Detroit — Playing three games over a three-day span is normal in junior hockey, even in the minor league level.
Not in the NHL.
Except for extreme rare occurrences, such as what the Red Wings are about to encounter.
The schedule didn’t originally have it this way, but the postponement of the game Dec. 19 in Carolina — due to poor ice conditions — led to this fix.
With the Red Wings already on the schedule originally to play in Raleigh, N.C. Tuesday, the make-up game was scheduled for Monday.
But before those two games, Sunday the Red Wings host the Wild (12:30 p.