Detroit Red Wings – 5-goal second period lifts Detroit Red Wings over Chicago Blackhawks – The Oakland Press

Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) blocks a shot by Chicago Blackhawks‘ Patrick Sharp during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Detroit Red Wings‘ Tomas Holmstrom, right, is checked For more info click here

** CORRECTS TO GOALIE DAN ELLIS NOT PEKKA RINNE ** Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm (43) beats Nashville Predators goalie Dan Ellis for his second goal during the second period in Detroit Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Nashville Predators right For more info click here

FILE – This March 17, 2009, file photo shows Detroit Red Wings defenseman 46 games with Chicago of the AHL. The team recalled Chelios on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Thrashers have a newcomer in For more info click here

Sixteen games left, on the outside looking into the playoffs. Needless to say, this is not the place the Detroit Red Wings wanted to be in, or expected to be in. How do they get back into the playoffs? Simple. Win the games that they are supposed to For more info click here

(Sports Network) – A pair of teams fighting for a playoff berth in the Western Conference get together tonight at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena, where the hometown Red Wings take on the Minnesota Wild in a key late-season showdown. The reigning For more info click here