The Daily: Griffins Need More Goals; Zegras May Pay

The Grand Rapids Griffins‘ scoring struggles continued Sunday in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Iowa Wild.

Coach Dan Watson’s group has only managed to net 19 goals over the past 10 games. The Griffins have scored two or fewer goals in seven of those 10 games. The Griffins are 2-7-1 in that 10-game span.

“We got points in our last two games, so we are pushing in the right direction,” Watson said. “We are 2-2-1 in our last five and we are trying to climb out of that hole we dug for ourselves.”

Making the Grand Rapids’ situation more challenging, the Red Wings called up the Griffins’ 19-goal scorer Sheldon Dries Monday. Dries has 122 games of NHL experience with Colorado and Vancouver. Grand Rapids plays Tuesday in Texas.

Red Wings In Case You Missed

Michigan native Sheldon Dries recalled from the Grand Rapids Griffins after Andrew Copp goes on the IR.

Trevor Zegras receives hearing summons for his hit against Detroit forward Michael Rasmussen.

Bob Duff asks whether Patrick Kane saved Detroit’s season with his overtime goal against the Anaheim Ducks.

Red Wings Extra

Detroit is now 16-5-2 under Todd McLellan. Since he took over on Dec. 26, the team is 12-0-1 if it scores first. McLellan thought both Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin looked a bit weary in Sunday’s game, as a result of their participation in the 4 Nations Face-off.  Raymond is the first Red Wings player to record back-to-back 40-assist seasons since Larkin (from 2017-18-2018-19). Larkin tallied an assist on Alex DeBrincat’s power play goal Sunday, giving him 27 points (12-15-27) in 23 games since McLellan took over. Larkin (323 career assists) is one assist away from tying Brendan Shanahan (324) for 12th place on Detroit’s all-time list

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