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Red Wings Room: Seider’s Goal Line Stand, Lyon Belches, McLellan Milestone

Detroit wins second straight on home ice

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A goal line stand by Moritz Seider was key to a Red Wings New Year's Eve victory.

Todd McLellan has only been coach of the Detroit Red Wings for three games and he’s already achieving milestone victories. Tuesday’s 4-2 New Year’s Eve triumph over the Pittsburgh Penguins was the 600th of McLellan’s NHL career.

To say he was unimpressed with this personal achievement would be putting it mildly.

“I haven’t even put a lot of thought into it,” McLellan said. “It was more for this group than it is about me. There’s so many excited guys in there and happy guys right now. Just the whole mood’s a little bit different from when we started, and that means a lot more than 600.

“Some of those guys weren’t even alive when I started, so it doesn’t really matter.”

Kick Save And A Beauty

Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots in winning his second straight start. However, the most impressive stop of the night was a skate save block on the goal line by Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider. It was Seider’s only blocked shot of the game, but it was a game saver.

“I just saw Mo make a big save,” was Lyon’s reaction to the play. “That’s pretty much it. Yeah, he saved a goal.

“I mean whenever players sell out like that and help me out, it’s just so appreciated. Mo, he does it all the time, but I thought all the guys were laying it on the line tonight, and I think it showed on the scoreboard.”

Red Wings Belching Success

During a live post-game interview on the Red Wings radio network, Lyon was unable to hold back a belch as he spoke to Daniella Bruce.

“Sorry, I burped,” he said.

Considering the way this team has been belching out failure for much of 2024, ending the year with a belch of success might be an omen of things to come.

“I think we’re just playing a good brand of hockey,” Lyon said. “I don’t know if it’s any one specific thing, but we just kind of got it to go in the right direction.”

Much like his burp, Lyon figures it’s best to let it go and keep moving.

“We just can’t sit back too much,” he said. “I think that’s the one trap that we could fall in. We gotta enjoy it for maybe an hour here. And then we got Columbus coming up (on Thursday). Every game is important.”

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