goal in a shootout and the Detroit Red Wings won their fourth straight game by beating the Seattle Kraken 4-3.

DETROIT – Jeff Blashill joked about wanting to take the home crowd on the road, where his Detroit Red Wings have struggled in recent weeks. They will need to solve their road woes the old-fashioned way, by executing and outplaying the opponent. It doesn’t get more challenging than Tuesday in Boston (7 p.m., Bally Sports Detroit), where the Red Wings are 1-11-2 in their past 14 visits, including the playoffs. The Red Wings (10-9-3) have established themselves at home (7-2-2), but they are 1-6-1 in their past eight games away from Little Caesars Arena, 3-7-1 overall on the road. More: Red Wings say ‘juice’ from crowd fueling home record

These are the kind of dirty goals coach Jeff Blashill wants his team to score more often. We found ways to score dirty goals. We got to find ways to score dirty in order to be a team that scores enough. “If you want to score goals, you have to get into those areas,” Raymond said. More: Lucas Raymond earns place in history alongside Red Wings legends

The Detroit Red Wings made progress last season, improving from a .275 points percentage in 2019-20 to .429. The Red Wings see him as a shut-down type center and a net-front presence on the power play. DeKeyser has some experience playing with Hronek, whose minutes the Red Wings would like to reduce, feeling they have over-burdened him. Extras: Jordan Oesterle, Gustav LindstromThe Red Wings have good depth on the blue line and figure to carry eight defensemen. The Red Wings thought highly enough of the young Lindstrom to protect him in the expansion draft ahead of 2016 top pick Dennis Cholowski (who Seattle selected).

The Red Wings signed the 29-year-old defenseman from Dearborn Heights and Western Michigan University to a two-year contract valued at $1.35 million a season. He completes the Red Wings balanced blue line, joining fellow left-shooters Danny DeKeyser, Nick Leddy and Marc Staal, and right-shooters Filip Hronek, Gustav Lindstrom, Moritz Seider and Troy Stecher. He was recruited to WMU by Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, who left to become an assistant coach with Detroit before the defenseman’s freshman season. He’s obviously a great coach and someone I’m excited to play under.”Oesterle’s parents owned Red Wings season tickets until 2007. They were very pleased and excited to have my wife and I come back home.”More: Red Wings sign center coming off good rookie season.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed defenseman Jordan Oesterle to a two-year contract.

The Detroit Red Wings have rounded out their defense by signing Jordan Oesterle to a two-year contract valued at $1.35 million per season. He has appeared in 252 NHL games over seven seasons, tallying 15 goals and 65 points. The Red Wings now have eight defensemen projected to be on their 2021-22 season-opening roster – left-shooters Nick Leddy, Marc Staal, DeKeyser and Oesterle and right-shooters Filip Hronek, Troy Stecher, Gustav Lindstrom and Moritz Seider. Depth defenseman Murphy signedThe Red Wings signed defenseman Ryan Murphy to a one-year, two-way contract. He has appeared in 175 NHL games over parts of seven seasons (eight goals, 35 assists).