After a long west coast road trip that spanned seven days and four games, the Detroit Red Wings will finally fly home tonight. Their next game, to be played on Wednesday, will give the Red Wings an opportunity to extend their franchise-record 17 game home winning streak.
However, the Wings will have to do it without their star goaltender Jimmy Howard. The long road trip cost the Red Wings dearly, as Howard sustained a broken finger during Thursday’s shootout win against Vancouver. Howard will be reevaluated upon returning home, but it is believed he will miss around two weeks.
The injury to the NHL’s leading netminder in terms of wins comes at an inopportune time for Detroit, who lead a tight Western Conference by just three points.
Backup goaltender Ty Conklin started the game following Howard’s injury, and gave up three first period goals to the Oilers before being pulled in favor of newly called up Joey MacDonald. MacDonald came in and stopped 19 of 20 Edmonton shots, but was...
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