- Tom Fitzgerald and the NJDevils have agreed to a multi year extension. Fitzgerald also promoted to President of Hockey Ops along with GM title.

- Petr Mrazek signs a 2yr extension with the Blackhawks worth just over $4m per season

- Smith Entertainment Group, the parent company of the Utah Jazz, has formally asked the NHL to initiate the expansion process to bring a team to Salt Lake City.

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Red Wings News:

- -Marco Kasper with 11 points in his last 10 games he’s finally breaking out Sunday night

- Marco Kasper named AHL player of the week posting 3G 2A 5pts in 2 games played against the Manitoba Moose where the GRG were down 3 goal deficit in both games at one point. He also has 11pts in his last 10games played

- Brogan Rafferty sent back to GRG Wednesday. Poor guy LOL

- Kane practices today but not fully. Good sign at the very least

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Main Topics:

Before entering tonight’s game against the ⭐️’s the RedWings in the month of January with 9 games played:

5th in SA/GP: 34

29th in S/GP: 25.89

5th in GA: 23

12th in GF: 29

3rd in PTS%: .833

After ⭐️’s game 5-4 loss:

3rd in SA/GP: 34.40

26th in S/GP: 26.70

7th in GA: 28

11th in GF: 33

4th in PTS%: .833

2nd in pp: 31% behind Tampa 36.7%

13th in pk: 79.2%

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Game notes:

Wings vs Lightning ⚡️

- Hedman gets the bolts on the board first working well with Kucherov on the passing. 1-0 Bolts 9mins in

- Ras-Copp-Fish line is playing very very well this period with a few opportunities late in the first

- 1:30 left in the 1st Raymond ties it with a nice rush by Larkin and pass back to Raymond who rips it and vasi taps it in trying to make the save

- Wings lead 12-5 shots after the 1st and Lightning did not register a shot on net since the Hedman goal at the 9min mark

- Lucas Raymond very close to walking in on vasi to take the lead. Raymond is becoming Patrick Kane

- Sprong on a breakaway on a bad lightning break hitting compher and takes advantage to make it 2-1 wings with about 10mins left in the 2nd

- Wings go on the PP soon after and then get a 5-3 which ends and so does the pp. good kill by bolts

- Wings take that period all day leading the shots 30-10

- 👻🐻 plays goalie and stops one going in from glendening but wings go to the pk hooking from Sprong

- Few minutes later Walman goes off for high sticking but great kill by the boys

- Vasilevsky is a god

- Bolts pull their goalie less than 3mins and Petry puts the puck over the glass with 11.5secs left but the red wings pull through!